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Adding more features to IOBoard

Posted by Jani Hirvinen on July 26, 2013 at 10:30am

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IOBoard Let's make it better... We need testers...

Awhile ago we made first translating program for IOBoard and since that people have been using it as it was and/or modifying its open software. Now that we have more and more devices supporting FrSky telemetry, converting becomes more fun.

So let's make it. Current roadmap for IOBoard is:

- Have full support for MAVLink/FrSky conversion

- LED driver with configurable patterns

- OpenTX, er9X support

- TLD-02 display support

- Updated Configurator

Currently tested features on Taranis radio:

Heading, Temperature 1, Temperature 2 (shows satellites/fix type), Armed/Disarmed and Throttle values,

Lat/Lon, Altitude, Voltage, Cell volt (avg), Speed

jD-IOBoard can be found from jDrones store

Latest MAVLink/FrSky software is IOBoard_FrSkyMAVLink.v03a 

software can also be found from arducodes repository at google code

Let us know how it works and if you have ideas, post it on..

Tags: arduino, conversion, frsky, ioboard, mavlink, taranis, telemetry, jdrones, software
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  • Crady von Pawlak May 30, 2014 at 6:57pm

    This looks really awesome but is there any way to use this with something like an Arduino Nano or UNO? 

  • Nils D May 23, 2014 at 3:28am

    Thank you, I don´t know how i could miss that.

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    Jani Hirvinen May 1, 2014 at 8:34am

    Yes they are, just go to look our repository at github.com/jdrones

  • Nils D April 30, 2014 at 11:15am
    Are the Arduino sources for the latest hex (05?) available?
    I would like to extend the code for rgb ledstrips...
  • Stephan Melchers April 24, 2014 at 12:52pm

    hi, i have a 9x with working telemetry mod and newest opentx mavlink software. now i bought the IOboard v1.1 with new 05a firmware uploaded. i have connected everything as shown. when iswitch on everythig no telemetry data is displayed on 9x!!! any help would be greatly appreciated 

  • Splinter April 13, 2014 at 9:31am

    Brain, could you share the details with ur? I'm looking how to use Arduino Pro mini to send APM Mavlink to D4R-ii while not using the 3DR radio (and not willing to make changes to the Arducopter code).

  • Brian Boomgaard March 17, 2014 at 8:45am

    Thank you kindly, I found another option as well shortly after asking that looks like it doesn't require using uart2 but rather uart0 and making changes to sr0 in advanced parameters with mission planner.

  • Nils Högberg March 16, 2014 at 10:13pm

    Havet a look here http://vizual54.github.io/APM-Mavlink-to-FrSky/

    Apm-mavlink-to-frsky
    Apm-mavlink-to-frsky : Arducopter Mavlink telemetry to FrSky Taranis
  • Brian Boomgaard March 16, 2014 at 7:37pm

    David, it can work with the X8R Smart Port if you use the FrSky Smart Port vario in-between (connect to the data in port).

    Can anybody point me in the right direction of getting this working without a radio modem? I'd like to be able to use this without the modem/ground station going. (Setup: UART0-Pro-Mini-Vario-X8R)

  • David Lee March 8, 2014 at 8:36am

    Does this or can this work with X8R Smart port?

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