Hardware/Pixhawk Dev Call: Sep 22, 2020

[rroche]

Sep 22, 2020

Call Moderators

• @rroche

Agenda Items

• FMU
• Payload
• BMS

Dail In

Direct link to the meeting: https://bit.ly/3gNLZ4F

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Meeting Notes

FMUv5X Release & Announcement

Specification Governance Discussion

• Reference schematics need to clarify governance
• Group agrees that governance should remain under the workgroup
• Feedback from group: Adding a disclaimer to clarify where and how this contribution happened “Contributed by ORG NAME to Dronecode, as part of the Hardware Workgroup”

FMUv5X Announcement

• Press release
• Webinar
• Main topics to highlight:
  • Reference products built using FMUv5X
  • Promote the hardware workgroup
  • Promote member contributions
  • Discuss governance and roadmap
• This is a big moment, let’s celebrate together

Companies currently developing FMUv5X
NOTE: We are only listing companies who have publicly released products using FMUv5X

• ModalAI
• Auterion
• Freefly
• Quantum Systems

FMUv6 from Gumstix

• Working with @david_s5 to get firmware flashed
• Bootloader is now working
• Working on a branched firmware codebase to get it running
• Gumstix Gepetto: The goal is to have a drop-in module based on FMUv6 to make it easier to create prototypes

BMS

• @AlexKlimaj is really close to having prototypes with the connector built
• We are still looking for manufacturing partners

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Meeting Resources

DS-010 Pixhawk Autopilot Bus Standard

DS-013 Pixhawk Smart Battery Standard

DS-012 Pixhawk Autopilot v6X Standard

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Previous Meeting

September 8, 2020 - Hardware Standards

Hardware/Pixhawk Dev Call: Sep 08, 2020

Sep 08, 2020 Call Moderators @rroche Agenda Items FMU BMS Payload Dail In Direct link to the meeting: https://bit.ly/3gNLZ4F Join Microsoft Teams Meeting Learn more about Teams | Meeting options Meeting Minutes FMU Upcoming Releases FMUv5X, FMUv6X, going through last round of edits, getting final approval from @LorenzMeier . Next target release FMUv6, getting hardware from Gumstix, and verifying pin chart Change Request / Announcements pixhawk@lists.dronecode.org Mailing List for …

September 15, 2020 - UAVCAN

Hardware/Pixhawk Dev Call: Sep 15, 2020

Sep 15, 2020 Call Moderators @JingerZ @rroche Agenda Items UAVCAN DS-015 Dial in Direct link to the meeting: https://bit.ly/3gNLZ4F Attendees Iain Galloway Jacob Morten Olsen Lysgaard Peter van der Perk David Sidrane Andrew Smith Pavel Kirienko Dmitry Ramensky Scott Dixon MarxLP Meeting Minutes Meeting Minutes from Last Call DS-015 MVP progress tracking UAVCAN v1 Spec: Beta release being done soon Changes on serialization Reduced the subject ID range (from ~32000 to ~8000…

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Errata and Feedback

Let me know below if I failed to capture anything the right way, and if there are any updates, or you have feedback on the call format.

[jimdgit]

What time EST?
Need to know this.

[Vincentpoont2]

I would like have a follow up discussion on this from last month.

Hardware/Pixhawk Dev Call: Aug 11, 2020

Aug 11, 2020 Call Moderators @rroche Agenda Items FMU Payload BMS Dail In Direct link to the meeting https://bit.ly/3gNLZ4F Meeting Notes FMUv6X Updated pin charts, but can’t tell on the content of the Spec. FMUv5X Double check doc and cook spec revision TODO: Ask manufacturers, what would you think if we published the whole schematics? TODO: FMU Let’s make sure we got the data correct so we can publish to Github a new spec revision Make sure all links in docume…

FMUv2 / FMUv3

• There’s a discontinued compass, how do we deal with this?
• Compass part-number: LSM303D

github.com/PX4/Firmware

Replacement for Discontinued LSM303D Compass

opened Jul 22, 2020

vincentpoont2

LSM303D Compass that is being used on FMUv2 and FMUv3 has discontinued and no longer being made. Is there a replacement for…

TODO : Figure out how to manage this issue

• Option 1 : end of life specs
• Option 2 : find a replacement

TODO : Help manufacturers figure out next-steps.