2.8 KiB
Board - OMNIBUS F3
Hardware Features
Refer to the product web page: OMNIBUS AIO F3 Flight Control
Hardware Notes
There are few things to note on how things are connected on the board.
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VBAT (J4) This is a battery input to the board, and is also a input to voltage sensor.
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J11 Power distribution The RAM is user defined power rail, and all RAM through holes (J6, J7 and J11) are connected together. By connecting 5V or VBAT to RAM at J11, the RAM becomes 5V or VBAT power rail respectively. The VBAT on J11 can also be used to power the Board if necessary.
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RSSI (J4) The pin is labelled as RSSI, but it will not be used for RSSI input for a hardware configuration limitation. In this document, the "RSSI" is used to indicate the pin location, not the function.
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UART1 in boot-loader/DFU mode The UART1 is scanned during boot-loader/DFU mode, together with USB for possible interaction with a host PC. It is observed that devices that autonomously transmits some data, such as GPS, will prevent the MCU to talk to the USB. It is advised not to connect or disconnect such devices to/from UART1. UART2 is safe from this catch.
iNav Specific Target Configuration
The first support for the OMNIBUS F3 appeared in BetaFlight. The OMNIBUS target in iNav has different configuration from the BetaFlight support, to maximize the hardware resource utilization for navigation oriented use cases.
[PIN CONFIGURATION PIC HERE]
PWM Outputs
Six PWM outputs (PWM1~PWM6) are supported, but PWM5 and PWM6 is not available when UART3 is in use. PWM7 and PWM8 are dedicated for I2C; in this document, they are used to indicate the pin location, not the function.
If servos are used on a multirotor mixer (i.e. Tricopter) PWM1 is remapped to servo and motor 1 is moved to PWM2 etc.
Note: Tested only for QUAD-X configuration.
Hardware UART Ports
PPM/SBUS jumper for J8 is assumed to be configured for PPM (SBUS=R18 removed).
UART | Location | Note |
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UART1 | J13 | |
UART2 | J12 | |
UART3 | J22 | PWM5=TX3,PWM6=RX3 |
All UARTs are Serial RX capable.
I2C
I2C is available on J22 PWM7 and PWM8
signal | Location | Alt. Location |
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SCL | J22 (PWM7) | J3 (SCL) |
SDA | J22 (PWM8) | J3 (SDA) |
SONAR
SONAR is supported when NOT using PPM.
signal | Location |
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TRIG | J8 (PPM) |
ECHO | J4 (RSSI) |
5V sonar can be connected directly without inline resistors.
OSD
Integrated OSD is not supported yet.
RSSI Sensor Input
The RSSI sensor adc is not supported due to the hardware configuration limitation.