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  • Date Created: 27 Aug 2015 3:43 AM Date Created
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QuadCOP:  Bad news ,flight controller dead

screamingtiger
screamingtiger
27 Aug 2015

Previous Posts Here:

http://www.element14.com/community/community/design-challenges/sci-fi-your-pi/blog/authors/screamingtiger?ICID=DCH-SciFiPi-challengers

 

Long story short.  My flight controller was acting up and it finally burned out.   It was acting flakey so I took everything apart and had intermittent success.  The I plugged something in wrong and now its done.

 

It could read read channels 3 and 4 off the ChipKit Pi, but not 1 and 2.  I confirmed CKP is putting out the PWM needed with my oscilloscope and I tested it on a servo.  So the flight controller must of took at hit at one time.

I finally go the CKP working perfectly!

 

This is what I ordered here:

https://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/uh_viewItem.asp?idProduct=60488

 

I am going to order anther one and it will be here next week  image  So I am going to keep posting my stuff but there can be no test flight until next week!

 

I pout over 90 hours into my project the last 2 weeks to be stopped by this!

 

Hey Element 14, how about another month extension?  Who else needs one, raise your hand!  image  I know I know I am pushing it.

 

The results of my testing I was doing.  Time to put it all back together for final presentation.

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  • jw0752
    jw0752 over 10 years ago +1
    Sorry to hear about the flight controller. This sounds like the way things go for me sometimes too. In the meantime you will be forced to go over things in your mind and I bet you will find some tweeks…
  • screamingtiger
    screamingtiger over 10 years ago +1
    Edited my comment to be more positive
  • jw0752
    jw0752 over 10 years ago in reply to screamingtiger +1
    My worst critic has permanent residence in my own head. My last project I got sloppy on the last board. I had it all installed before I realized that I must have fallen asleep part way through the assembly…
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    screamingtiger over 10 years ago

    Edited my comment to be more positive image

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    jw0752 over 10 years ago in reply to screamingtiger

    My worst critic has permanent residence in my own head.  My last project I got sloppy on the last board. I had it all installed before I realized that I must have fallen asleep part way through the assembly and screwed everything up. I had to redo it with no one to blame except myself. Progress only comes with pain and blue smoke.

    John

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