quanton flight control

I am proud to have the opportunity to announce hardware availability of a new target for TauLabs.

quanton flight control rev. 1 <-- shop site (on stock, worldwide shipping)

System information and components:

STM32F405 32bit arm cortex-m4 cpu with fpu, 192k ram and 1024k flash
invensense MPU6000 3-axis accel and 3-axis gyro sensor
honeywell HMC5883L 3-axis compass
meas-spec MS5611 high precision barometer
32mbit spi flash memory
up to 8 x pwm input, 1 x ppm input, up to 15 x pwm output
up to 5 x uart, 2 x i2c, sbus, dsmx, mini usb, swd
50x50mm board size, 45x45mm mikrokopter style mounting
schematics at http://github.com/taulabs
sourcecode at http://github.com/taulabs
binaries at http://jenkins.taulabs.org
answers at http://thespyd.net/questions
support at https://groups.google.com

For those who don't know about TauLabs, please look here.

OpenPilot firmware on pre release hardware:

https://vimeo.com/51772080
https://vimeo.com/51772080
https://vimeo.com/51776478

TauLabs firmware on final hardware:
https://vimeo.com/58572704
https://vimeo.com/58536514
https://vimeo.com/58536515
https://vimeo.com/58668541

By way of introduction I'm just getting back into the hobby after a year long hiatus. Hello to all!

A few months back I was planning to use the OP Revo - didn't know about Quanton then - as the basis for a non-commercial hardware project that includes some additional sensors and onboard ESCs. I know, it's not rocket science but it keeps me busy :) But Revo hardware files have not been made publicly available.

So I'm really excited about the Quanton board and the TauLabs project. For those who just like to build, blank Quanton PCBs are available now from Lilvinz, as well as assembled boards. He is also helping the community by making the hard-to-get sensor parts available at reasonable prices.

@James and @Kenn, I'm sure the fork from OP was not an easy one. Thanks for giving of your time and energies to make such great stuff.

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Comments

Edwin Thaller December 2, 2014 at 1:09pm

Hello everybody !
I've ported arducopter to Quanton Rev.1, based on the port of vrubrain. So far everything seems to work. Im currently building a Hexa to try it also in flight.
I'm using USB id of vrubrain that the board is discovered by GCS, this I'm planning to change and also add it to GCS as another supported FC.
Is anyone interested in this?
Sergios Zafeiropoulos September 24, 2014 at 1:23pm

hello guys
i would like to ask you how can i connect a current sensor to the board ?
i have a current sensor with 3 cables. 1 for current sensing 1 for voltage and 1 for ground. I would like to know how to physically connect the wires to the board (a photo would be awesome)
As far as the software configuration of taulabs i am ok.
ex. do i have to connect the current sensor wire to the IN 7 Sig. pin and voltage sensor wire to the IN 8 sig. and the ground wire to whichever IN 7 or IN 8 Gnd pin ?
James Cotton January 21, 2014 at 2:43pm

No, someone would need to port it.
franko_ January 21, 2014 at 11:09am

Dumb question ..

Is the Quanton Board compatible with VRBRAIN regarding Arducopter?

BR

Frank
Mark Lewus January 9, 2014 at 11:02pm

What kind of help do you need?
Sergios Zafeiropoulos January 9, 2014 at 5:27am

Hello i have just purchased this board and i need some help with the solder points on 5v

Can someone help?
Mark Lewus January 6, 2014 at 11:36pm

I'm going to buy a Quanton blank PCB along with sensors from livinz today. I think I can cobble everything else together from my "parts box" and then hand/hot air solder the SMT parts. If nothing else it's an eye exam! :) I'll try to record/photo the build so I can post on a blog.

Mark
James Cotton January 6, 2014 at 6:53pm

Hi, welcome. I just saw you signed up on our forums too. Yeah it's a bit messed up the hardware isn't publicly released. Especially after the amount of grief they have given to other OSS projects for any delay releasing hardware. Oh well.

That's why we ended up forking and moving on with our lives, and it has been a great move. I hope you have lots of fun!
Mark Lewus January 6, 2014 at 7:33am

By way of introduction I'm just getting back into the hobby after a year long hiatus. Hello to all!

A few months back I was planning to use the OP Revo - didn't know about Quanton then - as the basis for a non-commercial hardware project that includes some additional sensors and onboard ESCs. I know, it's not rocket science but it keeps me busy :) But Revo hardware files have not been made publicly available.

So I'm really excited about the Quanton board and the TauLabs project. For those who just like to build, blank Quanton PCBs are available now from Lilvinz, as well as assembled boards. He is also helping the community by making the hard-to-get sensor parts available at reasonable prices.

@James and @Kenn, I'm sure the fork from OP was not an easy one. Thanks for giving of your time and energies to make such great stuff.
Kenn Sebesta May 20, 2013 at 3:43pm

Ghislain--

Be very careful about shorts. It's a close fit, which becomes impossible to manage if you have soldered on the other USART pins.

Since I hadn't soldered on the pins, I was able to get in there and apply a tiny bit of twisting pressure to make sure all the connections were good. Also, don't forget to remove the two jumpers as detailed in the STM32Discovery PDF.

The Quanton will need to be powered. USB is okay for that.

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