lulauav / alienwhoopf0

Best in class brushed flight controller for FPV micro drone racing and freestyle http://alienwhoop.us/

AlienWhoopF0

AlienWhoopF0 Features 👽

AlienWhoop F0 (code name ZER0) flight controller for Tiny Whoop™, Blade Inductrix™, Eachine™, BetaFPV™, and other micro brushed quadcopter frames. Best in class flight controller running NotFastEnuf Silverware--surface mount soldering required.

• Value-line ST Microelectronics ARM® 32-bit Cortex®-M0 CPU, frequency up to 48 MHz (64MHz with overclocking)
• Invensense MPU-6881 Six-Axis (Gyro + Accelerometer) low power consumption MEMS MotionTracking™ Device
• Latest NotFastEnuf Silverware firmware running the ALIENZER0 target with optional Torque Boost
• Fairchild Semiconductor FDMA410NZ MOSFET with 9.5A continuous and 24A burst brushed motor insanity (8.5mm coreless scream)
• USART1 RX and TX solder pads for external receiver; solder pads for GPIO A13 and A14 for programmable LED strip (SUPER COOL) using WS2812B RGB or low voltage beeper
• Choice of external serial receivers. Officially supporting most SBUS, DSMX, DSM2 and Bayang SPI receivers.

DIY Flight Controller 👽

If you fancy doing it yourself (DIY), and have the right equipment and patience, building an AlienWhoop ZER0 from scratch can be tremendously satisfying--though not for the faint of heart. After doing your homework the first step is to place an order for blank PCBs from OSH Park:

• We recommend ordering the 2oz copper 0.8mm thickness PCB
  • It takes about three weeks to make the thin boards which allows plenty of time to order components from the bill of materials in the resources folder.

Official Facebook page 👽

AlienWhoop has a Facebook page and it's our preferred way to engage with you and keep you updated. Please Like and/or Follow Us for regular updates in your status feed related to AlienWhoop, DIY electronics, and micro brushed quadcopter related posts.

• http://fb.me/alienwhoop/
• Instagram @alienwhoop

See the AlienWhoop ZER0 in action on YouTube 👽

Acknowledgements 👽

The AlienWhoop ZER0 Dev Team:

• Brucesdad13 (Charlie)
• Excalibur (Galen)
• MontiFPV (Michael)
• NotFastEnuf (Travis)
• VelcoFPV (Brian)

The sources of inspiration for this board are Lance's AlienFlight F3 Brushed Quad (CC-BY-SA license) and the Silverware flight controller firmware (MIT license).

Archival copy of Lance's AlienFlight F3 Eagle CAD Projects

• http://github.com/brucesdad13/AlienFlightArchive

NotFastEnuf's fork of Silverware flight controller firmware:

• https://github.com/NotFastEnuf/NFE_Silverware

~ Please note: AlienWhoop is not affiliated with nor endorsed by AlienFlight or forks of Lance's work such as AlienFlight NG. The use of Alien in the name and the alien head vector graphic used on the board silkscreen are nods to the lineage of this remix and to the work of Lance and others who created the conditions for this project to arise. Likewise, AlienWhoop is not affiliated with nor endorsed by Tiny Whoop. The Whoop in the name comes from Jesse Perkin's fantastic Tiny Whoop ("a small first-person-view aircraft that truly allows you to feel the gift of flight and the feeling of being tiny" [tinywhoop.com]) and is simply a nod to his efforts and the TW community worldwide.