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by theseankelly
Sun Oct 15, 2017 9:20 pm
Forum: Developer Discussions
Topic: Betaflight support for CF2.0
Replies: 14
Views: 11009

Re: Betaflight support for CF2.0

Hey forum Another update - Betaflight 3.2 was officially released this month. This is the first release that contains the Crazyflie 2.0 target by default, so you don't need to clone and build from source anymore. It's available as a target in the betaflight configurator from the google chrome store!...
by theseankelly
Mon Oct 09, 2017 1:39 pm
Forum: Developer Discussions
Topic: Tuning crazyflie for smooth, stable and responsive flight
Replies: 52
Views: 63752

Re: Tuning crazyflie for smooth, stable and responsive flight

I mean rapid increases to max throttle. The behavior happens most commonly when you go immediately to 100% throttle at takeoff. I can also see it when you go from hover throttle to 100% immediately during flight. The behavior is hard to describe, but it looks like an uncontrolled oscillation or dest...
by theseankelly
Sun Oct 08, 2017 10:23 pm
Forum: Developer Discussions
Topic: Tuning crazyflie for smooth, stable and responsive flight
Replies: 52
Views: 63752

Re: Tuning crazyflie for smooth, stable and responsive flight

Hey all, it's been a while. Here's some updates for those who are curious: I've made some changes to how UART is handled that lets us reduce the syslink task priorty. However, I also determined that the massive 20ms+ spikes only happen when connected through USB instead of OTA, so it's less of a con...
by theseankelly
Mon Sep 18, 2017 3:01 pm
Forum: Loco Positioning System
Topic: Powering LPS node with lipo?
Replies: 4
Views: 2722

Powering LPS node with lipo?

Hey, curious if anyone has successfully used 2s lipos (with a connector attached to the terminal on the node) to power the LPS nodes? Seems that would be the cheapest option for mobile power since those USB power sticks seem to be about $10 a piece. My only concern is about preventing over dischargi...
by theseankelly
Tue Sep 05, 2017 3:24 pm
Forum: Support
Topic: 'make flash' via jlink - crazyflie doesn't boot
Replies: 5
Views: 3738

Re: 'make flash' via jlink - crazyflie doesn't boot

What you stated is correct. When "make flash" runs, openOCD is using the 'autoerase' option which causes all flash from the start through the end of the image to be erased (including the bootloader). Then when the bootloader is flashed, only the portion used by the bootloader is erased, pr...
by theseankelly
Fri Aug 18, 2017 4:56 am
Forum: Support
Topic: Can't communicate with the STM32 after SWD flashing/debugging the NRF51
Replies: 6
Views: 5718

Re: Can't communicate with the STM32 after SWD flashing/debugging the NRF51

Do you have any more ideas? Are there lower level bootloaders than DFU mode I can put the chip in? I can't bring myself to believe the chip is damaged or bricked simply from debugging the NRF... That seems unlikely right??
by theseankelly
Tue Aug 15, 2017 1:49 pm
Forum: Developer Discussions
Topic: New pid coefficients
Replies: 12
Views: 6414

Re: New pid coefficients

Interesting that it was solved. I wonder if this commit fixed the problem:
https://github.com/bitcraze/crazyflie-f ... 92af9eaffd
by theseankelly
Mon Aug 14, 2017 1:43 pm
Forum: Support
Topic: Can't communicate with the STM32 after SWD flashing/debugging the NRF51
Replies: 6
Views: 5718

Re: Can't communicate with the STM32 after SWD flashing/debugging the NRF51

I'm using the STM32 discovery board with a STLink adapter on it. I think it's a V1 and not a V2 -- looks like V2 adapters are cheap on amazon so if V2 offers better features that would help me recover the chip I'll gladly order one. I've used DFU mode before and also noticed the extra button press -...
by theseankelly
Mon Aug 14, 2017 1:24 pm
Forum: Support
Topic: NRF51 JTAG problems
Replies: 3
Views: 2307

Re: NRF51 JTAG problems

Thanks for the follow up! Good to know that stepping is disabled when Bluetooth is enabled. Strange -- I hope there's a technical reason behind that and it isn't just Nordic trying to protect their IP by hindering debuggability :(
by theseankelly
Mon Aug 14, 2017 5:10 am
Forum: Support
Topic: Can't communicate with the STM32 after SWD flashing/debugging the NRF51
Replies: 6
Views: 5718

Re: Can't communicate with the STM32 after SWD flashing/debugging the NRF51

I do have one functional board left, so I ran some comparisons. Most pins are the same on the good board and the bad board -- voltage supplies look good in both, the BOOT0 and NRST pins are in the correct states, etc. The only difference I found was on the good board, PA13 (STM_SWIO) is high, but it...