Tag: Flight Controller

  • INAV 9.0 – A New Era of Features and Community Leadership

    INAV 9.0 – A New Era of Features and Community Leadership

    The long-awaited INAV 9.0 release is here, bringing a wave of exciting new features across both the Firmware and Configurator. This version marks a turning point: it is the first release in years not managed by me personally, and I want to extend heartfelt thanks to the INAV maintainers who have stepped up to deliver…

  • ArteryTek AT32 Flight Controller – NeutronRC F435

    ArteryTek AT32 Flight Controller – NeutronRC F435

    OK, I’m kind of hyped with this! What you see on the image looks like an any other flight controller, right? Looks again! It’s not STM32 but ArteryTek AT32! And F435 as a bonus 😉 With the continuing chip shortage supply of STM32 is limited and prices high. Maybe have an alternative source of MCUs…

  • Matek F765-WSE flight controller preview

    Who makes the best fixed-wing flight controllers? Most probably Matek. Their series that begun with Matek F405-WING in 2018 is still going strong. Some models are end-of-line and new ones are created. The Matek F765-WSE is the next generation of Matek WING flight controllers that will appear on the market in late Q3, early Q4…

  • Beitian BN-180 GPS Module Troubleshooting

    Beitian BN-180 GPS Module Troubleshooting

    Beitian BN-180 is one of the most popular small, and cheap GPS modules used with INAV on airplanes, or on Betaflight on quadcopters. Most of the time, they work just fine, but I discovered that they could make problems from time to time. Here is a shortlist of possible issues and solutions for Beitian BN-180…

  • STM32 F1, F3, F4, G4, F7 and H7 flight controllers

    STM32 F1, F3, F4, G4, F7 and H7 flight controllers

    Currently, almost all flight controllers we use on our multirotor FPV drones and airplanes are powered by microcontrollers from an STM32 family. When we say about flight controller families or generations, we refer to them by the family of the MCU. For example: F1 flight controllers are no longer supported or You should get F7…

  • Betaflight 4.2 Gyro, Looptime and Gyro Stage 2 Lowpass Filter

    Betaflight 4.2 brings some very important changes to how various tasks are processed. Especially how gyro,m filtering and PID loop are working together. First of all, the gyro is sampled always at the gyro native speed. This means, MPU6000 will be sampled at 8kHz. Always. At the same time, PID and filtering are working as…

  • Understanding Dterm: how Dterm really works

    I will be very honest: until very recently I did not really understood how PID controller’s Dterm really works. Yes, something with dampening, something with “looking into future”, bla bla bla. But the reason for not understanding was because I was overthinking it. There is no “magic” only simple mathematics and few basic concepts which…

  • Omnibus F7 Flight Controller

    Omnibus F7 Flight Controller

    I got my hands on a new STM32 F7 flight controller: Omnibus F7. Before we proceed, small note. I am a huge fan of F7 flight controllers. In a year, they will be a main line of high performance FC on the market. STM32F7 with built-in UART inverters solves so many issues STM32 F4 boards…

  • Hardware revisions of Omnibus F4 flight controllers

    Hardware revisions of Omnibus F4 flight controllers

    The Omnibus F4 series is one of my favorite flight controllers. Two of my quads are flying thanks to them. They might not be the best or the famous ones, but they get the job done. And that is what counts. Unfortunately, they are not free of faults (and what is?) and each next revision…