This video answers so many questions. Most people tend to ignore the fact that waves of acronyms are quite daunting, but you explain them beautifully. Thank you :)
So helpful. I’m the kind of nerd who wants to understand the “why” behind everything before I can really internalize it. Knowing the history and evolution of the design is usually the best way to do that. So I really appreciate this video!
Thank you very much for your thorough explanation of various receivers, protocols, and most importantly, suggesting to check with the manual when all else fails! I have spent many hours attempting to get Betaflight to talk to my receiver properly. After combing through the manufactures info, sure enough, they show the proper setup using pictures. I have the Mateksys F722 and a Flysky-fs-i6X transmitter with iA6B receiver. I had to solder g 4v5 and ppm all in a row and turn off serial communication. I know this may seem obvious to the veterans, however, this FC is picky on where you take power and ground from for it to detect what you are trying to do! Lol Now to actually test everything else! Thanks again!
Thank you for going into detail with Spectrum receivers. Few take the time to translate for us who do JR or now in the states Spectrum radio systems. Your explanations are world class! More data please......
Thank you so much Joshua for your (as easy to understand as possible) explanation of wiring FC, PDB, ESC, etc. I hope it also applies to planes (except with only 1 motor and so 1 ESC). I now feel more comfortable about installing a FC in a future plane. Now I have to think about where to attach sensors and finally to understand and master the PC software used to 'flash' the FC's firmware.
Thank-you for this post.I don't know if you monitor the comments to older posts,but it's been very helpful,especially because I have spektrum equipment.
Appreciate your explanation of PINs mapping to UARTs on/around 17:05 of this video. Been trying to figure out which UART to assign in Betaflight for XM RX going on Fury F4M FC. FC doesn't appear to have a manual and being new to this stuff, wasn't sure how to figure it out. Your explanation hlped out a lot. Thanks again! UART 1 by the way.
Just be careful about how much current you pull. The GPIO pins are usually not rated for very much. Agh! In fact, it looks like this document says the absolute maximum rating is only 25 mA for the F3 chip! I believe that a spek sat should come in under this, but it would be worth checking or you would burn out the pin.
This is an awesome tutorial. I was really confused about the diff protocols and you made it so easy to understand. Thank you so much. And yes, I definitely learnt a lot today.
Your channels videos are so well made. I signed up as a patreon because I almost feel guilty if I don't because you normally have to pay for information this good.
Really awesome your channel .. my friend have hx715 helicopter he lost his remote ..same type of transmitter remote can be use or we have to change both transmitter and receiver .. pls suggest
Haha just bought 2 things to get started qx7 and X4R and one of them already is a mistake :) still unpacked maybe I can exchange:) Thanks for your videos really great source to get started.
Can you connect a flysky receiver to a iflight protek 35 flight controller? I really enjoyed your review of this drone, but wanted to use the less expensive analog set up for the meantime
Joshua; Have you done any work with the Pixhawk Flight Controller...? I have built a S500mm X Frame Quad-copter/Multi-rotor 4 Motors. Pixhawk FC, Flysky FS-i6X transmitter with the Flysky FS-IA6B Receiver. The IA6B Receiver says it's output Channel 1 is PPM, Pixhawk accepts PPM on the RC In pins. The Flysky FS-I6X transmitter in RX menu, scroll down to Output. It has for options: PWM and PPM on the left. On the right, there's I-Bus and below it is S-Bus. I've heard that Mission Planner is not compatible with Pixhawk although ton's of people use MP. Pixhawk recommends QGroundControl. All the Manuals are not real clear about connections/options. I'd like to use PPM protocol Receiver to Pixhawk but should I use the I-Bus or the S-Bus...? On the Flysky IA6B Receiver (you showed one on this video) there's 7 rows of vertical Pins: Channel 1-6 plus B(bind)/Vcc, then there's two rows of 3-Horizontal Pins: (Headers)..? "I-BUS" /Sens/Servo... I want to use the best configuration as possible, can you help me understand the difference...? Thanks in Advance, James...
Thanks for the videos. This one may solve a lot of issues I've had lately trying to use serial on FlySky. I've been configuring using S-bus instead of I-bus. Ended up going back to PPM. Working on a new one,will see if I-bus setting will work. Another thing that stumped me for along time was figuring which Tx's work with which Rx's (AFHDS vs AFHDS 2A). It would be nice for noobs (me) to have a list of compatible devices.
+Bruce Heck basically, receivers only work with their same brand of transmitter. But sometimes there are two versions like Spektrum DSM that aren't compatible.
I've watched, I'm sure by now, all of your videos at least in this series several times over. And don't get me wrong, you do an excellent job at explaining everything, because when I started watching your videos, I KNEW NOTHING about soldering and drones. Had a background in computers though, so I figured this can't be too hard, right? 3 receivers, 1 4in1 ESC, 4 individual esc's, 1 PDB, and 2 Flight controllers later, and I think I've almost got it. I'm just stuck on what you would direct me to this video for: connecting my receiver. I have a Holybro Kakute F7 mini v3, FS-ia6b receiver and FS-i6 transmitter. I am trying to hook it up via ibus and I'm lost.
Thanks josh I have got it wire up buddy I'm just not sure which UART to select I'm sure it was UART 2 on my other qaud but I had problems with driver's on cleanflight and couldn't plug the qaud in to cheak lol but I just got my cleanflight back up and running aswell so hopefully I'll work it out josh
+Joshua Bardwell I'm looking at my ports on my nighthawk with the same setup in cleanflight and it's only UART 1 that's used for MSP there's nothing else selected on my first f3 deluxe build I'm going to go over the pianless360 f3 deluxe seriously pro build and find the video for setting up f3 for pwm I only need to setup my receiver and I'm good to go and give it a testflight hopefully josh well apart from runcam it's very tight for QAV-R 180 and I can only hang the bracket from the top plate will it be a good idea to put anti vibration washers between the runcam bracket and top plate josh yes?
