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| <div class="o-expansion-list-wrapper"><ul class="o-updates-modal-list hrt-list-unstyled"><li class="o-updates-modal-item"><div class="o-updates-modal-list-item m-update"><header class="m-update-info"><span class="heading-5 hrt-font-bold hrt-mr-1">19 July 2023</span><span class="hrt-text-gray hrt-text-body-sm"> by Christoph Redecker<span>, <span class="m-update-info-name">Organiser</span></span></span></header><div class="m-update-content"><span class="">We have sent out another H7 dev board - this time to Dominic Clifton (aka Hydra/SPRacing)- and finally got the betaflight H725/H735 target to show up in the configurator, which is a major step towards flying the Yolo H7 and also the HypaWhoop. The ICM-20602 and Barometer seem to be working on the dev board, and we'll post further updates about the progress.<br> | |
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| The Yolo H7 will be test flown first after we've confirmed that everything is working on the bench.<br> | |
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| The HypaWhoop will require more work because of the higher complexity (added VTx and ELRS).<br> | |
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| Each FC's design files will be published after their respective test flight(s), just like we did for the F7 FCs. Design flaws that we find on the way will be included as well.<br> | |
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| Again thanks a lot for recent donations! The ongoing support means a lot to us, especially since things are taking so long.<br> | |
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| Regards<br> | |
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| Christian & Christoph</span><ul class="hrt-mt-2 hrt-list-unstyled o-collage o-collage--inline o-collage--trio"><li><button class="image-16by9 m-collage-image m-collage-image--button m-collage-image--16by9 hrt-base-button" type="button" aria-label="Image 1 of 1" data-additional-images="false"><div class="a-image a-image--background" style="background-image: url("https://images.gofundme.com/wWWh9AfPoL4H5j6iMIns1cRrjCo=/720x405/https://d2g8igdw686xgo.cloudfront.net/56016790_1689803111550070_r.png");"></div></button></li></ul></div></div></li><li class="o-updates-modal-item"><div class="o-updates-modal-list-item m-update"><header class="m-update-info"><span class="heading-5 hrt-font-bold hrt-mr-1">3 May 2023</span><span class="hrt-text-gray hrt-text-body-sm"> by Christoph Redecker<span>, <span class="m-update-info-name">Organiser</span></span></span></header><div class="m-update-content"><span class="">Yolo F7 1-3S design files are now public as well: <a href="https://github.com/crteensy/yolo-fc_1-3S" target="_blank" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" data-airgap-id="70">https://github.com/crteensy/yolo-fc_1-3S</a><br> | |
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| We will keep focus on the H7 designs to get them into the air, so that we can publish those files too.<br> | |
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| Thanks again to all who were with us over all this time, it's been a pleasure and the second half will surely be amazing as well.</span></div></div></li><li class="o-updates-modal-item"><div class="o-updates-modal-list-item m-update"><header class="m-update-info"><span class="heading-5 hrt-font-bold hrt-mr-1">2 May 2023</span><span class="hrt-text-gray hrt-text-body-sm"> by Christoph Redecker<span>, <span class="m-update-info-name">Organiser</span></span></span></header><div class="m-update-content"><span class="">Now that both F7 boards fly, we've made the Yolo F7 2-6S repo public. The Yolo F7 1-3S will follow soon. Thanks again to everyone who supported us with questions, encouragement, and money. It's been a pleasure!<br> | |
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| <a href="https://github.com/crteensy/yolo-fc" target="_blank" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" data-airgap-id="71">https://github.com/crteensy/yolo-fc</a><br> | |
