ESCs must have the BlHeli Bootloader.
If your ESCs didn’t come with BlHeli Bootloader, you’ll need to flash them with an ArduinoISP programmer first. Here’s a guide.
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This is the option you need to select for the bootloader:
- . update: if you are changing fc boards, or USB tools, then you may need to allocate the new board or tool to a new unused com port. E.g., 'ln -s /dev/cu.SLA.
- RPM filtering with BLHeliS for free. BHeliS firmware is OpenSource software product. It evolved from BHLeli firmware that was running on the relatively slow Atmel MCU’s. It’s developement almost stopped in year 2017, when the devs started a new BLHeli32 branch with closed source, licensing and etc. BLHeli32 ESC firmware introduced the so called bidirectional DSHOT protocol that enabled.
- On the bottom left of BlHeli Suite there is a drop down menu to switch com ports. How are you able to use these softwares on a Mac? FlightClub at 8:31 pm - Reply. Yes, most programs will run on mac but for the ones that don’t have mac versions I run parallel.
Currently supported on the SPRACINGF3, STM32F3DISCOVERY, NAZE32 (including clones such as the FLIP32) and CC3D.
Wiring
- For the NAZE, no external wiring is necessary. Simply plug in the board via USB cable.
- For the CC3D, connect a USB to UART adapter to the flex port.
- Ensure MSP is enabled on the flex port. Unfortunatly the main port cannot be used in the current configuration due to the inverter on this port.
- You’ll only need this connection to the CC3D, do not plug in the normal USB connection.
- If you need one, I prefer the CP2102 as it is cheap and the driver is readily available.
- In the case that your board does not power on fully without a battery attached, it is OK to attach the battery before following the steps below. However, it may not be necessary in all cases.
This shouldn’t really be an issue for us Tricopter users as we’ve all most likely been using SiLabs ESCs for some time now, but some of us have things like the TBS PowerCube which still soldiers on with Atmel ESCs (not for much longer, though, it looks like). So yeah, pretty cool stuff. It will even load MultiShot directly for non-BLHeliS.
Usage
- Plug in the USB cable and connect to your board with the CleanFlight configurator.
- For boards without a built in USB/UART adapter, you’ll need to plug an external one in. Here is how you wire up the CC3D. Plug your USB/UART adapter into the Flexi port:
- Open the BlHeli Suite.
- Ensure you have selected the correct Atmel or SILABS “Cleanflight” option under the “Select ATMEL / SILABS Interface” menu option.
- Ensure you have port for your external USB/UART adapter selected, if you’re using one, otherwise pick the same COM port that you normally use for Cleanflight.
- Click “Connect” and wait for the connection to complete. If you get a COM error, hit connect again. It will probably work.
- Use the boxes at the bottom to select the ESCs you have connected. Note that the boxes correspond directly to the ports on your flight controller. For example if you have motors on ports 1-4, pick boxes 1-4 or in the case of a tri-copter that uses motors on ports 3, 4 and 5, select those ports in BlHeli.
- Click “Read Setup”
- Use BlHeli suite as normal.
- When you’re finished with one ESC, click “Disconnect”
Implementing and Configuring targets
The following parameters can be used to enable and configure this in the related target.h file:
- For new targets
- in
target.h
- in
serial_1wire.c
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Development Notes
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On the STM32F3DISCOVERY, an external pullup on the ESC line may be necessary. I needed a 3v, 4.7k pullup.