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PixRacer with Ardupilot

Posted by Randy on February 9, 2016 at 4:47pm

This is a discussion to focus the feedback and support of ardupilot on the PixRacer board from AUAV.co.

We believe that all teething problems encountered are now resolved and so we recommend people load Copter-3.3.4 which is available for all multicopters through the Mission Planner's (and other GCS's) Install Firmware screens. Note that because regular Pixhawks are still on Copter-3.3.3 the install icon may show Copter-3.3.3 but rest assured, Copter-3.3.4 will be installed (you can check the version by looking at the very top of the Mission Planner).

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- David B Bitton > David B Bitton March 19, 2016 at 8:30am
  
  Pretty easy. Just watch this. It's how I learned. http://youtu.be/B-0YlqRn7UQ
  - Edgar Scott > David B Bitton March 19, 2016 at 8:35am
    
    Oh, my receiver is a PPM only, just one bind plug and one PPM plug, there is no throttle plug.
- Edgar Scott > David B Bitton March 19, 2016 at 8:26am
  
  Thanks David, well that sounds like an issue with pixracer then?
  
  It would be nice to get All At Once working again.
  
  Sorry for my ignorance but I don't know how to to manually calibrate them, I have only done this via all at once in the past. Can you send a link on manual calibration.
- Scott W > David B Bitton March 19, 2016 at 7:50am
  
  I haven't calibrated any other FC's since 3.3.0 was released, but back then, Pixhawk, HK clone, and AUAV-X2 all calibrated successfully all at once. Pixracer on 3.3.3/3.3.4, no luck.
Edgar Scott March 19, 2016 at 7:17am

I can not get the all at once calibration to work,

Unplug battery
Throttle up
Plug in battery
Unplug batttery
Plug in battery
Wait for tone
Press safety button

Waiting for my ESC to play music thru the motors and they never do, tried to throttle down and still my ESC wont play their tones that they are being calibrated.
- Scott W > Edgar Scott March 19, 2016 at 7:25am
  
  I never got mine to calibrate through the pixracer, either.. Had to do it manually.
Edgar Scott March 17, 2016 at 9:02pm

I got my PixRacer today, going to try to get it working with my sub 250 gram.
First glance looks good, fits fantastic

Pixracer, FPV/DVR 5.8G, 4 in 1 ESC bench testing
- David B Bitton > Edgar Scott March 18, 2016 at 5:31am
  
  Is that the 4-in-1 from RMRC?
  - Edgar Scott > David B Bitton March 18, 2016 at 8:53am
    
    Yup, stacks very nice under the Pixracer
Alex March 15, 2016 at 2:13pm

Hi,

short question regarding tradHeli config. is it a parameter to set the motor channel output? or is it set to a new default output channel? because normal its on motor output 8, but pixracer have only 6 output pins, so its on 6?

many thx,

Alex