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Build Log Beefs Brushed Board - Fun and easy! (most of the setup)



I plan to have a dreamcatcher frame, which is 3D Printable.



As for the components, things went pretty easily. I mostly ignored the guide, and as recommended by Curtis the indications about the Banggood labelling are out of date now. I started by soldering the tiny connectors on the corners. Went good although I did solder the bottom two on the wrong way.



When you figure out which way one of them faces, the rest of them are the same. I used the guide from where I got the motors at



When the MicroFRX is ready, it will be a quick solder job to attach.



in terms of testing, I soldered on the FTDI right angled pins. The pinout is different from both the USB ftdi, and the Pinout for the LKTR120, so I had to tweak the breadboard to accommodate.



The interesting thing was the Power cable had a different pin out to what I expected. I nearly plugged in a battery to it for testing before noticing the red and black wires were opposites!



With that done, in Baseflight, I enabled PPM input in Configuration (getting ready for it), set minimum Throttle to 1000 as per the Guide from Curtisbeef. With this setting, the motors will still spin up if you plug in power. I was not able to set the PWM motors to 32000, as the CLI tab does not let me type anything. Using putty gives me no success either, so somethings up.



UPDATE: CLI Works, I am silly. - At the bottom of the Window for CLI, is where you type the commands. Not the Black area. Such a silly mistake, that I had to make an image pointing it out.



I have so many parts arrived now for this and the LKTR120, I'll update the original parts list (an earlier blog post on here). Even stuff like servo testers! While I am waiting for the receiver (MicroFRX) replacement to arrive for this, thought I would try and set up as much as I can.I plan to have a dreamcatcher frame, which is 3D Printable.As for the components, things went pretty easily. I mostly ignored the guide, and as recommended by Curtis the indications about the Banggood labelling are out of date now. I started by soldering the tiny connectors on the corners. Went good although I did solder the bottom two on the wrong way.When you figure out which way one of them faces, the rest of them are the same. I used the guide from where I got the motors at MicroMotorWarehouse to figure out what was ground. A nice thing is that I got the CCW and CW directions right i think first go, although it is easy to change them.When the MicroFRX is ready, it will be a quick solder job to attach.in terms of testing, I soldered on the FTDI right angled pins. The pinout is different from both the USB ftdi, and the Pinout for the LKTR120, so I had to tweak the breadboard to accommodate.The interesting thing was the Power cable had a different pin out to what I expected. I nearly plugged in a battery to it for testing before noticing the red and black wires were opposites!With that done, in Baseflight, I enabled PPM input in Configuration (getting ready for it), set minimum Throttle to 1000 as per the Guide from Curtisbeef. With this setting, the motors will still spin up if you plug in power. I was not able to set the PWM motors to 32000, as the CLI tab does not let me type anything. Using putty gives me no success either, so somethings up.- At the bottom of the Window for CLI, is where you type the commands. Not the Black area. Such a silly mistake, that I had to make an image pointing it out.I have so many parts arrived now for this and the LKTR120, I'll update the original parts list (an earlier blog post on here). Even stuff like servo testers! Images View all Images in thread Views: 361





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Was hard to take this photo without the motors sticking to each other!

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Wrong stock power cable wiring - See the rectangular hole in the middle of the image? You can use tweezers to press that in, then push it out slightly. It will then pull out easily and without damaging the cable.

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I am so smart, s-m-a-t, I mean s-m-a-r-t!