2.2 KiB
Board - AlienWii32 (ALIENWIIF1 and ALIENWIIF3 target)
The AlienWii32 is actually in prototype stage and only a few samples exist. There are two different variants and some more field testing with some users is ongoing. The information below is preliminary and will be updated as needed.
Here are the hardware specifications:
- STM32F103CBT6 MCU (ALIENWIIF1)
- STM32F303CCT6 MCU (ALIENWIIF3)
- optional integrated serial/ppm receiver (ALIENWIIF3 only, future enhancement)
- MPU6050 accelerometer/gyro sensor unit
- 8x 4.2A brushed ESCs, integrated, to run the strongest micro motors
- extra-wide traces on the PCB, for maximum power throughput
- USB port, integrated
- (*) serial connection for external DSM2/DSMX sat receiver (e.g. Spektrum SAT, OrangeRx R100 or Lemon RX)
- alternatively PPM receiver connection (i.e. Deltang Rx31)
- ground and 3.3V for the receiver
- hardware bind plug for easy binding
- motor connections are at the corners for a clean look with reduced wiring
- dimensions: 29x33mm
- direct operation from an single cell lipoly battery
(*) Spektrum Compatible DSM2 satellites are supported out of the box. DSMX sat will work with DSM2 protocol with default settings (DSM2, 11bit, 11ms is preset).
Deltang receivers in serial mode will work like any other Spektrum satellite receiver (10bit, 22ms) only the bind process will be different.
The pin layout for the ALIENWIIF1 is very similar to NAZE32 or the related clones (MW32, Flip32, etc.). The hardware bind pin is connected to pin 41 (PB5). The pin layout for the ALIENWIIF3 is similar to Sparky. The hardware bind pin is connected to pin 25 (PB12). The AlienWii32 firmware will be built as target ALIENWIIF1 or ALIENWIIF3. The firmware image will come with alternative default settings which will give the user a plug and play experience. There is no computer needed to get this into the air with an small Quadcopter. An preconfigured custom mixer for an Octocopter is part of the default settings to allow clean straight wiring with the AlienWii32. The mixer can be activated with "mixer custom" in the CLI. To use the AlienWii32 in an Hexa- or Octocopter or to do some more tuning additional configuration changes can be done as usual in the CLI or the Cleanflight configurator.