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  • Eric KatzfeyE Eric Katzfey

    @TomP Okay, I think that firmware needs to be upgraded. Can you try voxl-2-io and choose upgrade_firmware?

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    @Eric-Katzfey Or just voxl-2-io upgrade_firmware?

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    • Eric KatzfeyE Eric Katzfey

      @TomP Okay, I think that firmware needs to be upgraded. Can you try voxl-2-io and choose upgrade_firmware?

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      @Eric-Katzfey said in ArduPilot on Voxl2:

      voxl-2-io

      It works! Many thanks for the great support! 🙂
      The firmware upgrade was the solution.

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        @Eric-Katzfey said in ArduPilot on Voxl2:

        voxl-2-io

        It works! Many thanks for the great support! 🙂
        The firmware upgrade was the solution.

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        @TomP Wonderful! So glad to hear. And I would really love to hear how the flight testing goes. We've never tried a VOXL 2 (or VOXL 2 mini) on a fixed wing (with ArduPilot) so be careful and triple check to make sure everything looks setup correctly before launching.

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        • Eric KatzfeyE Eric Katzfey

          @TomP Wonderful! So glad to hear. And I would really love to hear how the flight testing goes. We've never tried a VOXL 2 (or VOXL 2 mini) on a fixed wing (with ArduPilot) so be careful and triple check to make sure everything looks setup correctly before launching.

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          @Eric-Katzfey said in ArduPilot on Voxl2:

          @TomP Wonderful! So glad to hear. And I would really love to hear how the flight testing goes. We've never tried a VOXL 2 (or VOXL 2 mini) on a fixed wing (with ArduPilot) so be careful and triple check to make sure everything looks setup correctly before launching.

          It is an honor for me to report. We will be careful. Of course, a crash can also occur independently of the VOXL2. This is a new drone that we are building.

          What might be relevant for you is that we have found a gimbal that will fit one of your cameras with a bit of hardware hacking. The gimbal can also be controlled via serial interface using Ardupilot. We have already successfully tested this with the VOXL2-Mini.
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            @Eric-Katzfey said in ArduPilot on Voxl2:

            @TomP Wonderful! So glad to hear. And I would really love to hear how the flight testing goes. We've never tried a VOXL 2 (or VOXL 2 mini) on a fixed wing (with ArduPilot) so be careful and triple check to make sure everything looks setup correctly before launching.

            It is an honor for me to report. We will be careful. Of course, a crash can also occur independently of the VOXL2. This is a new drone that we are building.

            What might be relevant for you is that we have found a gimbal that will fit one of your cameras with a bit of hardware hacking. The gimbal can also be controlled via serial interface using Ardupilot. We have already successfully tested this with the VOXL2-Mini.
            WhatsApp Image 2025-03-29 at 00.03.08.jpeg

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            @TomP Oh, yes, this is all great news! Very exciting to hear! I will send an email to your account with some follow up questions.

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            • Eric KatzfeyE Eric Katzfey

              @TomP Wonderful! So glad to hear. And I would really love to hear how the flight testing goes. We've never tried a VOXL 2 (or VOXL 2 mini) on a fixed wing (with ArduPilot) so be careful and triple check to make sure everything looks setup correctly before launching.

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              @Eric-Katzfey

              I am also messing around with Ardupilot on a fixed wing, and wondering if any sort of voxl-io conf is needed for passthrough the PWM and CRSF RC? in a previous SDK, I believe there was a voxl-io-server, which no longer exists in 1.5 SDK, from what I can tell.
              I have upgraded the firmware and followed along with the rest of the thread.
              Thanks for any info.

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                @Eric-Katzfey

                I am also messing around with Ardupilot on a fixed wing, and wondering if any sort of voxl-io conf is needed for passthrough the PWM and CRSF RC? in a previous SDK, I believe there was a voxl-io-server, which no longer exists in 1.5 SDK, from what I can tell.
                I have upgraded the firmware and followed along with the rest of the thread.
                Thanks for any info.

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                @Sam-Kiley No need for any voxl-io configuration. voxl-io-server is for use with PX4, not ArduPilot. The ArduPilot firmware will detect if there is a VOXL ESC connected or a VOXL 2 IO board connected. If it detects the IO board then you will have up to 8 channels of PWM available.

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                • Eric KatzfeyE Eric Katzfey

                  @Sam-Kiley No need for any voxl-io configuration. voxl-io-server is for use with PX4, not ArduPilot. The ArduPilot firmware will detect if there is a VOXL ESC connected or a VOXL 2 IO board connected. If it detects the IO board then you will have up to 8 channels of PWM available.

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                    I would like to add a UART device to the starling 2 max running arducopter. can i use the VOXL 2 IO board's UART output to connect it to an a serial device? if so, what would the UART number be within arducopter?

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                      I would like to add a UART device to the starling 2 max running arducopter. can i use the VOXL 2 IO board's UART output to connect it to an a serial device? if so, what would the UART number be within arducopter?

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                      @adiprin1 Can you please start a new forum topic for this? And please include information about the device that you are looking to attach? Thanks!

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