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Starling 2, Starling 2 Max, Sentinel, Seeker, m500, RB5, the PX4 Autonomy Developer Kit and Stinger FPV: flying, tuning, repairs and spare parts.

  • VOXL2 randomly reboots during flight – PMIC reports S3_RESET_PBS_WATCHDOG_TO

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    chiu pkC
    @Moderator Update: Issue appears to be resolved. I disassembled the VOXL2, WiFi board (M0213), and ESC connections, cleaned the connectors and contacts, and then reassembled everything. After reassembly, the system has been working normally. I've completed multiple test flights without experiencing any random reboots or WiFi disconnections. It seems the issue may have been caused by poor electrical contact or loose connections, although the exact cause has not been confirmed. Thanks for your help!
  • installing Ethernet Expansion and USB Hub on starling 2 max without ToF

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  • Starling 2 intermittently rebooting / VOXL losing power and ESC LEDs stopping

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    VinnyV
    Hi @marcos-correa Apologies for the delays here, I was out on leave for a couple weeks. It sounds like the M0141 issue you might be having is very similar to this one: https://forum.modalai.com/topic/1356/sentinel-drone-randomly-reboots/2?_=1790714717250 It's important to use 5mm spacers between any VOXL 2 plug-in board, especially if it only picks up J3 and not J5, since that leave all the pins on J5 vulnerable to contacting circuitry from whatever plug-in board is installed. Symptoms from that contact are most certainly proven to be resets and brown outs, as we have seen that before. If you are already using spacers between your board, then I'd need to think about other potential root causes. Hope this helps. Thanks! Vinny
  • Starling 2 Motor EOL (M10000633) replacement & Battery specs for EU sourcing

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    It looks like we have one M10000633 on hand. Reach out to https://modalai.com/contact and see if they can get it to you
  • Purchasing Starling 2

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    Michael, They take approximately 60 days to deliver once you put in a order.
  • Starling 2 Max runs hot

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  • SDK 1.6.4 on a Stinger X8: lepton0_encoded never publishes H265 frames

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  • Camera Calibration – Starling 2 Max

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    @tom thank you
  • plz

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    Eric KatzfeyE
    Most of this can be answered by our documentation here: https://docs.modalai.com/. If after reading through that you still have any specific questions feel free to reach out here on the forum. The short answer to most of your questions is "yes".
  • Possible camera orientations for Starling 2 Max dev drone

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    Dylan GreshamD
    Hi @tom, That's exactly what I was looking for, thank you!
  • Starling 2 Max - Power issues when starting process

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    Eric KatzfeyE
    There are likely 2 issues here. One was a floating point math fix that is in newer versions of PX4. Can you update to latest px4: http://voxl-packages.modalai.com/dists/qrb5165/dev/binary-arm64/voxl-px4_1.14.0-2.0.146-202607161052_arm64.deb and try again? The other issue is that sending in trajectory setpoints from your external application, even when in altitude mode, will go straight into the position controller and affect flight. So, I would only send those in when in offboard mode.
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    Hi @alraj, 05c6:900e QUSB_BULK is not EDL (that is 9008). It is the SoC crash-dump mode, so the board is attempting to boot and failing before the OS comes up. Since Sahara/Firehose completed with the correct M0054-2 image, the flash contents are unlikely to be the problem. In past cases a board that returns to 900e after a successful QDL has not been recoverable by reflashing (https://forum.modalai.com/topic/1468 and https://forum.modalai.com/topic/3263), and a similar Sentinel case came back from RMA as a damaged main board (https://forum.modalai.com/topic/2131). Two things worth ruling out first. Pull the VOXL 2 out of the drone and boot it bare with every camera and add-on disconnected, since a mis-seated camera connector produced this same 900e state once (https://forum.modalai.com/topic/3230). Then re-check the steps at https://docs.modalai.com/voxl2-unbricking/#if-the-device-still-shows-900e-or-boot-loops-after-a-successful-flash and repeat the flash once. If it still comes back as 900e, an RMA is the next step: https://www.modalai.com/pages/rma. Include the serial number and QDL log. Keep the crash dump private, support can request it if needed.
  • Re-configure VOXL2 1.4 for GHOST Receiver/Transmitter?

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    The ExpressLRS receiver requires* one additional wire. The ghost atto only connects one wire to the VOXL RC RX pin, but the ELRS receiver will also require a connection to the VOXL RC TX pin, otherwise the wiring is identical. Pre-crimped wires can be found easily for the JST GH connectors (J19) to make adding connections simple. *You could leave the receiver's RX line (the VOXL's RC TX) disconnected; this would make updates and other control using the voxl-elrs application impossible but basic RC functionality would work.
  • Camera Intrinsics, VIO and more..

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    Dinesh Varun KandiyappanD
    @alex-kushleyev Thanks for the response! A control model is a simple MLP (multi-layer perceptron) Input observation space: PX4 odometry topics, ToF depth/Depth estimation model, object detections. Output action space: PX4 offboard commands ( position and yaw for now, but we might extend to velocity/Collective thrust and body rates)
  • Does Startling 2 Max have ASDA and FAR 52.240-1 compliance

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  • Battery Data Collection

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    I want to develop a battery management system to read live battery data and use it into a software that plans launch, path, return and control of the drone
  • QDL - 'received non-successful result'

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    RMA'd the VOXL2 board, it was found to be unrepairable.
  • stinger + TOF

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  • VRX Ground Unit Baked In OSD Elements

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  • Hardware: Starling 2 Max Landing Legs CAD different from drone

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    The specific leg in question has a number on it - 1460. The legs in the CAD for the C28 show 868B.