Support to configure ESCs with BLHeli Configurator #1170
Merged
Conversation
This file contains bidirectional Unicode text that may be interpreted or compiled differently than what appears below. To review, open the file in an editor that reveals hidden Unicode characters.
Learn more about bidirectional Unicode characters
Added missing include Added correct type-cast
…from ESC Configurator. I also had to tweak the state-machine that processes incoming bytes. The added request handlers needs to be filled in with correct data.
tobbeanton
approved these changes
Dec 16, 2022
Sign up for free
to join this conversation on GitHub.
Already have an account?
Sign in to comment
Add this suggestion to a batch that can be applied as a single commit.
This suggestion is invalid because no changes were made to the code.
Suggestions cannot be applied while the pull request is closed.
Suggestions cannot be applied while viewing a subset of changes.
Only one suggestion per line can be applied in a batch.
Add this suggestion to a batch that can be applied as a single commit.
Applying suggestions on deleted lines is not supported.
You must change the existing code in this line in order to create a valid suggestion.
Outdated suggestions cannot be applied.
This suggestion has been applied or marked resolved.
Suggestions cannot be applied from pending reviews.
Suggestions cannot be applied on multi-line comments.
Suggestions cannot be applied while the pull request is queued to merge.
Suggestion cannot be applied right now. Please check back later.
This PR adds the ability to configure ESCs through BLHeli Configurator, which has a nicer UI than BLHeliSuite. BLHeli Configurator also runs nicely on Linux, compared to BLHeliSuite which must be used with something like
wineto work.To make the BLHeli Configurator recognize the Crazyflie, a "handshake" must first be done upon serial connection. This handshake follows the MSP extension protocol. I have reveresed engineered the protocol using BLHeli Configurator, so I'm not exactly sure which version I have really implemented.
I have tested to configure and flash the ESCs with the BOLT platform and it works OK.
Future improvements:
msp.cto usemspMakeTxPacket()that I have added.