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| The H7 files will be made public when we were able to test fly those as well. However, the betaflight devs are still working on the H735 target. We're looking into ways to support them and ordered a couple more PCBs for the chonker (our H735 dev FC). They are already in production and should ship this week.</span></div></div></li><li class="o-updates-modal-item"><div class="o-updates-modal-list-item m-update"><header class="m-update-info"><span class="heading-5 hrt-font-bold hrt-mr-1">3 March 2023</span><span class="hrt-text-gray hrt-text-body-sm"> by Christoph Redecker<span>, <span class="m-update-info-name">Organiser</span></span></span></header><div class="m-update-content"><span class="">The Yolo Chonker was designed by us for the betaflight developers to bring up the H735 target. Three were made: one for ourselves to measure poewr system integrity, two for software devs.<br> | |
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| Design files are public: <a href="https://github.com/crteensy/yolo-chonker" target="_blank" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" data-airgap-id="72">https://github.com/crteensy/yolo-chonker</a><br> | |
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| We're currently discussing who exactly should receive a chonker and with what pre-configured options.<br> | |
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| Again, thank you to everyone who donated and to everyone who is following our progress!</span><ul class="hrt-mt-2 hrt-list-unstyled o-collage o-collage--inline o-collage--trio"><li><button class="image-16by9 m-collage-image m-collage-image--button m-collage-image--16by9 hrt-base-button" type="button" aria-label="Image 1 of 1" data-additional-images="false"><div class="a-image a-image--background" style="background-image: url("https://images.gofundme.com/uN3eROpyW0A_nyL4go7Nz5RZ98Y=/720x405/https://d2g8igdw686xgo.cloudfront.net/56016790_1677883234815838_r.jpeg");"></div></button></li></ul></div></div></li><li class="o-updates-modal-item"><div class="o-updates-modal-list-item m-update"><header class="m-update-info"><span class="heading-5 hrt-font-bold hrt-mr-1">26 February 2023</span><span class="hrt-text-gray hrt-text-body-sm"> by Christoph Redecker<span>, <span class="m-update-info-name">Organiser</span></span></span></header><div class="m-update-content"><span class="">Two items in the news!<br> | |
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| First, we assembled the first FC (The Yolo Chonker) for the developers. The other two will be done next week because some passive parts we actually missing.<br> | |
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| Second, I maidened the Yolo F7 2-6S today. Flew two packs and everything went well. Current could have been a bit higher, so I'll get some 4S packs to push the ESCs a bit more.<br> | |
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| Second pack video: <a href="https://youtu.be/momeFaftJuU" target="_blank" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" data-airgap-id="73">https://youtu.be/momeFaftJuU</a><br> | |
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| RCGroups post: <a href="https://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?3873345-Please-Help-us-Make-the-Final-Yolo-FC-Prototype-Fly/page3#post50604987" target="_blank" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" data-airgap-id="74">https://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?3873345-Please-Help-us-Make-the-Final-Yolo-FC-Prototype-Fly/page3#post50604987</a></span><ul class="hrt-mt-2 hrt-list-unstyled o-collage o-collage--inline o-collage--trio"><li><button class="image-16by9 m-collage-image m-collage-image--button m-collage-image--16by9 hrt-base-button" type="button" aria-label="Image 1 of 3" data-additional-images="false"><div class="a-image a-image--background" style="background-image: url("https://images.gofundme.com/pflMHJlvDgM5wwA7IQdnG51nC3I=/720x405/https://d2g8igdw686xgo.cloudfront.net/56016790_1677437212499269_r.jpeg");"></div></button></li><li><button class="m-collage-image m-collage-image--button m-collage-image--16by9 hrt-base-button" type="button" aria-label="Image 2 of 3" data-additional-images="false"><div class="a-image a-image--background" style="background-image: url("https://images.gofundme.com/XzRcNRV6-_HiMToCxk2boihh4-w=/720x405/https://d2g8igdw686xgo.cloudfront.net/56016790_1677437228724960_r.jpeg");"></div></button></li><li><button class="m-collage-image m-collage-image--button m-collage-image--16by9 hrt-base-button" type="button" aria-label="Image 3 of 3. 