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• Box content

• Getting started

  • First time setup

  • Motor connection

    • Soldering motors

    • ESC configuration

    • ESC configuration APP (AMC Manager v1.0.0)

    • ESC configuration APP (AMC Manager v1.1.0)

    • Testing motors

  • Ardupilot setup for power boards

• Pilot boards

  • DCS1.Pilot v1.0

    • Power supply

    • Peripherals

    • Connectors and pinouts

  • DCS1.Pilot v1.2

    • Power supply

    • Peripherals

    • Connectors and pinouts

• Power/PDB boards

  • DCS1.Power

    • Power supply

    • Peripherals

    • Connectors and pinouts

    • Octocopter configuration

    • .Power board diagnostics

    • Board firmware update

DroneCore.Suite

DroneCore.Suite consists of these main blocks

• DroneCore.Pilot - top board for control of the aircraft containing

  • Jetson Xavier NX

  • Cube flight controller

  • Internal 5V power supply

  • Power selector

  • Peripheral connectors

  • USB hub

• DroneCore.Power - bottom board with power electronic containing

  • 4 FOC UAVCAN ESCs - 20A permanent / 40A peak current

  • Power sensor (battery voltage and current measurement)

  • Analog inputs for battery cell monitoring

  • SMBUS

  • LED Driver for 4 x WS2812B strips

DroneCore.Suite provides easy to use ROS based software stack supporting development of autonomous applications.

Out of the box device is configured to fly a quadcopter (though flight controller calibration is needed anyway).

Specifications:

Mechanical parameters

• Weight 247g - including Cube orange, Xavier NX, Xavier heatsink with fan

• Dimensions 115 x 80 x 45mm

• Mount with 4 screws/spacers M3 109 x 74mm

• WiFi module

• WiFi antennas 2pcs

3D model of whole DroneCore.Suite will be added soon.

3D models of DroneCore.Suite accessories will be added soon.

Electrical parameters

• Power supply range: 12V – 35V (6S LiHV)

• Integrated DC/DC converter for control circuits

• Redundant power supply with power good monitoring for control unit

• Current protected peripheral connectors

• 4 x FOC UAVCAN ESC 40A, featuring motor identification and motor diagnostics

• Power sensor, SMBUS

Ardupilot (Cube) Connections

• PPM input

• PWM output (7 + 7 lines)

• 2x CAN

• 4x UART

• 2x I2C

• Buzzer

• Power sensor input

• ADC input

• Buzzer

Jetson connections:

• PCI Express (M2, Key E connector)

• 4 USB 3.0 (ZIF connectors, reductions available)

• Gigabit Ethernet (ZIF connector, reductions available)

• 6 CSI (22 pin)

• 4 GPIO

• UAV CAN, UART, I2C, SPI

• IMU BMI088 and barometer BMP388 on board

• USB 2.0 for debugging

• Micro SD card

• Video output connector (micro HDMI)

• Fan

DroneCore.Power (bottom power board)

• 4 x FOC UAVCAN ESCs – 40A peak / 20A permanent

• power sensor, SMBUS,

• LED Driver for 4x WS2812B strips

Minimum viable configuration

minimum viable configuration

Minimum viable drone configuration consists of DroneCore.Suite assembled with Flight controller unit and Nvidia Jetson, 4 motors, power supply, and receiver for remote control.

Of course, receiver is not mandatory if drone is controlled via wifi/bluetooth or completely autonomously. However, it is recommended to test flight controller regulators settings with manual control through radio first.