MultiWii

Thanks matbogdan Many TX's can be quickly and easily converted between MODE1 and MODE2, typically by simply swapping a spring from one gimbal to the other, this also means that converting any of these TXs so that both sticks centre would be as simple as adding a second spring; no big expense there. ...

*proper* Maiden tonite... wish me luck

I say *proper* because last night in the dark i got a bit eager & crashed into the clothes-line... so we will discount that as being a pre-maiden test

Hey there, I'm not sure if this idea has been discussed; I'm interested to know if we can modify the code a little to modify the way the throttle is applied. I propose that I would fit a spring back onto my throttle stick so that it centres like the other axis. Instead of controlling the throttle sp...

yeh, i was trying that with sticks... i might need to increase my endpoints on the TX... i did it by clicking the button in the config software and hey-presto, LED stopped flashing and motors armed with the correct stick inputs

ok, so now with the NK installed I get an animated tricopter showing orientation, and the pitch and roll indicators respond well.

what I have now though is an LED blinking about once a second, and I cannot arm the motors.

defiantely a helluva lot closer than i was last night... any advice?

and hey-presto... things are working. I am seeing readings in MultiWiiConfig, I can arm it, the motors idle. if i bring up the throttle and start to move it about the motor speeds change and the yaw servo reacts. time to install the NK board !!! getting excited now, but it just started bucketing dow...

ok, so the pind to connect the Arduino aren't only around the eldge of the board... it looks like the I2C pins are inboard?... putting some pins in those now lol

yes, do what i see in debug2 is a cycle as described previously, counting from -32,000 to +32,000, then resettind and counting over again, I take it this is counting I2C errors?, and is probabl not a good thing(?)

from memory last time I glanced at debug2 it seemed to be iterating through from -32,000 to +32,000 and then resetting... I might be mistakingit for another field though, I will head out to the shed and plug it all in again shortly

Thanks Mr.RcCam, I will try the things from that, that I havent already. Little bit disappointed to spend money on a Paris board and then have to add a bunch of extra wires and components (beyond the WM+, NK and standard wiring of course!). I will skip forward though, and wire up the NK, as at the m...

OT: for a moment, I have to admit, I find it more than a ltitle bit frustrating that I have to rely on google searches to find photos from various websites and forum posts to try to discover the actual wiring for the Paris boards, and with the release of v4.0, multiwii.com have removed all mention o...

Thanks for the input so far guys, very much appreciated. It's almost 2am here, I'd better hit the sack. Hopefully someone will help me work out what's going on

And a shot of the board, BEC, FTDI; you can see the switch I put on the 5V line, so I can undo the mod with the flick of a switch previously the FTDI board was soldered onto the Paris board, but I needed to make it removeable anyway in order to fit the whole thing into a camera dome. PB252419.jpg

Pics...

I have a BEC connected to the "BEC" header on the board, and have tested that it is powering the board/RX/etc, all the 5V rails are connected together, so this is sufficient to power my RX without splitting the BEC or running a second one. Have just taken some pics, now to try and shrink t...

yes, INTERNAL_I2C_PULLUPS is enabled. The only lines I had changed from default were MINTHROTTLE to suit my ESCs, and #define TRI of course Everything else was default, although I've turned my attention away from the sensors to play with other stuff for a minute, and have enabled #define SERVO_TILT....

Hey there, I've had the parts sitting around for months to built a Tri, including a Paris v3.0 board, Arduino Pro Mini 328, etc. I assembled the board a couple of nights ago, originally with boards from second-hand WM+ and NK, I'm a tech, so no difficulties soldering up the boards, etc. I uploaded M...