FC and ESC all in one supported by Arducopter

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I was wondering if there is any board flight controller + ESC board supported by Arducopter?

I found a few boards here that use the same components as the other APM supported boards.
Amazon.com: iFlight Beast F7 45A / H7 55A 2-6S BLHeli-S AIO Board (MPU6000) Flight Controller Micro USB 5V 2.5A BEC for DIY RC Drone (45A): Toys & Games
BETAFPV F4 2-4S 12A V2 BLHeli_S AIO Brushless Flight Controller (getfpv.com)
JHEMCU GHF420AIO 35A BLHELI_S 2-6S AIO Whoop Flight Controller (getfpv.com)

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APM is an old piece of hardware. I suppose you mean Ardupilot. Support for the iFlight H7 beast is in the works. The hwdef file exists now.

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Ya I meant to say ArduCopter :slight_smile: There’s iFlight F7 board as well (https://shop.iflight-rc.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=1377), I’m guessing that should work. Would anyone be willing to help me on how to make a hwdef or test it out?

Thanks in advance :slight_smile:

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Sure but for $20 more you have an H7.

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I’ve done the port to the Beast H7, I will be doing the Beast F7 shortly

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Interesting that BDshot only on 2 outputs. I suppose this is what you were getting at in the other post. I think I’ll pick one of these up anyway as the Sub250g build stuff is getting hotter here!

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Lovely, thanks a lot for all your work :slight_smile:

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Actually doesn’t work on any - the issue is BLHeli_S timing. When I get a stand-alone BLHeli_S ESC I’ll dig a bit deeper

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In lieu of that would FFT referenced notch be the next best choice?

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Yes - that’s what I am using (until I smoked the motors)

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Have you gotten RPM filtering to work on this board?

I know the latest BLheli_s supports bidirectional dshot and JESC firmware.

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I’ve ported both the F7 and H7 boards now, but not made much progress on ESC based RPM filtering (we already support FFT based RPM filtering on these boards). I am running into some issues however which I am trying to diagnose, it seems the presence of NeoPixel on these boards causes some problems in AP.

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So RPM filtering works on the F7, the H7 is proving more tricky - it works on two channels but not the other two channels.

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Hey @andyp1per whats RPM filtering
IS that the notch filter and stuff. Never heard this term before.

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Yes - its what BetaFlight calls it

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ah…thanks Andy and Happy New year…even if I am a bit late saying it. lol

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But no external I2C, so no compass?

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Unfortunately, no.

More words

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I was ready to order one for a sub 250g build until I saw that. Matek H743-Mini and a 20x20 4in1 will have to do.

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Hey Dave. Do these small boards work ok and are they easy to setup. I need to find a small form factor for a small build. Ya I know small build me…right. It’s true a small build.
But I have no idea what to get.