Looks like no one posted this yet. Good to see some innovation and improvements from HK
Improvements:
1) 100uf cap in Vcc and 10uf tantalum capacitor added to stop 3.3v bad gyro health issues
2) Replacement of the (not used/redundant) 1.0mm 6p GPS port with df13-4P I2C external compass port, putting the GPS and external compass ports next to each other, making for easier connections.
3) Multifunction MUX port added in the old I2C port location, this lets users select an output from the bonding pad (Uart0, Uart2, I2C, OSD “default is OSD”. This new layout makes data transmission more stable with an isolation resistance.
4) 3.3V and 5V Dataflash/Flashrom swapped trace problem corrected to the AT45DB161.
5) External Compass enable/disable jumper added, verses having to cut a trace wire.
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Chinese people are getting better and better. It's nice to see that they also start to obey western regulations. Sad thing is that APM is on it's end of life time. Like TCIII said, APM has ran out of resources...
It is really fantastic to see that proper eagle files have been made available by HK.
I grabbed the board art and started updating a new CAD model of the board. I was surprised to see how much has actually moved when comparing with my previous APM 2.5 model. Below is an animated gif (hopefully it displays ok) which alternates the old and new boards in alignment but does not move/update any components from the APM 2.5 configuration, which clearly shows just how much has changed.
Check out
http://hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/__56052__HKPilot_Mega_2_7_Flig...
*Note: The reference to APM refers to the ArduPilot project, a family of open source autopilots based on the Arduino open source computing platform, developed by 3DR and the open source community. It consists of a choice of ArduPilot Mega (APM) electronics and a range of free software versions for different vehicles and is governed by an open source creative commons license. This product is based on the open source APM Project from 3D Robotics, the Cad files per the creative commons license is available under the files tab.
and
http://www.infinity-hobby.com/main/product_info.php?products_id=10819
and
Open Source for the win!
@Luis, you are right. The photo clearly shows Pixhawk that looks different from one on GLB.
Never know when you need a good backup clone
they posted on facebook about this saying this
"Check out the HKPilot Mega, we've made some improvements to this already great platform.
More info coming soon on the goodness in the bag"
the goodness in the bag looks like a pixhawk very similar to the one being sold by banggood.
Yep! We fly X8s with APM all the time.
PS - Does APM still have the processing power to run 8 motors? I've got an X8 on the bench, but need to know if APM can handle it.
They sold me on the 10S module...That's a 25g weight saving right there, now i can dump my BEC.
Earlier today I posted in another forum that there are several revisions made by chinese cloners. For example:
ArduPilot Mega 2.8 w/ Plastic Case and Vibration Damping from Infinity Hobbies
Pixhawk 2.4.5 from GoodLuckBuy
I created a new post just last week comenting on the GoodLuckBuy option and inviting board developers to keep us updated on changes tohte hardware. Here is the link just in case:
http://diydrones.com/xn/detail/705844:Topic:1704034
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