Ardupilot/PX4 communities : DIY hardware Innovation is still alive and well - the new XRacer V1.0 - Blogs

AUAV is proud to announce our latest high quality PixHawk derivative - The XRacer V1. This project was developed in cooperation with Lorenz Meier, David Sidrane, Leonard Hall and many others. This board combines the latest IMU offerings from InvenSense and a large number of capabilities in a micro 36mmx36mm form factor.

Below are some pictures to peak your interest.

XRacer V1 specifications:

MCU - STM32F427VIT6 rev.3
FRAM - FM25V02-G
Ultra low noise LDOs for sensors and FMU
Sensors used - MPU9250, HMC5983 ( optional ), ICM20608 ( optional ), baro MS5611
Connectors - GPS+I2C, RC-IN, PPM-IN, RSSI, SBus-IN, Spektrum-IN, USART3 ( TxD, RxD, CTS, RTS ), USART2 ( TxD, RxD, CTS, RTS ), FRSky-IN, FRSky-OUT, CAN, USART8 ( TxD, RxD ), ESP8266 ( full set ), SERVO1-SERVO6, USART7 ( TxD, RxD ), JTAG ( SWDIO, SWCLK ), POWER-BRICK ( VDD, Voltage, Current, GND ), BUZZER-LED_BUTTON
MicroSD card reader
RGB LED
Micro USB
ESP8266 802.11bgn ( optional )
Dimensions - 36 x 36mm with 30.5 x 30.5mm hole grid with 3.2mm holes
Molex Clik-Mate ( JST GH series ) connectors for easy peripheral connect.
Full set of ready made cables for almost any peripheral module.
Power supply - 5-5.5VDC from USB or PowerBrick connector. Soon the ACSP4 ( 36 x 36mm power distribution, current, voltage sensor with 5V/2.5A ultra low noise buck and 12V/2A ultra low noise buck ) companion will be announced.

The price and availability will be announced within a few weeks.

Thank you again for your support.

Phil and Nick

George,

To be completely honest the area of highest growth and energy in DIY autopilots is in the FPV arena. This name was purposely chosen. In order to be sustainable and continue to innovate, we must achieve volume.

Following the racing theme, there will be a focus on decreasing the control latency needed to win races. Hence the removal of the 2nd IO microcontroller. All of our features should make for an awesome race platform.

If you stop and think on it, all other areas can and will benefit from these improvements.

To be clear this is next generation PixHawk derived board meant to give the developers new and more capable IMU components to work with.

We welcome and thank everyone for their feedback!

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Mamoon Syed November 6, 2015 at 4:41am

@Felix, I'm flying octas quite heavily these days, hence my issues with the CAN bus, however I was not aware that it had PM out. Thanks for the info.
Felixrising November 6, 2015 at 2:27am

@mamoon, there are 6 server/esc pwm outputs broken out already. So no need to jump to CAN. How many motors do you want to drive with a min/micro oriented FC?
Nick Arsov November 5, 2015 at 10:47pm

@technicus acityone

Can you please advice where did you get that price info from?

The price will be announced next week . Please be patient a few more days.
Mamoon Syed November 5, 2015 at 7:14pm

I really REALLY like the look of this board but a seriously prohibiting factor is going to be the premium of CAN integration on the ESC side of things. Even if the board was reasonably priced, I can't see myself spending north of $200 on speed controls alone. But I really do love the concept. Keep up the good work guys.
Phillip Kocmoud November 5, 2015 at 6:32am

Steve, Expect them to ship in December. Thank you.
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Hugues November 4, 2015 at 10:50am

Congratulations Nick & Phil. I love it. Now you make me want to shrink even more the next AirbotPower boards...
Artem November 4, 2015 at 10:24am

I must say racing on AC3.3 is fun :) I currently run this board in a zmr250 frame with 2204 2300kv 6" props and 4s lipo. Even though alt hold suffers from the known issue - alt drop with fast forward flight, at moderate speeds ~40km/h it handles very good. still in a process of tuning as time is at premium right now and the board is so new and without much documentation, so a lot of stuff I had to spend time figuring out myself. Still for racing I mostly fly in stab and acro, but I loooved the look on the face of my buddies when the first time after the race I took off my googles and simply triggered RTL :)

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Gary Mortimer November 4, 2015 at 8:52am

I think its great, all these folks shouting about drone racing are not drone racing they are flying models with cameras. Now there can be real autonomous drone races! Oh and practical work with a small airframe that easily fits in a backpack. The future is small, bring on the small fully functional controllers.
Phillip Kocmoud November 4, 2015 at 8:35am

George,

To be completely honest the area of highest growth and energy in DIY autopilots is in the FPV arena. This name was purposely chosen. In order to be sustainable and continue to innovate, we must achieve volume.

Following the racing theme, there will be a focus on decreasing the control latency needed to win races. Hence the removal of the 2nd IO microcontroller. All of our features should make for an awesome race platform.

If you stop and think on it, all other areas can and will benefit from these improvements.

To be clear this is next generation PixHawk derived board meant to give the developers new and more capable IMU components to work with.

We welcome and thank everyone for their feedback!
George Kelly November 4, 2015 at 8:24am

Nick,

As you're probably getting a sense of from this thread alone - it might be an unfortunate choice of name ('Racer')

Too strongly associated already with one particular application.

Just a suggestion.

George

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