Quanton STM32F4 baseflight

[treym]

Hello,

i have just added some support for the Quanton

board desc : http://www.quantec-networks.de/shop/en/ ... rol-rev.-1

source/hex/dfu : https://github.com/treymarc/baseflight/ ... f4/release

[treym]

quanton is now flyable with baseflight , ...

[cGiesen]

Nice, but whats about all the serials?
Is this 'only' on the same limited base like the 'original' Baseflight?

I look forward what's going on!

[timecop]

Forget extra serials, it's the holes that count!!

[brm]

i cloned the repo - never got so many warnings when compiling.

when looking at the video - i am not sure ...
the picture isn't clear - either the motors or the user has a problem ...

at least one more spare serial port to hook up the ardu logger ...

the board itself is top - prob. one of the best with regards to imu noise.
not that i like the mpu-6000

[dominicclifton]

nice work trey. As i mentioned on the cleanflight thread i've received an F4 based board too, I'll be looking at your code soon for sure! SO much to do, so little time.

[treym]

Hi Dominic,

pinout/wiring/af : https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/ ... G-DWvZ9cbU

main change is for timers being on different clock

[Gimbal]

Am i stupid or something, how can i flash fw to Quanton?

[timecop]

I would imagine, using ST DFU tools?
There's probbly a boot button/switch/jumper somewehre

[brm]

Am i stupid or something, how can i flash fw to Quanton?

SWD

[dominicclifton]

Hi Dominic,

pinout/wiring/af : https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/ ... G-DWvZ9cbU

main change is for timers being on different clock

cool thanks treym

[Gimbal]

I would imagine, using ST DFU tools?
There's probbly a boot button/switch/jumper somewehre

Thx TC

[treym]

There's probbly a boot button/switch/jumper somewehre

they did not put a button/switch/jumper for forcing the dfu mode

the provided hex wil set the device into dfu , same a the NazePro for uploading the firmware with usb.

[teslahed]

Will this board allow for more serial ports to be used with baseflight?

If i'm honest the only limitation that i notice with the Naze32 hardware at the moment is the lack of serial ports. It would be nice not to have to choose between an OSD and bluetooth. Even though there are workarounds for that (i.e. change PIDs via OSD menus etc).

Are there any other advantages to running baseflight on this hardware?

Or is it just a fun project? (fair enough either way).

[treym]

Yes , all serial shall/will be supported ..

[teslahed]

Are there any performance benefits in terms of acrobatic flight when using the MPU6000 (SPI vs I2C) ?

[Quadflyer5280]

How exactly do you flash the Quanton with baseflight? I'm having no luck with this whatsoever. Guess I need a step by step . Thnx

[treym]

How exactly do you flash the Quanton with baseflight?

1 ) using swd - HEX Firmware

connect your swd debuger to the swd pin of your quanton, flash the HEX firmewar


2 ) using uart

iirc , uart pins are not practical for flashing ..

3) using usb - DFU firmware

this assume you have baseflight installed on your quanton

put the board into bootloader mode using 'R' like baseflight, upload the DFU firmware , using dfu-utils or your preffered tools . the quantom will act as a DFU device.

or use the chrome configurator (in the dev branch , not sure about the status)

[Quadflyer5280]

Thanks for the fast reply. The board came with taulabs installed. Is it possible to flash it to Baseflight than ?

[treym]

yes, i also recieved the quanton board with taulabs installed ,

i use swd and a stlinkv2 from a discovery f4 for flashing the board with baseflight, you can see then briefly on the first video .

[Quadflyer5280]

OK, got an ST-Link V2 from digikey and got everything working. The problem I have now is that Baseflight Configurator gives an error about needing a newer firmware, 3-2.1 .... Works fine with Multiwii WinGUI 2.2 though so at least I'm flying Is there an updated firmware I haven't been able to find or a way to roll back my Baseflight Configurator? Seems those Chrome apps like to update by themselves though...

[treym]

OK, got an ST-Link V2 from digikey and got everything working. The problem I have now is that Baseflight Configurator gives an error about needing a newer firmware, 3-2.1 .... Works fine with Multiwii WinGUI 2.2 though so at least I'm flying Is there an updated firmware I haven't been able to find or a way to roll back my Baseflight Configurator? Seems those Chrome apps like to update by themselves though...

Kudos ! Your are the Third user to report success with baseflight on the quanton

I will try to update the code asap

edit : some minor msp update is required

[treym]

there are some expérimental optimisation in the code , so feel free to report any odd behavior if you notice them


edit : i am busy atm , well update code soon ..

[treym]

Is there an updated firmware I haven't been able to find or a way to roll back my Baseflight Configurator?

hello,

The firmware is now up to date and work with the latest version of the configurator, you can find a Hex file for the quanton

[treym]

hello,

the code is now on github : https://github.com/treymarc/baseflight/tree/f3f4