Hi Joshua i learned yo fly drones thanks to You ando your tutorials GREETINGS but now i have a proyect and consists to adapt a spektrum receiver to My Bugs 3 drone please tell me if is possible and gow cause i don't know how to do it , if You have a graphic or tutorial how to do it i'll be gratefull with You thanks
I know this is an older video but I'm looking for a new Tx and therefore am trying to learn about the new systems. Please correct me if I'm wrong but am I correct in assuming the whole S-bus thing is irrelevant if one only flies fixed-wing planes (like me)? I now have transmitters with - indeed - 8 seperate channels. With S-bus I would need a seperate flight controller to split those 8 channels out of the S-bus into seperate channels again to connect my servos, therefore ending up with more hardware than I do now?
If you have a receiver that only has an s-bus output, then you need an "s-bus to pwm converter" (~$10) that can provide 8 PWM (servo) outputs. A flight controller could also be used, but it is more complex to set-up (computer required), more expensive, and it may not have 8 servo outputs. For regular, "old-school" line-of-sight plane flights, just use a PWM receiver.
Hi Joshua, I'm wondering if you can help me figure out what kind of receiver I need for my mamba f411 25A. Im using a Flysky fs 16x and I'm having some confusion as to where I should solder either my fs ia6b or my fli14+. As a noobie, this is super frustrating, any recommendations? And what pads to solder to?
I connect a jumper r1f in the iflight f7 fc in the T2, 5v and ground. The receiver connects to transmitter put not respond any movements. Urart in the 2 position rx serial, i put all the configuration following the iflight diagram and still not respond. Did you know what is the problem? Thanks
So for the serial micro rx, if it's srxl (serial) does that mean it produces sbus out? Or is sbus a specific type of serial protocol, and srxl is a different type of serial protocol? The Spektrum RX you mention should be DSM2/X which uses SRXL, which is serial, but it sounds like that's different from SBUS?
Hey Joshua. I could really use your help. I'm trying to find out how to wire the x-rsx reciever to my hglrc Airbus f4 FC. There is an rssi and an sbus pad. Do I solder smart port to the rssi pad, a tx pad or an rx pad? Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks for all the videos and information.
The RSSI pad is for analog RSSI output from the receiver. There is an analog RSSI pad on the under-side of the RXSR. That is what would connect to the RSSI pad. Then you would enable the RSSI_ADC option in the Configuration tab.
So where would I put the s.port? Sbus out would go to sbus on the FC. 5v and ground to 5v and ground. Would I need the separate rssi if I use the smart port? Sorry this is my first 5" Been building and racing whoops with Hydra FPV in MN.
This video may be old but im learning from all of this. I think its Bs that when I purchased my my FlySky FS-I6 that they send a PWM receiver. Then I learn about Ibus Sbus and so on.... Should have got my wizard with FS and Ibus combo.
MrXsavageX doode I’m gettin back in it 4 years after building a realacc 5”, which my youngest son threw in the ditch during my simulation training and never got to fly the damn thing!!! Anyhoo jb is a great teacher and I’ve learned that jumper t16 tx is open protocol and that’s the tx I’m going to get and get rid of my turnigy evolution, I really want to have the TBS crossfire setup which that tx is great for since it’s open protocol. I want to run ibus as well, seems all the info on the inter webs says ibus is great but there’s so many variables that flying with other drones or tx’s and rx’s around that maybe a diff one would be better.
lately a lot of vids are from an hotel room, are you traveling that much for work? is that your work of quadcopters or you work in something else? we are seeing your evolution girst vids were always at home or in an empty parking lot flying at night with friends... and now are becoming more like a job 4 you. thanks for the videos anyway!!
Joshua Bardwell i'm feeling like my superhero answer my letter, or santa's replied me back for real hahh that is the effects that has when joshua bardwell, my fpv drone hero has to me, when he has the time for replying a plain person like me hahah , i travel for work too and i am an engineer and law student two at the time , and i know how its to be studing or doing extra when you go back tired in your hotel room, that is not your house... thumbs up gor that josh... thanks for everything i've learnt a lot with you
Hey guys, I damaged the dedicated solder pads for serial rx on my bardwell f4.. Is it possible to just set another uart to serial rx and use it for a receiver? Thanks in advance!
Where would I connect the 3 wires from a JR dmss xbus receiver onto a matek F411 wte,? G, 5V and is it Rx or the Tx ? I then set the uart as xbus in inav ?
New to the FPV set,, I now have this FPV kit thts 89% complete, , im having an issue getting the receiver wires correct, , Have it soldered to the VCC pin for power, the ground (gnf) amd the signal ive moved from throttle, auxiliary and the cppm pad (needt fump ecpp to gnd fot binding.. i, M hkinda srukk
Receiver probably is powered from 5v. VBat will lowly fry it. Past that point the answer depends on your exact FC and receiver. If you want to message me on Facebook I'll try to help more.
JB I am trying to wire up a r9 slim+ to the factory wizard x220hv I can't get the receiver to respond to any movement on beta flight can u help me please I am binded correctly just not get communication to the f.c
Can I change from a bnf integrated FrSky spi receiver to an external recever? I mean is the integrated one just presoldered using wires to the same pads on the fc that an external receiver’s wire/wires are soldered to?
