I’d like to use the Pixhawk with the PX4 flight stack to control two relays on the AUX ports with two of the switches on the Taranis transmitter. The relays are on a Parallax Dual Relay board, which simply require a HIGH/LOW signal to operate and are compatible with 3.3V signals.
I see that with the current releases of the PX4 flight stack and QGroundControl, I can assign AUX1, AUX2 and AUX3 to specific channels. However, it appears that this only allows for a PWM signal to those ports. Am I missing something or is it not possible to set the switches to control the AUX ports in a GPIO mode?
If it’s not currently possibility, I assume I could write a module like gpio_led that will take RC transmitter inputs and send the correct GPIO signals?
I apologize if this is already documented elsewhere. I’ve found lots of information for relays/camera triggers for the APM flight stack, but very little regarding the PX4 flight stack.
You should be able to configure your auxiliary pins of the Pixhawk as gpio pins.
Probably this is not documented yet in the new developer guide.
Here is something form the old guide https://pixhawk.org/firmware/apps/fmu
Any update? I´m trying to trigger a relay with the digital outputs (AUX5 and AUX6 by default) but I´m not able to do it. Just a pmw signal in AUX1 to AUX4 pins and nothing in 5 and 6 auxs. I don´t know if I have to change some parameter.
If you connect a regular servo, are you able to control it? If you can, then you’ll probably need to put an electronic switch between the AUX port and relay. I personally have not come across any electronic relay (for hobby use) that works on a PWM signal.
PMW signal is received in the first four aux ports. The thing is that I don’t receive any signal in 5 and 6 auxiliary ports. Here is where it’s suppose I have to receive a digital signal, not for a servo if not for a relay. But I am not receiving anything in these ports.
