iFlight Blitz F745 AIO

[tiralonghipol]

Support for iFlight BlitzF7

[tiralonghipol]

@andyp1per
Any further test I can run?

[andyp1per]

I think I have most things working now - please give it a try and see how you get on

[tiralonghipol]

awesome I have some time over the weekend

[andyp1per]

any news on the testing?

[tiralonghipol]

Got a bit delayed, it is the first thing in my todo list tomorrow!

[tiralonghipol]

looks good on the desk!
steps/procedure:

• brand new board
• git pull latest dev/Blitz branch
• build and flash bootloader (with updated board id)
• build and flash firmware
• rc setup on serial3, correctly interfaced with FrSky Taranis xLite-s
• arming/disarming works after rc switch mapping
• reversed motors wrong direction usin fc passthrough and esc-configurator
• using dShot300 cause apparently 1200 is not supported
  I also updated the escs with latest blueJay firmware and frq to 48khz

questions:
should the rgb led blink or signal anything specific? I do not see any activity

Next step: mount props and fly

[andyp1per]

The neopixel LED should blink but mine does not either - I double checked everything so I wonder if the betaflight pinout is wrong somehow

[tiralonghipol]

I cant find issues
Better tuning required of course
quick flight test: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcnAWToGpGQ

[andyp1per]

Great! - did the motor order come out right?

[tiralonghipol]

using the betaflight convention yes:

4   1
  x
3   2

for some reason the pitch was inverted (channel 1 in my case)
the radio has all signals normal, so I just reversed ch1 and it works

[andyp1per]

pitch is always inverted on AP - blame history

[andyp1per]

Thanks for the testing. I will update the board ids and have one last go at getting the LED to work and then get it merged.

[tiralonghipol]

one never stop learning I guess
thank you so much for your help!

[andyp1per]

I can't make the neopixel work :( my guess is its mislabeled and will require help from iFlight to correct

[Hwurzburg]

I am going to need some time to work thru the README and defaults.....several things do not look right....will try to do it early this week

[andyp1per]

Yeah sorry, have not actually looked at the README - will have a go today.

In other news the neopixel does not work on Betaflight either - so there is a fundamental problem with the config

[Hwurzburg]

I have started looking at this...these files are misnamed and will cause user confusion...this HWDEF is is for the BLITZ Whoop F7 AIO specifically ....other Flight Blitz F7 boards CANNOT use this....please rename this BlitzF7WhoopAIO or similar....will continue to review this weekend ...but this is basic and involves a lot of renaming, so I mention this first

[andyp1per]

How about BlitzF745AIO ? Distinguishes from teh F722 Blitz's and the non-ESC versions.

[Hwurzburg]

How about BlitzF745AIO ? Distinguishes from teh F722 Blitz's and the non-ESC versions.

sounds fine to me

[tridge]

@andyp1per why marked for dev call when you haven't approved?

[Hwurzburg]

also was agreed that someone (you preferably) put in funding req to get one of these for future support/issues

[andyp1per]

@andyp1per why marked for dev call when you haven't approved?

Apologies, I was forgetting this was not my PR - we were going to merge last week and then some changes were asked for. This is the redo

[rmackay9]

I'm not really qualified but others have approved so LGTM.

Board ID changed so dismissing this review.

[rmackay9]

With AndyP's help this has been included in Copter-4.4.0-beta4