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Questions about Aikon AK32 4-1
#1
Just got the 55amp version of this for a project. Disappointed no documentation provided or online!?

How:

- Do I flash it/each onboard ESC? I dont have a Flight Controller, I flash my singular (not 4-1) ESCs via Ardunio Nano, single wire.
- What format is the Telemetry? Ive seen it mentioned here on a similar Aikin that its I2C.. I thought all of the KISS / Betaflight ESCs uses basic UART / Serial comms?


FWIW Im not building a drone at all, but a AWD car using drone parts.
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#2
If you are flashing ESCs using an Arduino, you do it the same way on a 4in1 as with a single ESC.  A 4in1 is just 4 separate ESCs on a single board. To communicate with each of the ESCs, just connect your Arduino output to the GND and one of the ESC pins on the connector. So to flash ESC 1 on the board connect the Arduino to the ESC1 pin and one of the GND pins, to flash ESC 2 on the board connect the Arduino to the ESC2 pin and one of the GND pins, and so on for each ESC. Obviously you also need to power the ESC board using the Battery Input terminals when flashing them.

As for telemetry data, it is in serial data format over UART via the Telemetry pin.

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#3
Thanks, I was over complicating this in my head by a long shot!
If you have any links or experience with reading that Telemetry data via Python on a Raspberry Pi let me know! Ive seen the ardunio code (ie not Python) but I cant get anything but gibberish off my older Wraith32 v2 boards telemetry. Might be different on the Aikon.
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