How would you connect 4-6.5V receiver (one that comes with turnigy evolution) to SP Racing F3? It has IO_2 connector for serial receiver (UART3), but its labeled 3.3V. Will it work just fine or some other place with 5V output must be used? Nice video as always.
can i use J10 connector for receiver to communicate between FC and receiver and transmitter i'm using omnibusF4proSD v2 the J10 pin have ports for 5v,gnd,1 2 3 4 PWM ? i want to use this port because i accidentally pull the PPM/SBUS 2 pin should be soldering but it got messed up, is it even possible or have to buy another flight controller? pleases im not able to solve this problem and im running out of time here
Yeah? I purchased a Qx7 after many yrs of spectrum, most receivers that are serial have three wires pow, gnd, signal. The frsky receivers i purchased the fine R-XSR has five wires which one is the signal?
You're probably using the RXSR. The wires are power, ground, Smartport telemetry, sbus out, and SBUS in. SBUS out is the typical signal wire you're used to. SBUS in is used for redundant receivers where if the redundant one failed the main one would take over.
R9 slim+ OTA, sBuss out is the signal wire. Signal wire is what the Kopilot lite call it. Then 5v hot and a ground on the black connector. This essentially the same as a servo connector sbuss out = signal wire on the no OSD flight controller. R9 slim+ OTA, HAS AN SBUSS IN. Do I ignore the sbuss in on the receiver?
Your videos are awesome, but i didn't get difference between i-bus & s-bus, I'm having flysky fs-ia6b receiver whether it will work with f4 flight controller ?
Hi Josh, I’m new to Taranis so your videos have been great for me! Thanks! Here’s my problem. I bought a Cicada 180 advanced (F4 controller), Taranis and XSR receiver. I’m not getting any connection between the FC and RX. I’m worried about the inverted signal issue on F4 controllers. I’m having trouble deciphering the Chinglish instructions about connecting the “special wire”. Can you help me? Thanks
Joshua, connected my first drone using an Xrotor 4 in 1 esc and the Xrotor FC 4 in Betaflight and it won't recognize my x9d. Also my FC has a red flashing light. I already bound my receiver with lipo on my quad. What the heck am I doing wrong? Using a x4rs also...
I'm just trying to get the RSSI reading on my Taranis. I have the Hyperlite F4 FC and FrSky XM+ Rx. I followed the JC video and set the RSSI channel to 16 on the Betaflight receiver tab, and verified the CLI parameters as instructed. Still nothing. Besides that everything else works fine. Thanks for any tips. Jim
Joshua - I read through the googles section of the Ultimate guide -- Aomway Commander deserve a slot on the list. Stu (UAVFutures) recommends them (check out his review) and seems to use these as his go-to goggles. They are on par with top of line Fat Shark, a little lighter. Otherwise - many thanks for the list, great info, very helpful.
Hi, I binded my receiver and I can see input on betaflight, also can control motors on betaflight. Once i disconnect from betaflight I cannot control my motors with my transmitter. Do you know of any solutions?
Hello,Thanks indeed 1st of all bcoz I got benefited wth ths comprehensive video. For future remembering, could u pls explain why for Ibus we hv to select I/O 2 or whtever port? Why not I/O 1 ? Talking abt SP F3 board , if u knw. Shall I jst remember wthout understanding? Why in "ports" menu, I hv to select UART3 as well? I did successfully configured ibus in CleanFlight , bt if I knw th reasons , it wld stay in my brain forever. Thanks again. :-)
Because on the SPRacing F3, UART1 is shared with USB. So basically you can never use UART1 for anything or it will conflict with USB. I don't know why you had to select UART3.
Josh, I am a brand new in this drone's cable wiring, flight controller,configurator softwares & all this PPM, Sbus etc etc, bt jst have basic RC electronic knowledge. I jst hv seen that UART1 must be on in CleanFlight or it by default or by itself stay as on. I set up iBus in SP F3 board using IO 2 port. My mistake sorry, I did not hv to select UART3, jst did" serial RX" in the Port menu of the CleanFLight. But for learning, why I can not turn on UART3 or 2 if u kindly explain why? Thanks.
I am new and building my first quad. I am trying to wire a frsky xsr to a kk2.1.5 flight control and confused which wires to use and where to put it on the kk2. Any help appreciated.
+AZ_PIT_VIPER I think that dmss is the air protocol. The FC doesn't care about that. You need a receiver that outputs PPM or serial protocol. But honestly Naze is an F1 board and I would not recommend installing it in a quad if you intend to run Betaflight or Cleanflight. They barely run on F1 and they won't support F1 at all in three months.
Hey josh thank you for the help yesterday... have you ever heard of an aux switch acting funny meaning working some times some times not( flysky i6) because I found out that was my quads arming problem. Agian thanks I used modes tab to figure it out ... ps the ad for 3d pen was cool
Check in the Receiver tab first to be sure the Aux channel is moving correctly. If you see the Aux channel moving when the switch is not moving, the switch may be damaged.
Mr. Bardwell I wonder if we could ever have technology similar to "Bluetooth" for receivers, flight controllers, and ESC and have everything talk to each other? Your thoughts ?
+Ruben Flores anything you can do wireless you can do cheaper, faster, and simpler with wires. Except go through walls or over long distances. Wires are a great solution to the problems we solve when we hook up a quad.
Hey Josh, using the HGLC f4 v5 pro. A guy told me i had to bridge the tx and rx from the same uart on telemetry to get two way communication. Is that ok?
+Vaibhav Verma I would try UART 1 or 3 in the Ports tab. Solder the wire to the SBUS pad on the FC.but if you are using iBus output, then use the RX3 pad not the SBUS pad.
I USED DYS F4 PRO WITH FLYSKY I6X AND FS - X6B RECEIVER, I DONT KNOW WHY NO LIGHT IS SHOWING IN THE RECIEVER AND IN THE TRANSMITTER IT BEEPS AND SHOWS TX.V1 AND INTV1 BUT DOESNT SHOW FOR EXTV2 . PLESE TELL ME
Hi Josh, love your videos mate, very informative ! I'm a newbie to this quad building, just wondering if I'm able to run a Planet R7M receiver, off a helicopter, to my flight controller for my quad, Cheers
That appears to be a parallel PWM output receiver. Those aren't supported hardly at all any more with mini quad flight controllers. You want a receiver that outputs a serial protocol like SBUS, iBus, or Spektrum Satellite (DSM).