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We'll assemble them manually and then send them out to a couple of selected developers.</span><ul class="hrt-mt-2 hrt-list-unstyled o-collage o-collage--inline o-collage--trio"><li><button class="image-16by9 m-collage-image m-collage-image--button m-collage-image--16by9 hrt-base-button" type="button" aria-label="Image 1 of 3" data-additional-images="false"><div class="a-image a-image--background" style="background-image: url("https://images.gofundme.com/pkEjZLEpWfnYfzoE7Yo48kfouQI=/720x405/https://d2g8igdw686xgo.cloudfront.net/56016790_1673876196114781_r.png");"></div></button></li><li><button class="m-collage-image m-collage-image--button m-collage-image--16by9 hrt-base-button" type="button" aria-label="Image 2 of 3" data-additional-images="false"><div class="a-image a-image--background" style="background-image: url("https://images.gofundme.com/cFtH7St0gDscnYcPDPKC4YiQy70=/720x405/https://d2g8igdw686xgo.cloudfront.net/56016790_1673876214269872_r.png");"></div></button></li><li><button class="m-collage-image m-collage-image--button m-collage-image--16by9 hrt-base-button" type="button" aria-label="Image 3 of 3. Click to view all images" data-additional-images="false"><div class="a-image a-image--background" style="background-image: url("https://images.gofundme.com/l3T4YCMMJGFv78Y-uXgxSA6X1nU=/720x405/https://d2g8igdw686xgo.cloudfront.net/56016790_1673876232924185_r.png");"></div></button></li></ul></div></div></li><li class="o-updates-modal-item"><div class="o-updates-modal-list-item m-update"><header class="m-update-info"><span class="heading-5 hrt-font-bold hrt-mr-1">10 January 2023</span><span class="hrt-text-gray hrt-text-body-sm"> by Christoph Redecker<span>, <span class="m-update-info-name">Organiser</span></span></span></header><div class="m-update-content"><span class="">We're currently bringing up the Yolo H7.<br> | |
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| It required less rework than the previous (F7) Yolos, but has a serious error in the schematic for the MCU's power supply. We were able to fix that on the prototype by removing a pad beneath the BGA (see picture). The HypaWhoop will need the same fix, and the to-be-published design files will be corrected.<br> | |
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| After that, we were able to compile simply blinky code into BF to see if the microcontroller basically works - and it does. It even shows up in BF configurator. However, BF doesn't really support the H735 yet (or H723, H725 and H733), so we're working with the BF devs to develop a debugging-friendly flight controller for them to bring the MCU target forward. We will update you with the progress on those as well.</span><ul class="hrt-mt-2 hrt-list-unstyled o-collage o-collage--inline o-collage--trio"><li><button class="image-16by9 m-collage-image m-collage-image--button m-collage-image--16by9 hrt-base-button" type="button" aria-label="Image 1 of 2" data-additional-images="false"><div class="a-image a-image--background" style="background-image: url("https://images.gofundme.com/fXov8wnkcm_rtl4xtF9vpjU-70g=/720x405/https://d2g8igdw686xgo.cloudfront.net/56016790_1673350690222085_r.jpeg");"></div></button></li><li><button class="m-collage-image m-collage-image--button m-collage-image--16by9 hrt-base-button" type="button" aria-label="Image 2 of 2" data-additional-images="false"><div class="a-image a-image--background" style="background-image: url("https://images.gofundme.com/8F5AQp145gq4Zw9FytznFEwa-9g=/720x405/https://d2g8igdw686xgo.cloudfront.net/56016790_1673350700304737_r.jpeg");"></div></button></li></ul></div></div></li><li class="o-updates-modal-item"><div class="o-updates-modal-list-item m-update"><header class="m-update-info"><span class="heading-5 hrt-font-bold hrt-mr-1">30 December 2022</span><span class="hrt-text-gray hrt-text-body-sm"> by Christoph Redecker<span>, <span class="m-update-info-name">Organiser</span></span></span></header><div class="m-update-content"><span class="">The Yolo F7 2-6S is up and running. All peripherals tested ok:<br> | |
| - Battery voltage and current sensing<br> | |
| - IMU<br> | |
| - Blackbox Flash<br> | |
| - all 4 ESCs spin a motor, bench tested up to 25.2 V.<br> | |
