Summary of pixhawk
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Autopilot quick start guide.
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Parts 1 pixhawk 2 buzzer 3 safety switch 4 micro-sd card and adapter 5 micro-usb cable 6 six-wire cable x2 7 power module 8 i 2 c splitter module 9 four-position i 2 c splitter cable 10 three-wire servo cable 11 mounting foam 1 2 3 4 5 7 8 11 mount use the provided foam to mount pixhawk as close as ...
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Connect (required) connect the buzzer and safety switch. (optional) connect a 3dr radio to pixhawk’s telem port using the 6-wire cable provided with your 3dr radio kit to receive data and communicate with the autopilot in flight. (gps or gps+compass required) connect a 3dr gps+compass to provide the...
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Connect the ground (-), power (+), and signal (s) wires to the rc pins using the provided 3-wire servo cable. For a spektrum dsm, dsm2, or dsm-x satellite rc receiver, connect to the spkt/dsm port. Connect radio control for ppm rc receivers and futaba s.Bus receivers for spektrum satellite receivers...
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Load firmware apm firmware is the brains of your autopilot operation and must be installed before using pixhawk. To load firmware onto pixhawk, install a mission planner application on your ground station computer. Choose either mission planner (windows) or apm planner for (windows, os x, and linux)...
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When prompted, follow the directions to load the firmware. Once the status bar shows that the download is complete, power cycle the board by disconnecting and reconnecting the usb. If you hear a musical tone, your firmware installation is complete. If you hear a series of tones followed by three bee...
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Select frame type (copters only) calibrate compass select the options to enable the compass; to allow automatic declination calculation; and to specify pixhawk. Select live calibration to launch the wizard, and follow the prompts. Show me videos demonstrating live calibration techniques at 3dr.Com/l...
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Calibrate accelerometer select flight modes 4 5 6 rc calibration left stick right stick select accel calibration , check the box for ac 3.0+, select calibrate , and follow the prompts to calibrate pixhawk’s accelerometer. Make sure to wait a couple of seconds before and after changing the positions ...
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Led meanings flashing red and blue: initializing. Please wait. Double flashing yellow: error. System refuses to arm. Flashing blue: disarmed, searching for gps. Autonomous, loiter, and return-to-launch modes require gps lock. Flashing green: disarmed, gps lock acquired. Ready to arm. Quick double to...
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 1 spektrum dsm receiver 2 telemetry (radio telemetry) 3 telemetry (on-screen display) 4 usb 5 spi (serial peripheral interface) bus 6 power module 7 safety switch button 8 buzzer 9 serial 10 gps module 11 can (controller area network) bus 12 i 2 c splitter or comp...
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Processor 32-bit arm cortex m4 core with fpu 168 mhz/256 kb ram/2 mb flash 32-bit failsafe co-processor sensors st micro 16-bit gyroscope st micro 14-bit accelerometer/magnetometer meas barometer mpu6000 accelerometer/magnetometer power ideal diode controller with automatic failover servo rail high-...
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Operating a powered vehicle of any kind can be a lot of fun, but it carries certain inherent risks. Regulations governing the use of powered vehicles, including aircraft, vary from locale to locale, even within the same country or district. It is your responsibility to ensure that you understand and...
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Disclaimer the limited warranties applicable to 3d robotics-branded hardware can be found at www.3drobotics.Com/terms/ and can be referenced in full at that url. 3d robotics reserves the right to update the warranties at any time without express notice. 3d robotics makes no other warranties for 3d r...