HW-0.21

Features of Hardware-Version 0.21

• Modular design with separate Flight Controller (FC) and Sensor Board (SB) PCBs

• Flight Controller (FC)

  • ARM7 LPC2148 60MHz 16/32 bit CPU with ARM7TDMI-S core (main CPU)
  • Atmel ATmega644p 20mhz 8bit MCU (RC/Servo/Comm controller)
  • Support for different I2C BL controllers:
    • Bl-Ctrl (mikrokopter.de)
    • YGEi (yge.de)
    • Quax-BL mod
  • Support for 5 servo channels (RC/Servo/Comm controller)
  • Dual bidirectional I2C bus buffer
  • Onboard power switch with 2 buttons
  • Optional switched voltage regulator instead of linear voltage regulator
  • Onboard switch for UART/USB ISP programming
  • Acustic low voltage warning
  • Programmable using JTAG, UART or USB interface
  • SPI extention plug
  • I2C extention plug
  • 5 onboard UARTs (two of them 5V or 3.3V) for ACT DSL receivers, consoles and GPS
  • 8-channel SPI level translators

• Sensor Board (SB)

  • Atmel ATmega168 20mhz 8bit MCU (Sensor/GPS preprocessor)
  • Sockets for 3 analog Gyros
    • Sparkfun ADXRS300/ADXRS610 breakouts
    • Melexis MLX90609-R2
  • 4-channel 12bit ADC with 1Msps (Gyros)
  • Discrete Sallen-Key Filters (Gyros)
  • Dedicated Temperature Sensor
  • Digital 3D linear acceleration sensor (Sparkfun LIS3LV02DQ)
  • Absolute air pressure sensor (MPXH6115) with 24bit ADC
  • Compass based on 3D Magnetometer (MicroMag3)
  • Dedicated low noise power supplies for 12/24bit ADCs and Gyros