Update : If you think the soldering of the sensors is not for you, there is a bit cheaper Naze32 Full here. The needed flash chip is the 25P16VP (s ame as on the OpenPilot CC3D). Update : Well as the Cleanflight firmware gets updated, now there is an option for saving some flight data (Blackbox).
* On the full version there is SPI flash memory too. If you have done everything right, now you have upgraded your Naze32 Acro to (almost*) full Naze32 for about 10 $. It is a bit tricky to place all this small sensors and caps right, but that is how it is with SMD. It took me about 20 – 30 seconds on 450 C to melt the solder paste.
How to do it: put very small amount of solder paste on the empty pins of the board, position the parts on the board and apply heat with the hot air gun on the downside of the board. On the picture below you can find how to position the sensors and the capacitors (open the original file for better resolution, not the thumbnail). Check out these datasheets to see where is the Pin1 on the downside. Needed tools: Heat gun/Hot air gun, tweezers, hands free item holder and a solder paste.īefore you start it is not bad to download the datasheet for the MS5611 and for the HMC5883L.
Yes, the processor is still the STM32 F1 and not the newer F3 or F4, but it is ok if you are using these kind of sensors. Most of the changes on the Naze32 rev6 are very welcome. The problem is, that the ESCs are powered too, because 5V are going to the servo rail. When powering the Naze32 rev6 via PC-USB, you need to know following fact: your receiver is now powered too. The new Naze32 rev6 have a bit changed design. You can now use the integrated 2MB flash memory on the Acro Naze32 rev6 for logging data (blackbox feature). If you are using Spektrum Satellite or SBUS receiver, you don’t need to hack the Naze32 anymore. Through pin holes for the receiver are very welcome, as many pilots (including myself) have broken the receiver pads after crashing.
I have an upgraded Naze32 rev5 with barometer on my SG Acro and have never used it. Having a barometer is a nice feature, but I am not sure if it is needed on an acro quadcopter.
Because of this, if you are planning to use the Cleanflight firmware on the new Naze32 rev6, you need to wait a bit for a stable release. Sadly the MPU6500 is still connected via I2C (unlike other F1 boards with MPU6500, Paris Air Hero32). The new MPU6500 gyro and accelerometer allows communication per I☬ and SPI too.