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The Seriously Pro Racing F7 DUAL Flight Controller (SPRacingF7DUAL) was designed to give awesome flight per-

formance in a stackable race-ready package. It has a very high-performance CPU, dual gyro/acc sensors, PID-Au-

dio system, OSD, race timing & logging technology backed by excellent connectivity options at an excellent price.

Featuring a race timing transponder system the SPRacingF7DUAL is truly designed for racers.  Analyze your race 

and flight telemetry/blackbox logs using the built-in MicroSD card socket.

The SPRacingF7DUAL is the first Cleanflight FC that features DUAL SIMULTANEOUS GYRO support.  Having two 

gyros is better than one, especially when they are not identically aligned!  Two gyros working together means 

that erroneous sensor readings and vibrations can be futher mitigated and filtered out to allow your aircraft to fly 

smoothly in the toughest of conditions.

The SPRacingF7DUAL is also the first Cleanflight FC that has the PID-Audio feature.  PID-Audio allows to you to 

hear how hard the PID controller is working and thus wether your tuning is optimal for your style of flight.  You 

will learn to hear how your aircraft sounds, this is useful in many scenarios, such as detecting weather conditions, 

broken/damaged props, damaged arms, loose screws, etc.  It’s suprising what you can identify from audio feed-

back!

The SPRacingF7DUAL gives you all the features you need for the heart of your aircraft, whether you’re into FPV 

racing, freestyle acrobatic flying or aerial photography it’s perfect.

Features

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Next-generation STM32 F7 processor with hardware floating point unit for efficient flight calculations and faster 

ARM-Cortex M7 core running at 216Mhz.

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PID-Audio to let you hear what the flight-controller is doing in real-time as you fly.  With practice you’ll recognise 

when your FC is tuned how you like it by listening to the CPU generated audio-stream.

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Configurable On Screen Display (OSD) system gives you all the information you need when flying and a menu 

system to allow you to configure the FC.

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Race transponder built in - just turn up at a race and have your lap times recorded.

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MicroSD-Card socket for black box flight log recorder - optimize your tuning and see the results of your setup 

without guesswork.

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Features two of the latest 32khz capable Accelerometer, Gyro sensor devices connected via the fast SPI bus.

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High-accuracy Baro/Altitude sensor.

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MEMS Microphone to allow you to hear the motors while flying.

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Audio mixer with balance control to adjust the balance between the PID-Audio and the microphone.

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Solder-from-top design makes installation and maintenance simple.

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Excellent IO scenarios.  e.g. Use two Gyros/Accs + Baro + OSD + USB + Sma SBus + LED Strip + Battery 

Moni 8 Transponder LED + External SmartAudio VTX, GPS and MAG - all at the same time!

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8 DSHOT/OneShot/PWM output lines for ESCs and Servos. When using using VTX board with FX756-2-SPI only 

4 DSHOT outputs are usable; use a TBS SmartAudio VTX or IRC Tramp VTX if you need 8 motor outputs and need 

FC-based VTX control.

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Supports direct connection of SBus, SumH, SumD, Spektrum1024/2048, CRSF, XBus receivers. No external 

inverters required (built-in). Legacy PWM 1 wire per channel receivers are not supported.

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Supports direct connection of 3.3v Spektrum Satellite receivers - use 3v3 pad for Satellite RX.

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5 Serial Ports - NOT shared with the USB socket.

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Micro USB socket.

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Dedicated output for programmable LEDs - great for orientation, racing and night flying.

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Dedicated I2C port for connection of OLED display or MAG without needing flight battery.

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Battery monitoring for voltage and current.

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RSSI monitoring (analog or PWM).

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Buzzer port for audible warnings and notifications.

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Developer friendly debugging port (SWD) and boot mode selection, unbrickable bootloader.

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Side-press boot button for easy firmware updating.

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Side-press bind button for easy receiver binding and VTX control.

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Symmetrical design for a super tidy wiring.

