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Hacking the Turnigy 9x

Posted by Chris Anderson on March 27, 2011 at 5:30pm

3689396425?profile=originalAs you all know, the Tunigy 9X is very hackable and there are all sorts of open source firmware versions out there (such as RadioClone or ER9X). But it all starts with a little hardware hacking so you can get to the onboard ATmega chip in the first place. This guy has gone all the way and added a better power supply, an easy programming port and even soft buttons (see above)!

 

Here it is running the ER9X firmware:

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  • Dave Coultish March 28, 2011 at 10:26am
    Details please Earl - this is a fabulous idea
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    Jani Hirvinen March 28, 2011 at 10:06am
    Mainly it's for the telemetry. Ardupilot files needs to be compiled in to make it working. I have been testing er9x also and noticed that there are a lot of stick scaling issues. Trying to get it fixed soon so I don't need to use so much expose on center stick.
  • Rhett Walker March 28, 2011 at 8:47am
    I noticed the er9x page mentioned some hardware mods to make the ardupilot version work. is that strictly for on controller telemetry purposes, or something else?
  • IKE March 28, 2011 at 3:26am
    It is back in stock, just bought one: http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/uh_viewitem.asp?idproduct=...
  • Allan Harley March 28, 2011 at 12:54am

    Earl i would love to get info on how you have done this

    cheers

  • Earl March 28, 2011 at 12:11am
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  • Earl March 28, 2011 at 12:09am

    yea, my er9x with backlight and the ardupilot display on the lcd via ax xbee 900 inside the case with a 900 antenna.

    Looks neet. an er9x with 2 antennas to show the ardupilot data.

    Earl

     

  • Dano March 27, 2011 at 9:49pm

    Oh the possibilities!

     

     

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