This is the first outdoor test flight of Toshiba CAN ESCs with ArduPilot. Some of the specifications and selling points of this ESC are:

• FOC which should result in about 10% longer flight times while also being quieter than non-FOC ESCs
• Control and feedback over CAN
• 1 to 12 motors, up to 7S batteries (future versions are planned for up to 12S)
• Sync issue recovery time of 100ms to 150ms which is apparently very quick
• Relatively lightweight for a 50Amp ESC
• Designed and manufactured in Japan

The vehicle used in this test is an EAMS Lab 475 Quad with a Cube autopilot and Here GPS running Copter-3.7.0-dev

These ESCs are not readily ... Read more

Hello everybody , i developed a new kind of display for Arducopter / Pixhawk.
This display is an extension of the onboard display SSD1306
the difference is the possibility to show more useful information for a complete pre-arm check.

The components required are :

• Display TFT 120x180 (ST7735)
• Arduino Nano
• Optional resistors for analog cell voltage input
  
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  UAVCAN UART NODE ; adding 3 more Serial Ports to your Flight Controller with TUNNELING

  

  Thanks to the excellent work from @olliw42 and experiments from @mike, I finally decided to start experimenting with UAVCAN, following this blog.

  I present here a simple project, that may interest some of you that are looking to add more serial interfaces and cannot switch to an alternative technology like I2C or SPI.

  It is using off the shelf modules that you can order from the usual web suppliers for a few bucks and by interfacing 2 x Benewake TFMINI serial RangeFinder, you can make a basic ... Read more

  
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  CANbus Quadcopter using UC4H : Son of FrankenSolo

  When I discovered the 3DR Solo main board as a building block for DIY, because it has a Pixhawk 2 and a companion computer with HD video and telemetry for a very cheap price, I built the FrankenSolo. I used a recycled set of plates from a Daya 680 because it was wide enough for the Solo mainbrd. But it is not necessary to use a Solo mainbrd, all of this could be done with a normal Pixhawk.

  https://www.rcgroups.com/forums/show…DS-FrankenSolo

  But as with most DIY builds I had to do a lot of bubble gum fitting and compromising to get it all to work. The quad flew better than any of my previous builds and I was sold on the concept. I used OllW’s UC4H components ... Read more

  
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