F3 Racing EVO Flight Controller

Description

The F3 Racing EVO flight controller has features that makes it the board of choice for your next multirotor (drone) racer build. It has been designed to give awesome flight performance in a stackable race ready package. It has the latest sensors, race timing and logging technology backed by excellent connectivity options, all this at a very affordable price. Featuring a race timing transponder system the F3 EVO Pro has been designed with the serious racer in mind. Analyze your race and flight telemetry/blackbox logs using the built-in micro SD card socket. The F3 EVO gives you all the features you need for the heart of your multirotor whether you are an FPV racer, aerobatic flyer or do aerial photography, it's the perfect choice.

The F3 Racing Evo runs the open-source Cleanflight flight control (FC) software which has an ever growing community of friendly developers and users. Being open-source means that you too can contribute to the system. The hardware was designed by the lead developer of Cleanflight to be more capable than the previous generation of STM32F1 based boards. The F3 EVO uses a similar layout to the F3 Acro and Deluxe boards, the stack pins, ESC/Servo outputs and connectors are in the same location for maximum mounting compatibility with existing products.

In conclusion, the F3 EVO uses advanced processor, sensor and software technologies to make your multirotor (drone) fly like it's on rails. The Cleanflight software enables the precision flying you require for fast FPV racing. uses the ARM Cortex-M4 72Mhz CPU with Math co-processor (FPU) for efficient flight calculations that gets more done in less time. The gyroscope and accelerometer sensors are connected to the fast SPI bus, this enables the software to get more data even quicker to help stabilize your craft even better.  The list of features and specs goes on and on, please look under the "Files" tab for the Manual and the Features list.

Features:
• Next generation STM32 F3 processor and fast ARM-Cortex M4 core
• Micro SD card socket for black box recorder
• Race transponder built in, just turn up and race and have your lap times recorded
• Features the latest Accelerometer, Gyro and Mag/Compass and Baro/Altitude sensor technology
• Uses pin headers for major connections for excellent crash durability (supplied)
• 8 PWM output lines for ESC's and servo's
• Supports direct connection of SBus, SumH, SumD, Spektrum 1024/2048, XBus receivers
• Supports direct connection of 3.3V Spektrum satellite receivers
• Dedicated PPM receiver input
• 3 serial ports, these are not shared with the USB socket
• Telemetry port
• Micro USB socket
• Dedicated output for programmable LED's
• Dedicated 12C port for connection of OLED display
• Battery monitoring for voltage and current
• RSSI monitoring, analogue or PWM
• Buzzer port for audible warnings and notifications
• Developer friendly debugging port (SWD) and boot mode selection
• Symmetrical design for tidy wiring installation
• JST-SH sockets only for 12C, UART2 and SWD. UART2 also on through hole pins
• Flashing via USB or serial port
• Stackable design, perfect for integrating with OSD's and power distribution boards
• Std mounting, 36mm x 36mm with 30.5mm mounting holes
• LED's for 3V, 5V and status

Hardware Specs:
• STM32F303 CPU, 72Mhz inc FPU
• Micro SD card slot (SD/SDHC upto 32GB)
• MPU9250 accelerometer/gyro/compass connected via SPI
• BMP280 barometer
• 1 IR LED and unique code for race transponder
• Micro USB socket for configuration and ESC programming
• 3 LED's for 3V, 5V and Status (green, blue, red)
• Supplied with straight and right angled pin headers
• 8 x 3pin through holes for pin headers for ESC/Servo connections
• 1 x 2pin through holes for pin headers for UART1 RX/TX
• 1 x 6pin through holes for pin headers for UART2/PPM/Telemetry/Lipo (for standard Serial RX/SBus/PPM lead)
• 1 x 4pin through holes for pin headers for UART3
• 1 x 6pin through holes for pin headers for IR LED/LED strip, RSSI, current monitoring and buzzer connections
• 1 x 3pin through holes for JST-ZH connector for Spektrum satellite receivers (connector supplied)
• 1 x 4pin top mounted JST-SH socket for 12C
• 1 x 4pin top mounted JST-SH socket for UART2/PPM
• 1 x 4pin bottom mounted JST-SH socket for SWD debugging
• 1 x 2pin through holes for BOOT jumper

Specs:
Weight: 5g
Dimensions: 36mm x 36mm
Mounting Holes: 30.5mm