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3x JST-SH sockets for IO (I2C, UART3,UART4), SWD, UART5/Camera OSD control.

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1x 5-way Picoblade socket for receiver connections.

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Header pin pads for recevier connections (UART2), IR LED, UART1, 5V/GND and Buzzer

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Flashing via USB or serial port.

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Stackable design - optional VTX board available.

SPRacingF7DUAL 

http://seriouslypro.com - http://cleanflight.com 

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Summary of Contents for Seriously Pro Racing F7 DUAL

Page 1: ...7 DUAL Flight Controller Seriously Pro Seriously Pro Racing F7 DUAL Flight Controller Manual Version 3 Copyright 2018 Dominic Clifton Thank you for directly supporting the Cleanflight project with you...

Page 2: ...Race transponder built in just turn up at a race and have your lap times recorded MicroSD Card socket for black box flight log recorder optimize your tuning and see the results of your setup without...

Page 3: ...by the Cleanflight developers and community No more out of date wiki pages and second hand information See http cleanflight com for links to the manual PDF copies can be downloaded from the github re...

Page 4: ...hen inserting or removing MicroSD cards Always align USB plug and socket when inserting removing USB cables to prevent damage to the USB socket Never power up any VTX without an antenna connected othe...

Page 5: ...rther details The LED Strip signal pad is marked LED and closest to the middle of the board BATTERY 9 1 l Battery 2 n Battery BATTERY IMPORTANT DOUBLE CHECK and TRIPLE CHECK POLARITY For connecting a...

Page 6: ...ridge 3 4in1 ESC pads 4 VTX voltage select bridge 5 Receiver socket 6 Camera voltage select bridge A Boot Button B BIND Button C Current sensor D STM32F722 CPU E IR Transponder circuit F Air pressure...

Page 7: ...Telemetry on UART5 via Picoblade connector e g FrSky XSR 2 Serial RX on UART2 via Headers Pins 3v3 PAD Spektram Satellelite 3 Serial RX on UART1 via Stacking Header Pins when stacking with VTX board...

Page 8: ...nd supplies the FC with power VTX Connection When using the stacking VTX board do NOT install the supplied 4 PIN Picoblade socket instead use the 4 pin stacking socket supplied with the stacking VTX b...

Page 9: ...o solder the flight controller practice on something else first Position your soldering iron tip so that you do not accidentally de solder other components on the board The flight controller is suppli...

Page 10: ...ort Driver http www st com web en catalog tools PF257938 Install and launch the Cleanflight Configurator tool https chrome google com webstore detail cleanflight configurator enacoimjcgeinfnnnpajinjgm...

Page 11: ...l mid and endpoints 1000 2000 and trim channels on transmitter Configure voltage monitoring Configure outputs servos ESCs Ensure ESC calibration matches ESC configuration recalibrate ESCs if needed Le...

Page 12: ...other targets If no firmware is currently available do NOT attempt to flash NOTE Flashing the wrong firmware can cause the FC to be permanently damaged 4 Click Load firmware Online and wait for firmw...

Page 13: ...are Q The receiver tab does not show any activity A Check configuration tab receiver mode Center sticks configure endpoints and trim on transmitter Check ports tab if using Serial RX Check wiring Q Yo...

Page 14: ...er code the LAP light will pulse once while the iLAP receiver can read the code then the activity light ACT will be flashing Each time the LAP light flashes the receiver transmits transponder code and...

Page 15: ...2 SPI module ensure the orientation is correct Use the pins marked ANT on both the VTX module and the Stacking VTX board for orientation reference Solder a corner pin first CS1 or VIN pads are best C...

Page 16: ...x solder pads for ESC Power GND connections DSHOT compatible 3x special solder pads with through holes for Camera In 4x special solder pads with through holes for Audio Video Out VTX 1x solder pad for...

Page 17: ...Thanks to Painless360 Lee Schofield for ideas and tutorial videos https www youtube com user Painless360 playlists Thanks to everyone who provided feedback on previous SP Racing products Software supp...

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