Hi Josh, managed to get receiver going via PWM, but in cleanflight pitch & roll seemed to locked together. Wirings correct selected PWM , any other ideas would be greatly appreciated, cheers
Nice :) What could you give as a general tip to improve wind handling for a kinda old SN16A (BlHeli) and Naze 32 setup (running BF 3.1@1.6k/1.6k) ? I got some wobbles, do I need to add P or D ? (Motors are cool)
Odus Thesar FPV Neither... I believe it is the I term that will help you with wind...if in fact that is what is causing the wobbles. Soft mount your FC for starters esp. if you are using a naze rev 6. I'm going to assume that you know what prop wash oscillations are and that those aren't the kind of wobbles you speak of btw.
SpikeJonesTheCr0oked Vibrations I'm speaking about are only wind related, and prowash is somehow not that bad handled. My setup is old so it's impossible to have the best results out there but I just wanted to know where to tweak my pids 😉 thanks a lot
I have the "SP Racing F3 flight controller" my port for telemetry UART 2 broke off and the cant solder to the pin pad broke off. :( other then buy a new flight controller is there any other port i can connect telemetry? running a Frysky XSR. Thanks, Tom.
You cannot move MSP off of UART1 on that board. It is hard-coded to the USB port. If you take MSP off of UART1, you won't be able to connect to the board at all. Isn't there a UART3 on top of the board?
"Go to the ports tab..." at 28:38 (approx). I haven't looked at my FC as yet up close, but where might this be located? Don't see anything in the pinout diagrams. Are we interfaced with a computer here? Is this through your Tx?
Joshua Bardwell I really don't have any requirement it just when I connect it to my drone must fly and it is little tricky that the FC I using must be something which painless 360 channel used in a build series that is just two SP F3 (clone) and beta flight f3
This video answers so many questions. Most people tend to ignore the fact that waves of acronyms are quite daunting, but you explain them beautifully. Thank you :)
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Finally! Now I know what the 5v bridge tabs on my cl racing fc v2 is for. You are awesome!
So helpful. I’m the kind of nerd who wants to understand the “why” behind everything before I can really internalize it. Knowing the history and evolution of the design is usually the best way to do that. So I really appreciate this video!
YOU ARE AWESOME! THANK YOU, JOSHUA.
I love your new drone, behind you. That blue and white contrast nicely.
I enjoyed that
That's not a.........ya know what, never mind. Sweet drone! lol
hahaha
Could fly that with your eyes closed
Very hot drone...
Thanks, that video really helped me. Even after 3 years
Thank you very much for your thorough explanation of various receivers, protocols, and most importantly, suggesting to check with the manual when all else fails! I have spent many hours attempting to get Betaflight to talk to my receiver properly. After combing through the manufactures info, sure enough, they show the proper setup using pictures. I have the Mateksys F722 and a Flysky-fs-i6X transmitter with iA6B receiver. I had to solder g 4v5 and ppm all in a row and turn off serial communication. I know this may seem obvious to the veterans, however, this FC is picky on where you take power and ground from for it to detect what you are trying to do! Lol Now to actually test everything else! Thanks again!
Thank you for going into detail with Spectrum receivers. Few take the time to translate for us who do JR or now in the states Spectrum radio systems. Your explanations are world class! More data please......
I want to give a big thanks to you and this channel for helping me with this build and learning to wired up different part of my race drone.
Thank you so much Joshua for your (as easy to understand as possible) explanation of wiring FC, PDB, ESC, etc. I hope it also applies to planes (except with only 1 motor and so 1 ESC). I now feel more comfortable about installing a FC in a future plane. Now I have to think about where to attach sensors and finally to understand and master the PC software used to 'flash' the FC's firmware.
Excellent series. I love your approach towards understanding the concepts.
Duuude thank you so much, I finally have a clear idea of how quads work
Lots of good information. I'm less confused now. Thanks JB!
Thanks fella - you lit up a few bulbs for me with this video ...joe
Thank-you for this post.I don't know if you monitor the comments to older posts,but it's been very helpful,especially because I have spektrum equipment.
Glad you liked it :-)
Appreciate your explanation of PINs mapping to UARTs on/around 17:05 of this video. Been trying to figure out which UART to assign in Betaflight for XM RX going on Fury F4M FC. FC doesn't appear to have a manual and being new to this stuff, wasn't sure how to figure it out. Your explanation hlped out a lot. Thanks again! UART 1 by the way.
Love the bootloader 3V tip! (27:40) I've been using the 3.3V on the Spectrum plug to power the GPS, but this is a cleaner approach. Thanks.
Just be careful about how much current you pull. The GPIO pins are usually not rated for very much. Agh! In fact, it looks like this document says the absolute maximum rating is only 25 mA for the F3 chip! I believe that a spek sat should come in under this, but it would be worth checking or you would burn out the pin.
you're a unique snowflake Josh. Thanks for all you do. I appreciate it
This is an awesome tutorial. I was really confused about the diff protocols and you made it so easy to understand. Thank you so much.
And yes, I definitely learnt a lot today.
Your channels videos are so well made. I signed up as a patreon because I almost feel guilty if I don't because you normally have to pay for information this good.
Thanks!
wildly helpful. I learned a ton of reasons why I've had issues in the past that I will no longer have. Thank you very much for sharing your knowledge.
Really awesome your channel .. my friend have hx715 helicopter he lost his remote ..same type of transmitter remote can be use or we have to change both transmitter and receiver .. pls suggest
Haha just bought 2 things to get started qx7 and X4R and one of them already is a mistake :) still unpacked maybe I can exchange:) Thanks for your videos really great source to get started.
