Erle Robotics ERLE-COPTER, Assembly Instructions Manual

Page 1: ...Erle Robotics ERLE COPTER DIY UBUNTU CORE DRONE KIT Assembly instructions ...

Page 2: ...Do It Yourself ERLE COPTER DIY UBUNTU CORE DRONE KIT 2 ...

Page 3: ...Necessary tools Screwdriver 3 types Slotted Hexagon 2mm Hexagon 2 5mm Welding station Multimeter Glue ERLE COPTER DIY UBUNTU CORE DRONE KIT 3 ...

Page 4: ...ttery As you will see in the manual the ESCs and XT 60 are soldered to the frame the frame has a conductive circuit which distributes the energy entering through XT 60 to the ESCs Erle Brain is a Linux based artificial robotic brain for making robots and drones with official support for the Robot Operating System ROS and access to the appstore Component that varies the speed and the direction of rota...

Page 5: ...motion from electric motor to provide propulsion Plastic components to hold the battery perfectly to the frame using the Velcro It is an easy way to change the battery quickly The o ring is an elastic component to tie the Erle Brain to the frame It offers a versatile way to mount the Erle Brain to the frame with quick release capability allowing you to move your Erle Brain be tween multiple Erle ve...

Page 6: ...ximum of 90 amps It is ready to use with XT 60 An electric battery is a device con sisting of two or more electrochemi cal cells that convert stored chemical energy into electrical energy Receives the radio values from Radio Control and shares it with Erle Brain using PPM encoding Determines the position of the copter and its cardinal orientation It must be placed in the highest part of the vehicl...

Page 7: ... radios one connected to the vehicle and another connected to an external USB device such as an computer or a tablet Using the WiFi Dongle Erle Brain creates a wireless network com patible with your existing wifi technology Wifi Dongle can be high or low gain which determines the signal range A buzzer or beeper is an audio piezoe lectric signaling device Erle Brain uses the buzzer to signal different...

Page 8: ... solder them Introduce the heat shrinks tube and heat them up NOTE It is important to check with the multimeter that the welds are well done ERLE COPTER DIY UBUNTU CORE DRONE KIT 8 Attention Be careful while soldering notice that the solder joints must be small enough not to obstruct other frame componentes ...

Page 9: ...he copter FRAME FRONT NOTE We recommend using red legs for the front and white legs for the rear of the copter This will help you identify the front of your copter Screw M2 5 ERLE COPTER DIY UBUNTU CORE DRONE KIT 9 ...

Page 10: ...bis Additionally you can add separators between the legs and the bottom frame to increase the available space e g add thicker batteries place components inside etc ERLE COPTER DIY UBUNTU CORE DRONE KIT 10 ...

Page 11: ...3Mounting the MOTORS NOTICE There are two types of motors those whiththose a white point and without FRONT Screw M3 ERLE COPTER DIY UBUNTU CORE DRONE KIT 11 ...

Page 12: ...4 BATTERY HOLDER assembly ERLE COPTER DIY UBUNTU CORE DRONE KIT 12 ...

Page 13: ...5Mounting the UPPER FRAME Screw M3 ERLE COPTER DIY UBUNTU CORE DRONE KIT 13 ...

Page 14: ...AUTOPILOT FRONT We will now mount Erle brain in the copter The autopilot case has small flaps used with the o ring to allow mounting allows to tight it up pretty much anywhere ERLE COPTER DIY UBUNTU CORE DRONE KIT 14 ...

Page 15: ... the arms 2 Depending on the motor type the ESC wires connection varies The motors with a WHITE POINT connect directly to the ESC For the motors without the white point you must swap the outer wires before connecting them to the ESC ERLE COPTER DIY UBUNTU CORE DRONE KIT 15 ...

Page 16: ...Tie the ESCs using cable ties 8Holding ESCs ERLE COPTER DIY UBUNTU CORE DRONE KIT 16 ...

Page 17: ... FRONT 1 2 3 4 Start with motor 1 attach the connector to the first channel of the rail The white wire must be at the top Do the same with the other 3 ESCs following the order described above ERLE COPTER DIY UBUNTU CORE DRONE KIT 17 ...

Page 18: ...lock Lock Unlock COUNTER CLOCKWISE CLOCKWISE 1 2 3 4 MOTORS 1 and 2 MOTORS 3 and 4 ERLE COPTER DIY UBUNTU CORE DRONE KIT 18 NOTE As you can see in the image the clockwise propellers have a white detail on the top to distinguish them ...

Page 19: ...IF YOU HAVE BOUGHT ANY ADDITIONAL COMPONENT ERLE COPTER DIY UBUNTU CORE DRONE KIT 19 ...

Page 20: ... POWER MODULE 1 Connect the power module to the frame s XT 60 connector 2 Fasten the power module to the front left arm with a cable tie and connect it to Erle Brain POWER ERLE COPTER DIY UBUNTU CORE DRONE KIT 20 ...

Page 21: ...12 Mounting BATTERY 3 Connect the battery to the power module 1 Insert battery 2 Fasten using the velcro ERLE COPTER DIY UBUNTU CORE DRONE KIT 21 ...

Page 22: ...er must be connected to the channel 14 of the rail NOTE You can stick the antennas to the frame but it is important that the antennas do not touch each other 1 Fasten the RC receiver with a cable tie ERLE COPTER DIY UBUNTU CORE DRONE KIT 22 ...

Page 23: ...14 Mounting GPS ERLE COPTER DIY UBUNTU CORE DRONE KIT 23 ...

Page 24: ...15 Mounting WIFI ERLE COPTER DIY UBUNTU CORE DRONE KIT 24 ...

Page 25: ...16 Mounting the TELEMETRY 1 Fasten the telemetry with a cable tie 2 Connect it to the Erle Brain using Serial 2 ERLE COPTER DIY UBUNTU CORE DRONE KIT 25 ...

Page 26: ...17 Mounting the BUZZER 1 Attach the buzzer to the botton of the frame 2 Connect to the Erle Brain ERLE COPTER DIY UBUNTU CORE DRONE KIT 26 ...

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