[APPROVED] Pixhawk 6C and ESCs for IOMCU Extended DShot Telemetry v2 Testing

Proposals
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Topic:

Request for Pixhawk 6C hardware and a pair of BlHeli_32-compatible ESCs for testing contributions to Extended DShot Telemetry v2 support in IOMCU firmware.

Proposal type:

Hardware [ X ]

Description:

I am implementing support for Extended DShot Telemetry v2 (this PR). While I can test out few setups using my own hardware, I don’t have anything with IOMCU outputs, for which recently support of DShot and bidirectional DShot telemetry was implemented. So I was encouraged by the developers to submit this request in order for IOMCU testing to be possible.

The hardware required is the Pixhawk 6C and a pair of ESCs compatible with BlHeli_32, one to run a recent BlHeli_32, one to have AM32 flashed. (The third ESC firmware to support EDTv2 is Bluejay, but I already have an ESC to be used for this purpose)

Planned amount $$ (USD):

$307, all from Holybro, which is:

  • $234 for Pixhawk 6C;
  • 2 x $21 for Tekko32 F4 45A ESCs;
  • $31 for delivery.

Estimated time for completion:

Within 1 month after receiving the hardware.

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@MaxBuzz We can sponsor you the hardware. Please register an account on our website and let me know once it is done.

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I’ve registered shortly before creating this post (using the same first and last name as here).

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@MaxBuzz Please update the Holybro account with the shipping information :grinning:. It is currently just UK.

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Done! (I filled that in when computing the shipping cost, but that was not saved)

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Here is my two-part “test stand” that has just been assembled today, and with it I can confirm that, with slight #define adjustments, EDTv2 via IOMCU works!

Some AM32 testing is ahead, but BlHeli32’s and Bluejay’s status messages successfully get logged.

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