Origins of SkyViper's Sonix board

[Vincent_Randal]

Is the SkyViper Sonix board based on this open ip camera?
http://www.openipcam.com/

[lordneeko]

http://www.sonix.com.tw/article-en-958-7981

[Vincent_Randal]

Nice. Thank you. I was able to register and get access to their forums. I wonder what I will find on the inside of a Sonix board if I cut open the can. I’m hoping I will find pins or connector pads for attaching Pomona Micro SMD Grabber test clips and Black Magic Probe.

By the way @lordneeko do you know where I can get a SkyRocket “debug adapter” mentioned by Andrew Tridgell at 230 seconds into this video? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0vLLndKQxA&t=230s

[lordneeko]

Sorry I don’t. There have been some discussions on this forum however.
And Matt Morton would probably give you some info on it. (He’s the SkyViper engineer that built the thing)

On this thread they talked about Sonix debugging

Sonix Board Recovery without WiFi?

Hi tridge, Looks like that did the trick! WiFi is working again. It was indeed the lower pad (TP4). It had a weak pull-up on it, so I pulled it down with a jumper. The upper one (TP5) was already at 0V. I might have left the jumper on for too long though. It seemed to reboot a whole bunch of times after flashing. Unfortunately, I didn’t keep a log of those printouts and my memory is quite volatile. The firmware upgrade web page showed that the ArduPilot version was 2017-07-29 (3.6.0-dev 6fc59…

[Vincent_Randal]

@lordneeko that is a very interesting thread. Thank you.

I’m considering laying out a PCB bed-of-nails board that mates to the back of the flight controller board with pins touching each of the approximately 16 connection pads (solder points). But I don’t know what half those pins do. which brings me back to my wish for SkyRocket “debug adapter:” with it I might also get some description of each of the solder points. At the moment I know what 8 of the pins are for (debug console, SWD, and USB). I don’t use the USB. I suppose it needs a driver that I don’t have.

[Vincent_Randal]

@Matt_M how might I get a SkyViper “debug adapter” mentioned by Andrew Tridgell at 230 seconds into this video? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0vLLndKQxA&t=230s

[Matt_M (Matt Morton)]

Hi Vincent,

Here’s a pic of the board designed for the 2018 Breakout Debug board. This connects to the ST-Link V2 on the 20 pin cable, then has buttons for BOOT, RESET and breakouts to the FTDI as well as the 10-pin Molex connector.

Also, here is the pin-out for the board, so you can see what goes where.

Also, I don’t think you would need a special USB driver for the USB port on the 2017, from what I recall.

Hope that helps!

[Satoru_Sasaki]

Photos of inside Sonix board, if you have not found thia thread.

Viper Boards Pictures

Some pics of the viper boards that I took last week-end. (With Sonix board metal shield removed) and references to a few key components. From left to right, Sonix video board (metal box RF shield removed), flight controller board with 4 LEDs and brushed motor leads, and GPS board with GPS Taoglass patch antenna on top of drone. [image] Flight controller board (bottom) Invensense ICM20789 triple axis gyros, accelerometers, and pressure sensor. NVT2008 level shifter. [image] Flight control…

[lordneeko]

I gotta say, the support from SV on the openness of this product has always impressed me.