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Connecting HK-TR6A V2 Receiver to Naze32 Afroflight rev6
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I'm having a problem connecting the HK-TR6A V2 receiver to the Naze32 board. Everything looks to be soldered correctly. The motors work fine when I test them out on clean flight. I just can't seem to get the controller working. I've developed some pictures for a better view. If you need me to take more pics let me know. 


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Your receiver is connected incorrectly. The outside row that you have the signal wires to is actually the ground row. Just reverse everything and you'll be fine. Connections to the FC look fine.
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(26-May-2017, 04:15 AM)RENOV8R Wrote: /**Your receiver is connected incorrectly.  The outside row that you have the signal wires to is actually the ground row. Just reverse everything and you'll be fine.  Connections to the FC look fine.**/

Hey, thank you! I did that. But, I still don't receive any response from the transmitter. 
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The power and ground (bottom two wires in your photo above) should be attached to 5V and ground on the FC. You show them on the same row, and although I'm not familiar with your specific FC, I don't think that's correct.
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(26-May-2017, 10:27 AM)sloscotty Wrote: The power and ground (bottom two wires in your photo above) should be attached to 5V and ground on the FC.  You show them on the same row, and although I'm not familiar with your specific FC, I don't think that's correct.

I'm not to sure how to replicate your response. From my understanding from another forum the male connector that is closest to the orange labels is the signal and the male connector farther from the label is a ground, and the middle is 5V. So, how do I attach the 5V? I'm lost on that part.
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(27-May-2017, 05:59 AM)Nazty Wrote: I'm not to sure how to replicate your response. From my understanding from another forum the male connector that is closest to the orange labels is the signal and the male connector farther from the label is a ground, and the middle is 5V. So, how do I attach the 5V? I'm lost on that part.

Sorry, I was mistaken.  I was commenting on the FC, and just looked it up - that looks correct.  However, you might check all of your solder joints, several I can see in your photos I have doubts about. Can you attach a closeup photo of the other side of the board?
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(27-May-2017, 10:59 AM)sloscotty Wrote: Sorry, I was mistaken.  I was commenting on the FC, and just looked it up - that looks correct.  However, you might check all of your solder joints, several I can see in your photos I have doubts about.  Can you attach a closeup photo of the other side of the board?

Could it be that I didn't bind the transmitter and receiver? If I only have a 3S battery. How can I modify it to 2S in order to bind the transmitter using the current receiver in the pictures? Here are the pics of the bottom of the fc. Note that the 1 starts with white and 6 ends with blue. 


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(27-May-2017, 05:59 AM)Nazty Wrote: I'm not to sure how to replicate your response. From my understanding from another forum the male connector that is closest to the orange labels is the signal and the male connector farther from the label is a ground, and the middle is 5V. So, how do I attach the 5V? I'm lost on that part.

(28-May-2017, 10:50 PM)Nazty Wrote: Could it be that I didn't bind the transmitter and receiver? If I only have a 3S battery. How can I modify it to 2S in order to bind the transmitter using the current receiver in the pictures? Here are the pics of the bottom of the fc. Note that the 1 starts with white and 6 ends with blue.

If you have not bound your radio to the receiver, you should do so. Here is a video which shows you how to do that.




For your Naze32 board, please refer to this manual for the pinouts and how to power the board. You must power the board with 5V and only 5V! You need a voltage regulator, or an ESC that has a BEC to provide 5V to the flight controller.

Looking at the picture of where you have soldered the pin headers, your soldering iron is either not powerful enough or was set to too low a temperature. The solder should flow and form a smooth, shiny surface. It should not look like blobs of putty like you have there.
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(29-May-2017, 12:50 PM)unseen Wrote: If you have not bound your radio to the receiver, you should do so. Here is a video which shows you how to do that.




For your Naze32 board, please refer to this manual for the pinouts and how to power the board. You must power the board with 5V and only 5V! You need a voltage regulator, or an ESC that has a BEC to provide 5V to the flight controller.

