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Well done Mike!
Keep up the good work, I really appreciate your logical approach.
If you could eventually get DSM(X) support in as well
Great stuff, shame they made such a hash of the buttons layout

Clive

Is there another way?
http://openrcforums.com/forum/viewtopic ... 150#p63669

jhsa wrote:Ah, and the first one on strip board too..

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I would be really appreciative of results of the following simple test, thanks! a: switch on Taranis (opentx-r2834 internal module) b: press page (long) c: what is SWR? (mine is "0") d: firmly grip antenna e: what do you read now (mine still reads "0" on my new Taranis) My prevous one read "0" and "...

Sounds stupid I know! I would be happier if I saw an SWR greater than unity

Ok, thanks.
No antenna connector on mine. Certainly touching the coax inner makes no difference.
Would be really interested what others are getting!?

Clive

No update has been released so far. I frankly doubt anything is wrong. Ok, I wonder why my SWR meter doesn't work? Isn't this an update? I would love to think nothing is wrong, but I get SWR 0 / 18 when gripped, on Taranis 2 it's 0 /0. What result does anyone else get? http://www.frsky-rc.com/downl...

Ok Mike,
Thanks for that. I did mean firmware update.
No wonder they didn't bring the pins out the back.
In your opinion, do you think trying an update might fix
the SWR reading? The power output issue seems to have gone away.

Clive

Giant Shark were good as gold when I contacted them and offered a refund. Said I could look inside,which I did of course, prior to returning it. (They have no spare modules) Nothing obvious of course! One thing before I send it off, does anyone know how to update the INTERNAL xjt on the Taranis? Tho...

Just got a second one, and it seems to have a "funny" with it. The power output seems to fluctate rapidly as shown on my field strength meter, and the indicated SWR is "0" even if the antenna is gripped firmly. The first one is rock solid, and SWR goes from "0" to "18" on gripping antenna. Both have...

Here's my "low tech" version of your board Mike
Works perfectly, thankyou!
The striped wire will go to the +ve esc connector, with the divider resistor fitted there,
don't like megamps available at the receiver end!
Lower end 3k3 and 100nf on board.
Measures 14x20x8 mm

Mike, it was different signature every time, like 0x000105, 0xff90ff.
sometimes "target doesn't answer etc.
Putting the -B 20 (avrdude) in seems to have made it 100%

Got mine going now, you really DO need that -B 20 in the command line to write the fuses!
Thanks for your help both,

Clive

Thanks Mike.
Unfortunately avrdude thinks differently, and tells me the signature bytes are wrong.
I'll maybe try a different 13A tomorrow, but have read of others having this problem.

Clive

Avrdude doesn't seem to support the attiny13A that I used as far as I can see?
Thanks,

Clive

Do you never sleep?


Thanks Mike!

A version using an AtTiny13. This is intended just as a single analog input device for the X8R. Cd.png PcbCuts.jpg PcbWires.jpg PcbBuilt.jpg The connector on the right is colour coded. The SPort connection is the lower three pins: Black - ground Red - power Green - signal The upper two pins (wmpty ...

Brilliant software Mike, I just tried it out with Arduino Pro Mini. Really good is the way you've "damped" the falling voltage so it doesn't alarm with a picosecond :roll: dip of the LiPo voltage :D Good work, thankyou! Clive Reason for project. FrSky have chosen not to put any analog input ports on...

Picture here SM

http://www.alofthobbies.com/taranis-power-switch.html

Looks as if it's all on there?

I don't use a FBVS-01. (It is only 2 series connected resistors anyway) Mike's added decoupling cap is a good idea, though I haven't needed it (yet!) I always fit R1 to the +ve connector going to the esc, with a thin wire going to A1 or A2 servo type plug, with R2 connected there. Seems to work fine...

MikeB wrote:It's hard wired, due to pin 1 being tied to ground. It should be tied to mid rail to give 160 minutes for a C/2 charge rate.

Mike.

A couple of 10K's perhaps?

Or maybe just wait and see what Frsky do on the latest Taranis (as SM said) and copy it

Ok, I'm being lazy here
Did anyone sort out what needs to be done to mod the charging circuit so that
it will fully charge a 2000mah nimh battery with the supplied charger?
Seems to me it times out before it's charged
Thanks,

Clive

Forgot to say, a shorting link from what was rssi out pin and +pin and you can revert to "as it was"

At least electronically, if not physically!

Clive

Well, after weeks of deliberating, I finally modded my X8R for external A1 input. I found you really do have to seperate the two boards. I had to turn up a new de-soldering bit for my adcola vac pump from an old brass adcola soldering iron bit, and drill a 1mm nozzle hole and smaller end to fit betw...

Thanks Mike, missed that one completely!

Preserves your Rx warranty, keeps the existing internal analog data and gives me a chance to program the SPort driver! Also, we can probably include some other inputs of some sort if not using the openXsensor. Mike. Aha, in that case I'm with you all the way :P (I would still be interested to see w...

I want to do it the hard way (after someone else did it of course!)

It just seems overly complicated to me, adding yet another module and connectors.
I would love to see some closeup photos of the board(s).
I was always told "simplificate, and add more lightness"

Is it really impossible to re-route the existing analogue port or just hellish difficult??
This does seem to be a sledgehammer to crack a nut

Perfick!
The bleeper issue doesn't matter to me, I just thought it might be indicative of something else going on.
G'night

Clive

It's not the vario Mike, it's fine in Taranis.
The warbley sound only happens with PiSpkVoice (the only setting the haptic works on!)
and ONLY when pxx is selected.
Have a nice Sunday anyway