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MINI APM Flight Control V3.3

Description:

APM is the ArduPilot Mega series control for short, is currently the highest cost-effective UAV autopilot products, by America 3DRobotics design.
This product is compatible with Arduino, and a portion of the first 4 letters used as product name, so you can see that this project is an open source project.

APM supports almost all visible model: conventional fixed wing, wing, helicopter, multi axle vehicle, vehicle and ship and many other models, complete functions and can be selected in the collocation of fitting case provides automatic return and automatic navigation point standard UAV autopilot for.
The mini version of the APM source control, the default does not contain the GPS module, GPS module supporting the use of customers before the standard version.
In addition, the flight control because many open source data, in principle does not provide specialized technical support, if you are a novice, you need to make sure you can finish the assembly debugging.

Interface: 8 output, 8 way output, GPS, digital +OSD, I2C (external Compass), voltage and current detection input, USB, power supply input
A0 -- A12 interface also has drawn in V3.3.
The function and the firmware and the same APM, and can be used in fixed wing and rotor.

• Product Name: Mini APM V3.3 Flight control

• Manufacturers number: MINI APM V3.3

• Motherboard size: 35x35mm board size, 30x30mm hole to hole.

• Hardware version: V3.3

• Support mode: fixed wing helicopter multi rotor

• Net weight: 20g

• Internal compass:Without

• 8CH pwm input, 8 motor output.

• 12 way AUX input and output.

• Full connection possibility, supports GPS, Extra compass, telemetry and power module.

 

Parameter:

• Main control chip: atmega2560

• USB chip: atmega32u2

• Barometer: MS5611

• USB port: TYPE-C

Now the latest Mission planner has bug ,it can not calibrate Accel for APM,it can only used for PIXHAWK, please use version 1.3.74 for mini apm.

Download Mission Planner 1.3.74 from here,

https://firmware.ap.ardupilot.org/Tools/MissionPlanner/archive/MissionPlanner-1.3.74.msi

 

Select “install Firmware Legacy” to upload firmware, do not select “Install Firmware”,because “Install Firmware” is used for PIXHAWK,not APM.

Do not upload latest firmware (for example 4.0.3) offline for apm board.

Due to the limited memory space of the APM board, the latest firmware cannot be uploaded. If you use the mission planner to flash online, it will automatically help you to upload the firmware suitable for the APM board.For example, the copter firmware for apm is 3.2.1 (mission planner will help you upload this version),the latest version is for PIXHAWK , if you upload offline above 3.2.1, it will clear the bootloader of chip, when bootloader is broken, apm cannot work, also cannot upload new firmware.

 

APM 2.x (APM 2.6 and later) are no longer supported for Copter, Plane or Rover. The last firmware builds that fit on this board are Copter 3.2.1, and Plane 3.4.0, and Rover 2.5.1.

So, upload firmware online at mission planner, if you upload offline, make sure the version is not above 3.2.1(copter, for example)

MINI M8N GPS

GPS :NEO-M8N

compass :QMC5883

Size: 36x36mm

Mounting holes: 30.5x30.5mm

M8N GPS is a commonly used GPS receiver module produced by u blox company. It adopts a u-blox M8N chip, which has high accuracy and sensitivity in positioning performance.

The M8N GPS module supports multiple Satellite navigation, including GPS, GLONASS, Galileo and BeiDou. It can receive and process satellite signals from these navigation systems, achieving accurate acquisition of position, velocity, and time information.

The M8N GPS module is usually provided in the form of a small circuit board, with UART serial port and I2C interface, facilitating communication with microcontrollers or other devices. It can also receive satellite signals through external antennas and has a power management circuit and backup battery to maintain the durability of satellite data and configuration.

This module provides rich configuration options that can be set and adjusted through serial port commands or configuration software. Users can choose appropriate working modes, update rates, navigation parameters, etc. according to their needs.

The M8N GPS module is widely used in fields such as unmanned aerial vehicles, vehicle tracking, navigation, and aviation, providing reliable positioning and navigation functions.