I wish there was more standardization of these connections
3 years later and it's only gotten worse
Can you connect a flysky receiver to a iflight protek 35 flight controller? I really enjoyed your review of this drone, but wanted to use the less expensive analog set up for the meantime
Excellent tutorial Joshua I’ve learnt about uart and what it means on betaflight hopefully I can get my armour 67 in air now 😁
Joshua; Have you done any work with the Pixhawk Flight Controller...? I have built a S500mm X Frame Quad-copter/Multi-rotor 4 Motors. Pixhawk FC, Flysky FS-i6X transmitter with the Flysky FS-IA6B Receiver. The IA6B Receiver says it's output Channel 1 is PPM, Pixhawk accepts PPM on the RC In pins. The Flysky FS-I6X transmitter in RX menu, scroll down to Output. It has for options: PWM and PPM on the left. On the right, there's I-Bus and below it is S-Bus. I've heard that Mission Planner is not compatible with Pixhawk although ton's of people use MP. Pixhawk recommends QGroundControl. All the Manuals are not real clear about connections/options. I'd like to use PPM protocol Receiver to Pixhawk but should I use the I-Bus or the S-Bus...? On the Flysky IA6B Receiver (you showed one on this video) there's 7 rows of vertical Pins: Channel 1-6 plus B(bind)/Vcc, then there's two rows of 3-Horizontal Pins: (Headers)..? "I-BUS" /Sens/Servo... I want to use the best configuration as possible, can you help me understand the difference...? Thanks in Advance, James...
I don't have any experience with Pixhawk sorry :-(
Your videos need more likes.
Thanks for the videos. This one may solve a lot of issues I've had lately trying to use serial on FlySky. I've been configuring using S-bus instead of I-bus. Ended up going back to PPM. Working on a new one,will see if I-bus setting will work. Another thing that stumped me for along time was figuring which Tx's work with which Rx's (AFHDS vs AFHDS 2A). It would be nice for noobs (me) to have a list of compatible devices.
+Bruce Heck basically, receivers only work with their same brand of transmitter. But sometimes there are two versions like Spektrum DSM that aren't compatible.
Hey Joshua, nice, thanks!
Looking forward to telemetry.
Also in the VTX chapter smartaudio and other ways to control channels using OSD and the RC.
Thanks so much for these videos, I am learning a lot from them.
Chris (UK)
Thanks you i learn many today! Keep it up!
I've watched, I'm sure by now, all of your videos at least in this series several times over. And don't get me wrong, you do an excellent job at explaining everything, because when I started watching your videos, I KNEW NOTHING about soldering and drones. Had a background in computers though, so I figured this can't be too hard, right?
3 receivers, 1 4in1 ESC, 4 individual esc's, 1 PDB, and 2 Flight controllers later, and I think I've almost got it. I'm just stuck on what you would direct me to this video for: connecting my receiver. I have a Holybro Kakute F7 mini v3, FS-ia6b receiver and FS-i6 transmitter. I am trying to hook it up via ibus and I'm lost.
Email me and we'll figure it out.
@@JoshuaBardwell I ended up messaging you on your fb because I couldn't find your email address on here.
Keep it up josh!!! Love you stuff and love learning!!!
Thanks josh I have got it wire up buddy I'm just not sure which UART to select I'm sure it was UART 2 on my other qaud but I had problems with driver's on cleanflight and couldn't plug the qaud in to cheak lol but I just got my cleanflight back up and running aswell so hopefully I'll work it out josh
What FC?
+Joshua Bardwell f3 seriously pro racing josh
On the SP3 you can use either UART2 or UART3, but not UART1 because it is shared with USB.
+Joshua Bardwell I'm looking at my ports on my nighthawk with the same setup in cleanflight and it's only UART 1 that's used for MSP there's nothing else selected on my first f3 deluxe build I'm going to go over the pianless360 f3 deluxe seriously pro build and find the video for setting up f3 for pwm I only need to setup my receiver and I'm good to go and give it a testflight hopefully josh well apart from runcam it's very tight for QAV-R 180 and I can only hang the bracket from the top plate will it be a good idea to put anti vibration washers between the runcam bracket and top plate josh yes?
Hi Joshua i learned yo fly drones thanks to You ando your tutorials GREETINGS but now i have a proyect and consists to adapt a spektrum receiver to My Bugs 3 drone please tell me if is possible and gow cause i don't know how to do it , if You have a graphic or tutorial how to do it i'll be gratefull with You thanks
cheers josh, great video, it answered alot of questions i had for my new build. all the best matey!
I know this is an older video but I'm looking for a new Tx and therefore am trying to learn about the new systems.
Please correct me if I'm wrong but am I correct in assuming the whole S-bus thing is irrelevant if one only flies fixed-wing planes (like me)? I now have transmitters with - indeed - 8 seperate channels. With S-bus I would need a seperate flight controller to split those 8 channels out of the S-bus into seperate channels again to connect my servos, therefore ending up with more hardware than I do now?
If you have a receiver that only has an s-bus output, then you need an "s-bus to pwm converter" (~$10) that can provide 8 PWM (servo) outputs. A flight controller could also be used, but it is more complex to set-up (computer required), more expensive, and it may not have 8 servo outputs. For regular, "old-school" line-of-sight plane flights, just use a PWM receiver.
Hi Joshua, I'm wondering if you can help me figure out what kind of receiver I need for my mamba f411 25A. Im using a Flysky fs 16x and I'm having some confusion as to where I should solder either my fs ia6b or my fli14+. As a noobie, this is super frustrating, any recommendations? And what pads to solder to?
