2019-08-27, 02:45 PM
Hi Sean and co., and thanks for your great work!
I'm quite unfamiliar with Arduino and so on, but decided to give this autopilot a chance, since my bankaccount can't afford the ones on the market.
But I'm running into some problem getting the ESC to work.
First of all, this is my setup:
RPi 3
Arduino uno
VNH2sp30
MPU9250
And a small engine for testing purpose (Waiting for my actuator to arrive by post)
The first thing I did, was to test the VNH2sp30 ESC, since I could understand that a lot of them had faults on them. I tested it with this simple script:
https://www.instructables.com/id/Tutoria...ule-Single
which worked flawlessly, both forward, backward and regulation speed. So far so good. (I'm aware that the wiring in this guide is different than from pypilot)
The gyro works flawlessly Pypilot as well.
But I never managed getting the ESC (VNH2sp30) to work with pypilot, I wired after the instructions in pypilot, and selected 2 for using the VNH2sp30 as described in your script, but I just kept getting a "FWD_FAULT" error in Pypilot.
After not getting any results on Google, I tried to change efuses, but not sure if I succeded changing the efuses or not
But now my simple script (the one from instructables.com) that worked in the beginning, (with the different pinout), doesn't work any longer.
Could I've broken the Arduino trying to change the efuses? With the Pypilot script loaded onto the Arduino, the TX and RX blinks continuously, and the L doesn't light up at all.
First I thought that I might have broken the VNH (ESC), but ordered two new ones, and the exact same problem occurred
If I compile the command line script it I will not upload (desync error, SDK 500 out of sync) But if I comment out the baud rate flag in the Makefile it compiles and uploads just fine. But still with FWD_FAULT error in pypilot?
I've tried changing the USB cable to the Arduino, and I've tried using a PC and MacBook instead of Raspberry Pi, but still the same SDK 500 error.
I have a feeling that I'm missing something quite obvious or simple since no one else seems to have the same problem as me - and/or because of my lack of experience in the field :-)
Hopefully, you guys can point me in the right direction, Google doesn't help me unfortunately.
Cheers!
I'm quite unfamiliar with Arduino and so on, but decided to give this autopilot a chance, since my bankaccount can't afford the ones on the market.
But I'm running into some problem getting the ESC to work.
First of all, this is my setup:
RPi 3
Arduino uno
VNH2sp30
MPU9250
And a small engine for testing purpose (Waiting for my actuator to arrive by post)
The first thing I did, was to test the VNH2sp30 ESC, since I could understand that a lot of them had faults on them. I tested it with this simple script:
https://www.instructables.com/id/Tutoria...ule-Single
which worked flawlessly, both forward, backward and regulation speed. So far so good. (I'm aware that the wiring in this guide is different than from pypilot)
The gyro works flawlessly Pypilot as well.
But I never managed getting the ESC (VNH2sp30) to work with pypilot, I wired after the instructions in pypilot, and selected 2 for using the VNH2sp30 as described in your script, but I just kept getting a "FWD_FAULT" error in Pypilot.
After not getting any results on Google, I tried to change efuses, but not sure if I succeded changing the efuses or not
But now my simple script (the one from instructables.com) that worked in the beginning, (with the different pinout), doesn't work any longer.
Could I've broken the Arduino trying to change the efuses? With the Pypilot script loaded onto the Arduino, the TX and RX blinks continuously, and the L doesn't light up at all.
First I thought that I might have broken the VNH (ESC), but ordered two new ones, and the exact same problem occurred
If I compile the command line script it I will not upload (desync error, SDK 500 out of sync) But if I comment out the baud rate flag in the Makefile it compiles and uploads just fine. But still with FWD_FAULT error in pypilot?
I've tried changing the USB cable to the Arduino, and I've tried using a PC and MacBook instead of Raspberry Pi, but still the same SDK 500 error.
I have a feeling that I'm missing something quite obvious or simple since no one else seems to have the same problem as me - and/or because of my lack of experience in the field :-)
Hopefully, you guys can point me in the right direction, Google doesn't help me unfortunately.
Cheers!