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| We didn't test fly it yet, because we don't have suitable parts to build a quad around this FC. Technically it would be possible to rip apart the toothpick we used for the 1-3S version, but we saw that the toothpick format is simply not really compatible with a "classic" 20 mm AIO.</span><ul class="hrt-mt-2 hrt-list-unstyled o-collage o-collage--inline o-collage--trio"><li><button class="image-16by9 m-collage-image m-collage-image--button m-collage-image--16by9 hrt-base-button" type="button" aria-label="Image 1 of 2" data-additional-images="false"><div class="a-image a-image--background" style="background-image: url("https://images.gofundme.com/kbQg-udvbLSl_mz48Zm_JHLukw8=/720x405/https://d2g8igdw686xgo.cloudfront.net/56016790_1672433967958266_r.jpeg");"></div></button></li><li><button class="m-collage-image m-collage-image--button m-collage-image--16by9 hrt-base-button" type="button" aria-label="Image 2 of 2" data-additional-images="false"><div class="a-image a-image--background" style="background-image: url("https://images.gofundme.com/rXxOv-9oIr3GR65Za3TNOow5w_Q=/720x405/https://d2g8igdw686xgo.cloudfront.net/56016790_16724339775430_r.jpeg");"></div></button></li></ul></div></div></li><li class="o-updates-modal-item"><div class="o-updates-modal-list-item m-update"><header class="m-update-info"><span class="heading-5 hrt-font-bold hrt-mr-1">18 December 2022</span><span class="hrt-text-gray hrt-text-body-sm"> by Christoph Redecker<span>, <span class="m-update-info-name">Organiser</span></span></span></header><div class="m-update-content"><span class="">The Yolo F7 1-3S flies!<br> | |
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| With leftovers from past builds, we were able to put together a 3" toothpick around the Yolo and take it for a ride.<br> | |
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| Again, thank you very much to everyone who donated. Unfortunately, we're still behind, so please consider giving us another bump.<br> | |
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| Next on the list is the Yolo F7 2-6S. Since it just has a different voltage regulator for 5V, it shouldn't cause too much trouble apart from some electronics rework that needs to be done (some missing parts and some soldering defects - nothing serious that we didn't have to do on the 1-3S variant as well).<br> | |
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| Link to external camera footage: <a href="https://youtu.be/d6O6gJQrVC8" target="_blank" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" data-airgap-id="75">https://youtu.be/d6O6gJQrVC8</a><br> | |
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| Link to raw goggle footage: <a href="https://youtu.be/DCEDn6BwDqg" target="_blank" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" data-airgap-id="76">https://youtu.be/DCEDn6BwDqg</a></span><ul class="hrt-mt-2 hrt-list-unstyled o-collage o-collage--inline o-collage--trio"><li><button class="image-16by9 m-collage-image m-collage-image--button m-collage-image--16by9 hrt-base-button" type="button" aria-label="Image 1 of 1" data-additional-images="false"><div class="a-image a-image--background" style="background-image: url("https://images.gofundme.com/KMkXhuKGyamnQTJTJTKcrqys37U=/720x405/https://i.ytimg.com/vi/d6O6gJQrVC8/0.jpg");"></div><svg class="m-collage-image-playbutton a-play-button-icon" height="5em" viewBox="0 0 80 80" width="5em" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><linearGradient id="a" x1="82.852%" x2="21.46%" y1="13.623%" y2="88.32%"><stop offset="0" stop-opacity="0"></stop><stop offset=".50536" stop-opacity=".15"></stop><stop offset="1" stop-opacity=".3"></stop></linearGradient><g fill="none" transform="translate(1 1)"><circle cx="39" cy="39" fill="url(#a)" r="39" stroke="#fff" stroke-width="2"></circle><g transform="translate(31 23)"><path d="m21.7025354 16.1237742-19.3577033 13.7541576c-.4502117.3198872-1.0745002.2142384-1.3943875-.2359733-.1202269-.1692082-.1848196-.3716356-.1848196-.5792071v-27.5083153c0-.5522847.4477153-1 1-1 .2075715 0 .4099989.0645927.5792071.1848196l19.3577033 13.7541576c.4502118.3198873.5558606.9441759.2359733 1.3943876-.0648851.0913198-.1446534.1710881-.2359733.2359733z" fill="#000"></path><path d="m21.7025354 16.1237742-19.3577033 