I connect a jumper r1f in the iflight f7 fc in the T2, 5v and ground. The receiver connects to transmitter put not respond any movements. Urart in the 2 position rx serial, i put all the configuration following the iflight diagram and still not respond. Did you know what is the problem? Thanks
Brilliant, really helpful thanks.
So for the serial micro rx, if it's srxl (serial) does that mean it produces sbus out? Or is sbus a specific type of serial protocol, and srxl is a different type of serial protocol? The Spektrum RX you mention should be DSM2/X which uses SRXL, which is serial, but it sounds like that's different from SBUS?
Hey Joshua. I could really use your help. I'm trying to find out how to wire the x-rsx reciever to my hglrc Airbus f4 FC. There is an rssi and an sbus pad. Do I solder smart port to the rssi pad, a tx pad or an rx pad?
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks for all the videos and information.
The RSSI pad is for analog RSSI output from the receiver. There is an analog RSSI pad on the under-side of the RXSR. That is what would connect to the RSSI pad. Then you would enable the RSSI_ADC option in the Configuration tab.
So where would I put the s.port? Sbus out would go to sbus on the FC. 5v and ground to 5v and ground.
Would I need the separate rssi if I use the smart port?
Sorry this is my first 5"
Been building and racing whoops with Hydra FPV in MN.
love your vids man. they are so helpful.
Are any of these protocols still in use today? Is any of this still relevant to fill my head with?
This stuff is pretty dated, to be honest.
Thank you! That series helped a lot :)
This video may be old but im learning from all of this. I think its Bs that when I purchased my my FlySky FS-I6 that they send a PWM receiver. Then I learn about Ibus Sbus and so on.... Should have got my wizard with FS and Ibus combo.
MrXsavageX doode I’m gettin back in it 4 years after building a realacc 5”, which my youngest son threw in the ditch during my simulation training and never got to fly the damn thing!!! Anyhoo jb is a great teacher and I’ve learned that jumper t16 tx is open protocol and that’s the tx I’m going to get and get rid of my turnigy evolution, I really want to have the TBS crossfire setup which that tx is great for since it’s open protocol. I want to run ibus as well, seems all the info on the inter webs says ibus is great but there’s so many variables that flying with other drones or tx’s and rx’s around that maybe a diff one would be better.
Go do some ironing for me! lol.
Nah thanks for these videos man. Im building a drone soon, once all parts have arrived.
during the first seconds i have thinked you whanted to teach us about ironed... ;)
lately a lot of vids are from an hotel room, are you traveling that much for work? is that your work of quadcopters or you work in something else?
we are seeing your evolution girst vids were always at home or in an empty parking lot flying at night with friends... and now are becoming more like a job 4 you.
thanks for the videos anyway!!
I'm traveling for my day job. It has been quite busy with travel since about January.
Joshua Bardwell i'm feeling like my superhero answer my letter, or santa's replied me back for real hahh that is the effects that has when joshua bardwell, my fpv drone hero has to me, when he has the time for replying a plain person like me hahah , i travel for work too and i am an engineer and law student two at the time , and i know how its to be studing or doing extra when you go back tired in your hotel room, that is not your house... thumbs up gor that josh... thanks for everything i've learnt a lot with you
great tutorial series !
Hey guys, I damaged the dedicated solder pads for serial rx on my bardwell f4.. Is it possible to just set another uart to serial rx and use it for a receiver? Thanks in advance!
Email me to discuss.
X6B is the best mini quad receiver for Flysky or A8S for micro indoor quads
can you do a video with fpv camera wiring and the best way to solder for the best quality video feed?
It's the 6th video in this playlist.
ua-cam.com/video/GFvYCI7t-Mc/v-deo.html
Where would I connect the 3 wires from a JR dmss xbus receiver onto a matek F411 wte,? G, 5V and is it Rx or the Tx ? I then set the uart as xbus in inav ?
I have zero experience with xbus receivers so I'm afraid I can't help.
Hi Joshua, Please help me wire my FS-iA10b receiver to Emax Magnum Mini F4 stack?
New to the FPV set,,
I now have this FPV kit thts 89% complete, , im having an issue getting the receiver wires correct, ,
Have it soldered to the VCC pin for power, the ground (gnf) amd the signal ive moved from throttle, auxiliary and the cppm pad (needt fump ecpp to gnd fot binding.. i,
M hkinda srukk
Receiver probably is powered from 5v. VBat will lowly fry it.
Past that point the answer depends on your exact FC and receiver. If you want to message me on Facebook I'll try to help more.
JB I am trying to wire up a r9 slim+ to the factory wizard x220hv I can't get the receiver to respond to any movement on beta flight can u help me please I am binded correctly just not get communication to the f.c
Hey there Dakota -- it'd be best to email me about this. Joshuabardwell@gmail.com.
Can I change from a bnf integrated FrSky spi receiver to an external recever? I mean is the integrated one just presoldered using wires to the same pads on the fc that an external receiver’s wire/wires are soldered to?
The SPI receiver is a part of the FC. But you can solder a regular receiver to a UART just like any other FC.
How would the integrated receiver be disabled before connecting the external one? Another newbie question I’m afraid.
How would you connect 4-6.5V receiver (one that comes with turnigy evolution) to SP Racing F3? It has IO_2 connector for serial receiver (UART3), but its labeled 3.3V. Will it work just fine or some other place with 5V output must be used? Nice video as always.
No, it won't work on 3.3v. You can just use the UARTs that are broken out on top of the board.
can i use J10 connector for receiver to communicate between FC and receiver and transmitter i'm using omnibusF4proSD v2 the J10 pin have ports for 5v,gnd,1 2 3 4 PWM ? i want to use this port because i accidentally pull the PPM/SBUS 2 pin should be soldering but it got messed up, is it even possible or have to buy another flight controller? pleases im not able to solve this problem and im running out of time here
If you're running out of time, then buy a new FC now and try the J10 interface while it comes in the mail. If the J10 works, you have two FC now.
