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  • in reply to: dRonin for Tricopters! (TriRonin) #61877
    Frederoo
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    On the HMC5883(L) – I hooked a separate I2C board (GY-273) to the I2C on the Kakute F4v2, and the mag does not work. I tried flashing Betaflight, and it’s the same. I did this because I just unsoldered this tiny thing form a Matek F405-CTR, on which it was running flawlessly (with Betaflight). So, I guess the Kakute has a problem with this sensor for some unknown reason. I must have overlooked this because of the other problems I had. Sorry! :/

    BTW, the L stands for Low voltage – it needs 3.3V, and 3.6V is absolute maximum according to the specs.

    in reply to: dRonin for Tricopters! (TriRonin) #61871
    Frederoo
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    I had Matek M8Q-5883 wired and working, but I didn’t manage to arm then, unknown Path Planner/Config errors. :/ I’m using 5.8GHz VTXs and satellite fix seemed very solid.

    @jihlein There seems to be a new option in the Hardware settings tab that you have to set (Uart4RxPad = Fdbk2) with the new firmware (hash c4252a0a57a2f5e3a44c9e2a31750898220046ff), otherwise ServoCal will fail as the feedback wire is not assigned (regardless of the Properties for Triflight). Will that settings drop down supersede the old ServoFdbkPin property in the future? And Why is it Fdbk2 and not Fdbk or Fdbk1?

    in reply to: dRonin for Tricopters! (TriRonin) #61533
    Frederoo
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    I have a Kakute F4 v2 AIO, so I assumed the same you are writing about.

    in reply to: dRonin for Tricopters! (TriRonin) #61529
    Frederoo
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    @jihlein I have a Matek M8Q-5883 and it works perfectly, both GPS and mag. The only problem is, I couldn’t get any RTH or anything associated with navigation working on dRonin, it complains about configuration and modules and does not let me arm. If you can give a step-by-step instructions how to set it up I would gladly take my tri off the shelf where it landed in favour of iNav quads…

    PS I used this guide with no luck: dRonin User Guide: Preparing for Navigation The errors were (paraphrasing): “no path planner module enabled and a path follower module is” and then “path planner enabled with no path follower” when I took the advice. I had the VtolPathFollower enabled as per the instructions, than tried turning on PathPlanner as well.

    PS2 Does running the mag_calibration.py script have any significant benefits? It seems a hassle…

    in reply to: dRonin for Tricopters! (TriRonin) #60932
    Frederoo
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    @jihlein Maybe you should use GitHub’s releases for the files? Are there problems building packages for Windows with Travis CI for example?

    in reply to: Matek 405-STD – For Bi and Tricopters #60507
    Frederoo
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    I am absolutely sure R-XSR works with F405-CTR on BetaFlight – without any modifications to either piece of gear. Not sure to which pad I hooked it up, it’s via SoftSerial, dumped config says:

    resource SERIAL_TX 11 A15
    serial 30 32 115200 57600 0 115200

    They also have a guide picture for F405-STD and BetaFlight that uses the same pin on the MCU as I do:
    Matek F405-CTR Wiring guide
    http://www.mateksys.com/?portfolio=f405-std#tab-id-3

    I know you are trying to setup dRonin, I’m just saying it is possible, hardware side. 😉

    in reply to: BiCopter + F3FC + Betaflight #60494
    Frederoo
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    Ok, I took my BiCopter apart to connect the USB cable – I can set motors to DShot 1200 no problem (it did not revert to PWM after switching tabs), they also work in the Motors tab. Curiously, I had them set to OneShot125 – probably per David’s video.

    Some sanity checks, don’t be mad at me if you did those: do both ESCs play init sounds with motors when connected to power? Is their configuration in sync as per this guide https://oscarliang.com/best-blheli-32-settings/ ? I mean are they both set to same values, not necessarily the exact values from the guide – mine were out of sync, hence my earlier problems.

    in reply to: BiCopter + F3FC + Betaflight #60492
    Frederoo
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    As far as I recall ESC from the BiCopter kit from David are DShot1200 capable – I use them myself. I don’t recall you could mix modes for motors in BetaFlight (unlike dRonin), so if you are set to DShot, every motor should get DShot. That’s strange stuff happening that I can’t think of a reason for… :/

    in reply to: BiCopter + F3FC + Betaflight #60487
    Frederoo
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    Can you verify in the CLI that any of the other resources (not motor or servo) are not mapped to A04?

    in reply to: dRonin for Tricopters! (TriRonin) #60442
    Frederoo
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    So am I. I am using ADC3, that seems to be the only difference in our FC setups. Did the tail tune go correctly? Mine failed after the first move (swipe right?) and produced a lot of noises with the motors. A bit misleadingly it makes the same noises if it completes successfully – it just goes through the whole routine (swipe right, swipe left, swipe left to right I think) exactly like in David’s video. If that fails, maybe try a different ADC? Is it possible to have a conflict in dRonin?

    in reply to: dRonin for Tricopters! (TriRonin) #60432
    Frederoo
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    @wm175 No w I remember that I had a very similar thing happening to the tail motor, the problem was servo feedback: try enabling virtual servo, does it stop being crazy? If so, you have to check the feedback settings/wire – check a few pages back in this topic, maybe the ADC is wrong?

    in reply to: dRonin for Tricopters! (TriRonin) #60424
    Frederoo
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    @wm175 Did you use “Full flash erase” or similar when installing dRonin firmware? Which flashing method did you use?

    BTW I installed a 6V BEC on my Trike and I now know where the default value for the servo speed came from. 😀 The change from 5V to 6V bumped it from ~260 to 300.105. 😉

    in reply to: dRonin for Tricopters! (TriRonin) #60403
    Frederoo
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    Heh, didn’t notice the Kakute-F4-v2-AIO had such a poor BEC… I guess it was designed for quads in mind, so didn’t need anything better. That said Matek-F405-CTR’s that I use have 2-3A at 5V, but I guess that is not enough still. Need to find that 6V BEC that I have somewhere in the various boxes… I wonder how much that will affect the servo speed in dRonin? Thanks for the explanation @Kevin_Erik! 🙂

    in reply to: dRonin for Tricopters! (TriRonin) #60314
    Frederoo
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    Just switching to ADC3 fixed the issue – TailTune works perfect! My machine was very stable on default settings, can’t wait to test how this helps. AutoTune on the other hand broke Yaw so much that I reverted back to default. Thanks for the help @jihlein, and also great job on Triflight! 😉

    Thanks again @David for the guide, it has some gaps but it does the job.

    in reply to: dRonin for Tricopters! (TriRonin) #60311
    Frederoo
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    Is ADC2 pad R4 on the Kakute v2? And R5 would be Rx pads (for ESC telemetry)? The readings in the Triflight data object do seem to be quite out of range (ADCServoFdbk around 18k and ServoAngle -95k).

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