When I connect my APM to the computer to upload the firmware for the first time, I select “Load Custom Firmware” in Initial Setup Tab.
After following the instructions telling me to unplug, press ok and plug it again, I get no “Error : Response from Board”
I didn’t find any relevant solution on the internet.
Thanks
Adrien
It sounds as though you have uploaded the wrong bootloader to the board.
Are you trying to load a custom build that you have compiled yourself? If so what version of the code are you building? If it is code you have written yourself, what branch of the code did you use as your starting point?
Hello,
I am trying to load the custom build (Arducopter.apj), the version is 3.6.10 because my board is APM 2.8.
So the code is not mine, it is the one that you can find on : http://firmware.ardupilot.org/Copter/stable-3.6.10/CubeBlack/
You are so sweet. You can continue to try, but, may be, it is not possible to do such a thing with your APM 2.8
Obsolete card since latest firmware 3.2.1 of February 2015.
AC 3.6.10 for a Cube black on that obsolete APM 2.8? You are ~4 years behind.
The CubeBlack is a modern 32bit Autopilot
You can find your local reseller at CubePilot.org
For your APM, the latest code is Copter 3.2
A lot has happened in 6 years 
Good day,
you cannot not use chibios and new firmware releases coz your fc is not compatible anymore due hardware limitations.
You must look for a new flight controller like the mRo x2.1… x2.1 777… pixracer. There are also new generations of the pixhawk cube, but are more expensive, it depends about the use you must do. Just let me know if you need an advice
It seems he does not take advice. He had another thread, where he was told the latest firmware for his board is copter 3.2.1 and yet here he is again trying the to load 3.6.10 on his APM2.8…
Hello everyone, sorry for the late.
So i could not chose the board, my project manager told me that I have to use it, I know he is dumb, but he told me to do it with the APM 2.5. I cannot calibrate the ESCs because the version is AC3.2.1 and the minimum version to calibrate is AC3.3+.
Since a motor test that made smoke go out of the board, I think i broke a part because i cannot do the motor test anymore.
So I decided to buy a newest version of ArduCopter Board and bought the APM 2.8. However, it is truly impossible to upload the firmware, i’ve watched a lot of tutorials but cannot even reach the first step of the tutorial.
I am a student, this is for my thesis, and my project manager is a jerk, i told him that I could buy another Flight Controller which is very recent, but he told me, stay on arducopter, that’s good.
For this board
I bought 2 boards when I realised APM 2.5 was too obsolete, but didn’t know that 2.8 was obsolete aswell.
My project manager told me “it will work, i am an expert in drones” so I trusted him but apaprently I shouldn’t have listened to him
Never listen to selfproclaimed “experts”!
I repent what I said earlier. You are just unlucky to have someone advice you, who obviously does not know sh**.
APM2.6 was the last official iteration of the ArdupilotMega, if I remember correctly.
APM2.8 is a modification, that was made after the Ardupilot project dropped support for 8bit hardware. I do not know, where it came from.
There are many boards, which can run the chibios version of ardupilot nowadays.
Have a look here:
http://ardupilot.org/copter/docs/common-autopilots.html
Some of the boards are not that well documented, yet. The easiest to setup/best documented will be the boards which were build for ardupilot.
I wish all the best for your project.
Listen to your supervisor patiently, nod and then get your advice here!
Hello,
do you advice me any other boards ?
I heard the DJI NAZA-M is good
Naza doesn’t run Arducopter so if you go that route you are in the wrong place for help.
Buy a Pixhawk 2.4.8. They are relatively cheap, run the latest firmware and are easy to connect peripheral devices to. Some will say they are low quality “clones” but for your project it would be suitable. There are less expensive F4 or F7 boards that would be fine choices too but more general knowledge and soldering is required…
I know, but I contacted a man who is kinda good in drones, I showed him my drone, he told me that it would run perfectly with Naza Board & Firmware.
Now I’m a bit too late for the delay (I got my thesis presentation tomorrow), but that would have been for the “post project solutions”
Thanks anyways guys !
Good day, dji naza cannot run arducopter coz dji is a closed firmware. if you want use ardupilot you must choose the flight controller designed for run it
Yeah I know, but when I meant Naza I meant using Naza’s Board & Firmware
hi
I wanted to upgrade my firmware in pixhawk 2.4.8 but at first it stucks on scanning components and then give error no respond from board.
After that it started to give continuous beeping sounds.
Kindly help me with this. A video link is attached with this.