13.7541576c-.4502117.3198872-1.0745002.2142384-1.3943875-.2359733-.1202269-.1692082-.1848196-.3716356-.1848196-.5792071v-27.5083153c0-.5522847.4477153-1 1-1 .2075715 0 .4099989.0645927.5792071.1848196l19.3577033 13.7541576c.4502118.3198873.5558606.9441759.2359733 1.3943876-.0648851.0913198-.1446534.1710881-.2359733.2359733z" fill="#fff"></path></g></g></svg></button></li></ul></div></div></li><li class="o-updates-modal-item"><div class="o-updates-modal-list-item m-update"><header class="m-update-info"><span class="heading-5 hrt-font-bold hrt-mr-1">16 December 2022</span><span class="hrt-text-gray hrt-text-body-sm"> by Christoph Redecker<span>, <span class="m-update-info-name">Organiser</span></span></span></header><div class="m-update-content"><span class="">It still works, even with a receiver attached. It's a betafpv 900 MHz nano, and I have a transmitter with an R9M lite module flashed with ExpressLRS 3.1.1.<br> | |
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| Telemetry shows 7.5 V for the battery voltage in the attached picture - so everything works! With a little bit of configuration and quad-building, it's now ready for a test flight.</span><ul class="hrt-mt-2 hrt-list-unstyled o-collage o-collage--inline o-collage--trio"><li><button class="image-16by9 m-collage-image m-collage-image--button m-collage-image--16by9 hrt-base-button" type="button" aria-label="Image 1 of 1" data-additional-images="false"><div class="a-image a-image--background" style="background-image: url("https://images.gofundme.com/-5fpkAOEva-FZhBgwpVtZj6K1KM=/720x405/https://d2g8igdw686xgo.cloudfront.net/56016790_1671227178982646_r.jpeg");"></div></button></li></ul></div></div></li><li class="o-updates-modal-item"><div class="o-updates-modal-list-item m-update"><header class="m-update-info"><span class="heading-5 hrt-font-bold hrt-mr-1">16 December 2022</span><span class="hrt-text-gray hrt-text-body-sm"> by Christoph Redecker<span>, <span class="m-update-info-name">Organiser</span></span></span></header><div class="m-update-content"><span class="">We assembled a little breakout adapter for the video stack connector and attached a camera and a video transmitter to test the OSD. And it works!<br> | |
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| Next we'll have to add an Rx, configure everything and build a quad with this FC for a little hover test.</span><ul class="hrt-mt-2 hrt-list-unstyled o-collage o-collage--inline o-collage--trio"><li><button class="image-16by9 m-collage-image m-collage-image--button m-collage-image--16by9 hrt-base-button" type="button" aria-label="Image 1 of 3" data-additional-images="false"><div class="a-image a-image--background" style="background-image: url("https://images.gofundme.com/-wl8OqVAunXF6zzL4A8KYEoKjhU=/720x405/https://d2g8igdw686xgo.cloudfront.net/56016790_1671177202908490_r.jpeg");"></div></button></li><li><button class="m-collage-image m-collage-image--button m-collage-image--16by9 hrt-base-button" type="button" aria-label="Image 2 of 3" data-additional-images="false"><div class="a-image a-image--background" style="background-image: url("https://images.gofundme.com/GSOFvyBb65qwF5dPnwBa5bAyEN8=/720x405/https://d2g8igdw686xgo.cloudfront.net/56016790_1671177212393264_r.jpeg");"></div></button></li><li><button class="m-collage-image m-collage-image--button m-collage-image--16by9 hrt-base-button" type="button" aria-label="Image 3 of 3. Click to view all images" data-additional-images="false"><div class="a-image a-image--background" style="background-image: url("https://images.gofundme.com/clMT9A2i4hcMI6pZZXRPGNvcrsw=/720x405/https://d2g8igdw686xgo.cloudfront.net/56016790_1671177242942450_r.jpeg");"></div></button></li></ul></div></div></li><li class="o-updates-modal-item"><div class="o-updates-modal-list-item m-update"><header class="m-update-info"><span class="heading-5 hrt-font-bold hrt-mr-1">14 December 2022</span><span class="hrt-text-gray hrt-text-body-sm"> by Christoph Redecker<span>, <span class="m-update-info-name">Organiser</span></span></span></header><div class="m-update-content"><span class="">Yolo F7 1-3S ESC work!<br> | |
| <br> | |
| Longer story: we had routed each ESC MCU's UART (both Tx and Rx) to the main MCU, hoping that we could use the ESC MCU's pre-installed UART bootloader via serialpassthrough to softserial. That didn't work, but we have access to the C2 programming interface as well. That worked. All ESCs run bluejay and talk to the main MCU via bidirectional DShot.<br> | |
