Crazyflie 1.0 restarts while flying

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Osile
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Crazyflie 1.0 restarts while flying

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Hello,

maybe somebody can point me to the right log or something i can search for more details, but here is the problem:

Just flashed the crazyflie 1.0 with the newest firmware available and now it kind of restarts while flying, i hear the sound of the crazyflie checking the motors but the green light is off. Need to manually power it off and on again before i get a connection again.

Any Idea ?

Cheers
Marv
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Re: Crazyflie 1.0 restarts while flying

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Hi Marv,
Just a couple questions to help diagnosis...

What "latest" firmware did you use? The one from the Github release page (2015-08.1)? How did you flash: command-line using Crazyradio, or another method? How is your battery life? If you hold the CF down and increase thrust, is there a consistent point which is "restarts?" What is the sequence of events and the behavior at the "restart." Maybe we can figure out what's going on here!
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Osile
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Re: Crazyflie 1.0 restarts while flying

Post by Osile »

Hi Chad,

thanks for your help.

Yes that's the firmware i'm using and flashed it with the gui boot loader. The battery is still ok i guess, 79% max capacity of its origin if i should name a number.

No, the point of "restart" is random out of my view, but i just tested it with holding it down and recognized the following sequence:
1. cf lost connection
2. restarts
3. checks motors But only three of them turn and beep
4. red led flashes in normal speed and green led is off

I will try to reproduce that motor check failure with some test flights.

Cheers Marv
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Re: Crazyflie 1.0 restarts while flying

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Osile wrote:3. checks motors But only three of them turn and beep
Random guess, but how does the soldering look on the motors? There's no possibility of a solder bridge on one of the motors?
Crazyflier - my CF journal...
4x Crazyflie Nano (1.0) 10-DOF + NeoPixel Ring mod.
3x Crazyflie 2.0 + Qi Charger and LED Decks.
Raspberry Pi Ground Control.
Mac OS X Dev Environment.
Walkera Devo7e, ESky ET6I, PS3 and iOS Controllers.
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