Yeah? I purchased a Qx7 after many yrs of spectrum, most receivers that are serial have three wires pow, gnd, signal. The frsky receivers i purchased the fine R-XSR has five wires which one is the signal?
You're probably using the RXSR. The wires are power, ground, Smartport telemetry, sbus out, and SBUS in.
SBUS out is the typical signal wire you're used to. SBUS in is used for redundant receivers where if the redundant one failed the main one would take over.
R9 slim+ OTA, sBuss out is the signal wire. Signal wire is what the Kopilot lite call it. Then 5v hot and a ground on the black connector. This essentially the same as a servo connector sbuss out = signal wire on the no OSD flight controller. R9 slim+ OTA, HAS AN SBUSS IN. Do I ignore the sbuss in on the receiver?
In retrospect I should have just went with an Inav fc, then used a smaller battery to keep dart sub250g under the 250g
Your videos are awesome, but i didn't get difference between i-bus & s-bus, I'm having flysky fs-ia6b receiver whether it will work with f4 flight controller ?
+JERIN JOHN yes it will. But I believe iBus isn't inverted so you will use a regular UART rx pad. I think.
Hi Josh, I’m new to Taranis so your videos have been great for me! Thanks!
Here’s my problem. I bought a Cicada 180 advanced (F4 controller), Taranis and XSR receiver. I’m not getting any connection between the FC and RX. I’m worried about the inverted signal issue on F4 controllers. I’m having trouble deciphering the Chinglish instructions about connecting the “special wire”. Can you help me? Thanks
thank you sir its real deal thanks a gain
Joshua, connected my first drone using an Xrotor 4 in 1 esc and the Xrotor FC 4 in Betaflight and it won't recognize my x9d. Also my FC has a red flashing light. I already bound my receiver with lipo on my quad. What the heck am I doing wrong? Using a x4rs also...
I'm just trying to get the RSSI reading on my Taranis. I have the Hyperlite F4 FC and FrSky XM+ Rx. I followed the JC video and set the RSSI channel to 16 on the Betaflight receiver tab, and verified the CLI parameters as instructed. Still nothing. Besides that everything else works fine. Thanks for any tips. Jim
I'm not sure what it could be beyond that.
Joshua Bardwell - AndyRC says to upgrade the firmware on both the Taranis and Rx, so trying that next. I'll let you know.
can you do a vid on cameras and tranmitters how to
Yeah, it's coming :-)
Joshua - I read through the googles section of the Ultimate guide -- Aomway Commander deserve a slot on the list. Stu (UAVFutures) recommends them (check out his review) and seems to use these as his go-to goggles. They are on par with top of line Fat Shark, a little lighter.
Otherwise - many thanks for the list, great info, very helpful.
Thanks bud
i want to connect my kakute H7 with flysky and skydroid T10 but it is not showing any output in the inav receiver tab. can anybody help.
Hi, I binded my receiver and I can see input on betaflight, also can control motors on betaflight. Once i disconnect from betaflight I cannot control my motors with my transmitter. Do you know of any solutions?
Hello,Thanks indeed 1st of all bcoz I got benefited wth ths comprehensive video. For future remembering, could u pls explain why for Ibus we hv to select I/O 2 or whtever port? Why not I/O 1 ? Talking abt SP F3 board , if u knw. Shall I jst remember wthout understanding? Why in "ports" menu, I hv to select UART3 as well? I did successfully configured ibus in CleanFlight , bt if I knw th reasons , it wld stay in my brain forever. Thanks again. :-)
Because on the SPRacing F3, UART1 is shared with USB. So basically you can never use UART1 for anything or it will conflict with USB.
I don't know why you had to select UART3.
Josh,
I am a brand new in this drone's cable wiring, flight controller,configurator softwares & all this PPM, Sbus etc etc, bt jst have basic RC electronic knowledge.
I jst hv seen that UART1 must be on in CleanFlight or it by default or by itself stay as on. I set up iBus in SP F3 board using IO 2 port.
My mistake sorry, I did not hv to select UART3, jst did" serial RX" in the Port menu of the CleanFLight.
But for learning, why I can not turn on UART3 or 2 if u kindly explain why? Thanks.
you are awesome joshua bardwell!!
Excellent! Thank You
if my sbus port wont work can use a serial rx for my sbus or a ppm?
I am new and building my first quad. I am trying to wire a frsky xsr to a kk2.1.5 flight control and confused which wires to use and where to put it on the kk2. Any help appreciated.
Hello Joshua, I was wondering of you have an idea if a Cleanflight NAZE32 is compatible with JR DMSS and if not what controller would be? Thank you
+AZ_PIT_VIPER I think that dmss is the air protocol. The FC doesn't care about that. You need a receiver that outputs PPM or serial protocol. But honestly Naze is an F1 board and I would not recommend installing it in a quad if you intend to run Betaflight or Cleanflight. They barely run on F1 and they won't support F1 at all in three months.
Joshua Bardwell what if it is a NAZ32 that runs Cleanflight in it from the factory? It has cleanflight printed on the board
Hey josh thank you for the help yesterday... have you ever heard of an aux switch acting funny meaning working some times some times not( flysky i6) because I found out that was my quads arming problem. Agian thanks I used modes tab to figure it out ... ps the ad for 3d pen was cool
Check in the Receiver tab first to be sure the Aux channel is moving correctly. If you see the Aux channel moving when the switch is not moving, the switch may be damaged.
Joshua Bardwell thank you man for all your help getting ready for last packs of the day 👌
Mr. Bardwell I wonder if we could ever have technology similar to "Bluetooth" for receivers, flight controllers, and ESC and have everything talk to each other? Your thoughts ?