| <br> | |
| We could also spin up a motor with each ESC, so it's now basically ready for a little hover test. However, we still have to attach a receiver, and a few on-board features still remain untested:<br> | |
| - OSD<br> | |
| - barometer<br> | |
| - GPS.<br> | |
| Again, the GPS will come last.<br> | |
| <br> | |
| Video of the fourth tested ESC with a prop on: <a href="https://youtube.com/shorts/BTPq1jMr7oo?feature=share" target="_blank" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" data-airgap-id="77">https://youtube.com/shorts/BTPq1jMr7oo?feature=share</a><br> | |
| ( I couldn't embed the link via the gofundme form)</span><ul class="hrt-mt-2 hrt-list-unstyled o-collage o-collage--inline o-collage--trio"><li><button class="image-16by9 m-collage-image m-collage-image--button m-collage-image--16by9 hrt-base-button" type="button" aria-label="Image 1 of 1" data-additional-images="false"><div class="a-image a-image--background" style="background-image: url("https://images.gofundme.com/wlRzIc9r-Fg8suXwz0khWEEfQJ4=/720x405/https://d2g8igdw686xgo.cloudfront.net/56016790_1671052475878785_r.jpeg");"></div></button></li></ul></div></div></li><li class="o-updates-modal-item"><div class="o-updates-modal-list-item m-update"><header class="m-update-info"><span class="heading-5 hrt-font-bold hrt-mr-1">9 December 2022</span><span class="hrt-text-gray hrt-text-body-sm"> by Christoph Redecker<span>, <span class="m-update-info-name">Organiser</span></span></span></header><div class="m-update-content"><span class="">Good news!<br> | |
| <br> | |
| We separated and flashed the Yolo F7 1-3S and got some on-board features to work without any complications:<br> | |
| - 3V3 and 5V rails are ok,<br> | |
| - IMU,<br> | |
| - Blackbox logging,<br> | |
| - battery voltage and current sensing,<br> | |
| - LEDs!<br> | |
| Barometer and GPS are not soldered on yet, so they couldn't be tested. OSD is configured, but we didn't attach a camera yet so that will have to wait a bit as well.<br> | |
| <br> | |
| Next on the list is ESC flashing. We'll get that done in the coming days - currently waiting for C2 programmer hardware because the highly experimental bootloading-over-serialpassthrough-to-softserial idea wasn't successful. We'll have another look at that later.<br> | |
| <br> | |
| In the meantime we can prepare expansion plugins to test the OSD and attach a receiver, or head over to the Yolo H7, which will also need some careful inspection and on-board configuration.</span><ul class="hrt-mt-2 hrt-list-unstyled o-collage o-collage--inline o-collage--trio"><li><button class="image-16by9 m-collage-image m-collage-image--button m-collage-image--16by9 hrt-base-button" type="button" aria-label="Image 1 of 1" data-additional-images="false"><div class="a-image a-image--background" style="background-image: url("https://images.gofundme.com/obv9BTRY90aAzJX27YKoZwDOxEo=/720x405/https://d2g8igdw686xgo.cloudfront.net/56016790_1670617273388670_r.jpeg");"></div></button></li></ul></div></div></li><li class="o-updates-modal-item"><div class="o-updates-modal-list-item m-update"><header class="m-update-info"><span class="heading-5 hrt-font-bold hrt-mr-1">7 December 2022</span><span class="hrt-text-gray hrt-text-body-sm"> by Christoph Redecker<span>, <span class="m-update-info-name">Organiser</span></span></span></header><div class="m-update-content"><span class="">Update for the Yolo F7 1-3S:<br> | |
| We inspected the board, found some assembly errors (stray and missing parts) and fixed them. Two things are still missing:<br> | |
| - Barometer (will be added next)<br> | |
| - GPS (will be added when everything else is working)<br> | |
| <br> | |
| An initial power-up didn't release any magic smoke. The board was supplied with 4V, and pulled around 110...120 mA after startup. 5V and 3V3 rails and MCU core voltage measure ok. It seems to be fit for flashing now. The plan:<br> | |
| - configure a betaflight target,<br> | |
| - flash it<br> | |
| - check sensors (IMU, Baro, voltage and current measurements<br> | |
| - check blackbox flash<br> | |
| - other little bits and pieces.<br> | |
| <br> | |