Looking at the picture of where you have soldered the pin headers, your soldering iron is either not powerful enough or was set to too low a temperature. The solder should flow and form a smooth, shiny surface. It should not look like blobs of putty like you have there.

I had no idea about using a voltage regulator. Besides online, where can I buy voltage regulators?
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(29-May-2017, 08:59 PM)Nazty Wrote: I had no idea about using a voltage regulator. Besides online, where can I buy voltage regulators?

If I need to add a voltage regulator to a quad because I don't have one on my PDB, I use one of these:

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All you need to do is adjust the little potentiometer until it outputs the voltage you want and then put some heat shrink on it. They take very little space, have a very clean, low ripple output and are good for a couple of Amps. I buy five at a time from eBay. Here's one seller in the UK: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1-2-5-pcs-MP15...1847500556
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(29-May-2017, 09:41 PM)unseen Wrote: If I need to add a voltage regulator to a quad because I don't have one on my PDB, I use one of these:

All you need to do is adjust the little potentiometer until it outputs the voltage you want and then put some heat shrink on it. They take very little space, have a very clean, low ripple output and are good for a couple of Amps. I buy five at a time from eBay. Here's one seller in the UK: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1-2-5-pcs-MP15...1847500556

I did what you recommended. Bought a Step Down Voltage Regulator. The transmitter did its' job and I was able to communicate with the quadcopter. Yay! Thank you! Unfortunately when putting everything together I short circuited the Naze32. The processor gets really hot when there is any flow going through the board. Red, green, and blue lights are also activated. And on cleanflight it is stuck on bootloader. Therefore, I believe it is short circuited. Being new to electronics as a whole I'm not to sure what to do from here. So I bought more Naze boardS. While I wait, I've been trying to setup the quadcopter with an Arduino Uno board. Not really sure how to do that so far. The more I learn about electronics the better I understand blueprints or wiring schematics. Unfortunately my ESCs don't have BECs. So, when looking at the wiring schematics (Arduino Uno with a Quadcopter) on the internet, it is assumed I have a BEC in my ESCs. I'm not really sure how to change the wiring up. Understanding programming, I think it would awesome to develop a quadcopter with arduino, or RPI for that matter.

The schematic I am trying to follow has been added.


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I posted a thread earlier that has since been resolved. The current issue was resolved, but the main project still has not been completed. I almost had my Quadcopter fully completed until I short circuited my Naze32 board. So I bought 3 more boards off amazon for $30. Hopefully I didn't get ripped off. 

While I wait, I figured I try and connect the quadcopter to an Arduino Uno Board. The problem is I'm following The Schematic posted below. My motors are connected to ESCs without BEC. From my understanding that means it only has a ground wire and a signal wire. I do have a voltage converter that is connected to my PDB along with the motors and battery. How can I modify the schematic for my specific type of motors. I notice that all other google images only post pictures of Arduino Unos with BEC ESCs. Noob mistake I suppose :\. Also, is there a schematic for Raspberry Pis with the same scenario? Thank you again for any guidance or step toward the right direction!


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On any ESC that does not have a BEC, there are four wires. Two thick and two thin.

The two thick wires - black and red - go to your flight battery and provide power for the ESC and motor.
The two thin wires - black and white - are signal ground and signal respectively. As there isn't really anywhere to connect the signal grounds on your Arduino, you just need to connect the white signal wire to the appropriate outputs on the Arduino.

The output from your regulator is used to power the Arduino - note that the Arduino Uno wants a minimum of 7V, so for other devices that need 5V, you can power them from the Arduino's 5V output, up to about 450mA current. There is also a 3.3V output on the Uno, but you can't draw any more than 50mA from that.

Rather than just blindly following a connection diagram, you really need to understand the power requirements (both voltage and current) of all the devices you want to connect together and plan how you will connect things together yourself.
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