What a waste--to have a wireless radio on every single device. And have to pair everything and etc. Wires are a great solution for what we are doing.
I wonder if maybe something of that nature could clean up "noise" or possibly clean up the FPV signals somehow.
+Ruben Flores anything you can do wireless you can do cheaper, faster, and simpler with wires. Except go through walls or over long distances. Wires are a great solution to the problems we solve when we hook up a quad.
Hey Josh, using the HGLC f4 v5 pro. A guy told me i had to bridge the tx and rx from the same uart on telemetry to get two way communication. Is that ok?
+FlyaBye 451 you don't need to do that.
What flight controller do you recommend
www.fpvknowitall.com/ultimate-fpv-shopping-list has all my product recommendations
Can you tell me the uart pin no in dys f4 pro flight controller and whether fs x6b receiver will work with it or not ?
+Vaibhav Verma I would try UART 1 or 3 in the Ports tab. Solder the wire to the SBUS pad on the FC.but if you are using iBus output, then use the RX3 pad not the SBUS pad.
i rly need help to wire my f3 fc and my frsky rx6a
I USED DYS F4 PRO WITH FLYSKY I6X AND FS - X6B RECEIVER, I DONT KNOW WHY NO LIGHT IS SHOWING IN THE RECIEVER AND IN THE TRANSMITTER IT BEEPS AND SHOWS TX.V1 AND INTV1 BUT DOESNT SHOW FOR EXTV2 . PLESE TELL ME
No light in the receiver usually means no power to the receiver or not bound.
I checked their was power like 3.3 v and when i switched on my transmitter it showed like internal receiver voltage
But external voltage was 0
Hi Josh, love your videos mate, very informative ! I'm a newbie to this quad building, just wondering if I'm able to run a Planet R7M receiver, off a helicopter, to my flight controller for my quad,
Cheers
That appears to be a parallel PWM output receiver. Those aren't supported hardly at all any more with mini quad flight controllers. You want a receiver that outputs a serial protocol like SBUS, iBus, or Spektrum Satellite (DSM).
Joshua Bardwell ok thanks heaps 👍
Hi Josh, managed to get receiver going via PWM, but in cleanflight pitch & roll seemed to locked together. Wirings correct selected PWM , any other ideas would be greatly appreciated, cheers
Nice :) What could you give as a general tip to improve wind handling for a kinda old SN16A (BlHeli) and Naze 32 setup (running BF 3.1@1.6k/1.6k) ? I got some wobbles, do I need to add P or D ? (Motors are cool)
Odus Thesar FPV Neither... I believe it is the I term that will help you with wind...if in fact that is what is causing the wobbles. Soft mount your FC for starters esp. if you are using a naze rev 6. I'm going to assume that you know what prop wash oscillations are and that those aren't the kind of wobbles you speak of btw.
SpikeJonesTheCr0oked Vibrations I'm speaking about are only wind related, and prowash is somehow not that bad handled. My setup is old so it's impossible to have the best results out there but I just wanted to know where to tweak my pids 😉 thanks a lot
+Odus Thesar FPV get new ESCs. But to answer your question, add D.
I'm planning to change to blheli_s (don't think blheli32 is more powerful) escs and a f3 cause I'm bored of ppm
Hi. can you mix and match tx and rx? ; spectrum tx and a frsky rx, futaba tx and radiolink rx? or should i keep to the same brand tx and rx? thx
No, you cannot mix this way. You must use spektrum RX with spektrum TX and so forth.
ok, thank you. o7
I have seen some people connect by soldering to UART and some people plug in to io can you please help what is difference between UART and io
I love you
Hey how do u hook up a flysky fsa8s rec to ur bardwell f4. What pad. Plz let me know i been asking and look for days
In iBus mode use RX6. In SBUS mode use the SBUS pad. Either one will work doeending in what mode the RX is in.
Joshua Bardwell thank you buddy i got it going. It mean alot
How do i wire a rx 701 to a mini k-bar
I have the "SP Racing F3 flight controller" my port for telemetry UART 2 broke off and the cant solder to the pin pad broke off. :( other then buy a new flight controller is there any other port i can connect telemetry? running a Frysky XSR. Thanks, Tom.
can I change MSP to UART 1 to UART2?
You cannot move MSP off of UART1 on that board. It is hard-coded to the USB port. If you take MSP off of UART1, you won't be able to connect to the board at all.
Isn't there a UART3 on top of the board?
Joshua Bardwell I have uart 3 for my transmiter. Rx - &+. Solder.
"Go to the ports tab..." at 28:38 (approx). I haven't looked at my FC as yet up close, but where might this be located? Don't see anything in the pinout diagrams. Are we interfaced with a computer here? Is this through your Tx?
+James Keough it's in the Betaflight configurator app.
Is it possible to connect an I bus receiver to an sbus port on a f3 flight controller?
+clarence soh teak ang yes because F3 has configurable inversion on all UARTs. So iBus (not inverted) and SBUS (inverted) can work in the same UART.
I believe. Just in time too, I am building first custom quad. Tired or fixing and replacing parts on cheap bnf builds.
I need your help on a controller..how can I get ahold of you ?
Message me on facebook.
i am trying to make a kiss fc work with my s.buss reciever is this even possible ? an if it is how could it be done?
hey i had a question. will a Spektrum dx5e work with the satellite reciever on a race quad
I reckon yes.
and what f3 flight controller you would suggest me else than beta flight f3 and it must be f3
You haven't given me enough information about your requirements.
Lux V3 or Rotorgeeks SSD are fine if you don't wan an OSD.
SP racing f3 is a tried and tested one that is very popular and cheap, but I'm not an expert
Joshua Bardwell I really don't have any requirement it just when I connect it to my drone must fly and it is little tricky that the FC I using must be something which painless 360 channel used in a build series that is just two SP F3 (clone) and beta flight f3