| Then we can head on to flashing and testing the ESCs on this FC. After that, we'll proceed with the next FC (Yolo F7 2-6S, Yolo H7 2-6S, or HypaWhoop - we haven't yet decided which one will be next).<br> | |
| <br> | |
| Since assembly was so expensive, we had to update our funding goal. Please consider giving us a little bump - we're doing everything we can to bring all boards up now.</span><ul class="hrt-mt-2 hrt-list-unstyled o-collage o-collage--inline o-collage--trio"><li><button class="image-16by9 m-collage-image m-collage-image--button m-collage-image--16by9 hrt-base-button" type="button" aria-label="Image 1 of 3" data-additional-images="false"><div class="a-image a-image--background" style="background-image: url("https://images.gofundme.com/sLJI6cjwxO3qGD6IqvrQC51zWeg=/720x405/https://d2g8igdw686xgo.cloudfront.net/56016790_1670405495889443_r.jpeg");"></div></button></li><li><button class="m-collage-image m-collage-image--button m-collage-image--16by9 hrt-base-button" type="button" aria-label="Image 2 of 3" data-additional-images="false"><div class="a-image a-image--background" style="background-image: url("https://images.gofundme.com/hth-eRDLznNi630QWVI3JC0qj24=/720x405/https://d2g8igdw686xgo.cloudfront.net/56016790_1670405509666219_r.jpeg");"></div></button></li><li><button class="m-collage-image m-collage-image--button m-collage-image--16by9 hrt-base-button" type="button" aria-label="Image 3 of 3. Click to view all images" data-additional-images="false"><div class="a-image a-image--background" style="background-image: url("https://images.gofundme.com/VXXoQwj3E1kN0XjFMuOCM6NOLeA=/720x405/https://d2g8igdw686xgo.cloudfront.net/56016790_1670405622589383_r.jpeg");"></div></button></li></ul></div></div></li><li class="o-updates-modal-item"><div class="o-updates-modal-list-item m-update"><header class="m-update-info"><span class="heading-5 hrt-font-bold hrt-mr-1">26 November 2022</span><span class="hrt-text-gray hrt-text-body-sm"> by Christoph Redecker<span>, <span class="m-update-info-name">Organiser</span></span></span></header><div class="m-update-content"><span class="">The Panels have gone through assembly! That's good news. <br> | |
| <br> | |
| However, we had errors in the paste layer that required cleaning the PCBs and parts from paste, and setting everything up again. In the attached picture you can see that mainly 0201 parts are missing. We also had many parts on cut tape. Both factors together increased assembly cost way beyond what we expected.<br> | |
| <br> | |
| We will now add the missing parts manually and begin to test the boards.</span><ul class="hrt-mt-2 hrt-list-unstyled o-collage o-collage--inline o-collage--trio"><li><button class="image-16by9 m-collage-image m-collage-image--button m-collage-image--16by9 hrt-base-button" type="button" aria-label="Image 1 of 2" data-additional-images="false"><div class="a-image a-image--background" style="background-image: url("https://images.gofundme.com/AFuHVK5Sn0bImafsINTJoTROgcc=/720x405/https://d2g8igdw686xgo.cloudfront.net/56016790_1669489353869804_r.jpeg");"></div></button></li><li><button class="m-collage-image m-collage-image--button m-collage-image--16by9 hrt-base-button" type="button" aria-label="Image 2 of 2" data-additional-images="false"><div class="a-image a-image--background" style="background-image: url("https://images.gofundme.com/NG8JtVisUnY1JaJ0IFO66dBVN40=/720x405/https://d2g8igdw686xgo.cloudfront.net/56016790_1669489437319711_r.jpeg");"></div></button></li></ul></div></div></li><li class="o-updates-modal-item"><div class="o-updates-modal-list-item m-update"><header class="m-update-info"><span class="heading-5 hrt-font-bold hrt-mr-1">18 February 2022</span><span class="hrt-text-gray hrt-text-body-sm"> by Christoph Redecker<span>, <span class="m-update-info-name">Organiser</span></span></span></header><div class="m-update-content"><span class="">A big big thank you!<br> | |
| <br> | |
| We have reached our funding goal, so a big thank you goes out to all supporters and donors. We have ordered and received all parts for a small batch of flight controllers.<br> | |
| <br> | |
| PCBs are also ordered, and scheduled to be finished in early March (2022).<br> | |
| <br> | |
| The assembly run will probably be finished in May.</span></div></div></li></ul></div> | |
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