ESC.VTOR

Details

Current aim is to make:

- Something with familiar, yet homebrew design (it's mostly about the case).

- A go-anywhere, do-anything SBC based system with Linux.

- Integrated solution for UAV control of different kinds (analog sticks, extra monitor, transmitter, receiver etc.)

- Not something entirely modular (it's hard) but would be nice to be able to swap parts for different tasks.

- Something autonomous.

- A proper excuse to dive deep into device design.

And it happens to take form a raspberry pi cyberdeck with analog sticks and dual monitor setup.

Tune in!

Project Logs

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Strafe
mkdxdx • 04/27/2025 at 00:52 • 0 comments

It's been a while.
The input processor firmware has been more or less shaped up, some things still need work, but at least I do not have to keep this board on my table for now.
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Stitch
mkdxdx • 02/22/2025 at 00:14 • 0 comments

It's a bit disappointing when it took a lot of time to do things but these things sort of can't be shown clearly because they are not visually significant and quite messy.

More after the break.
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Sophisticate
mkdxdx • 12/24/2024 at 02:34 • 0 comments

Some eRr Gee Bee action to make things fresh. Everything else below the break.
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Sketch
mkdxdx • 11/29/2024 at 19:59 • 0 comments

After couple of days in EasyEDA, I've got this which is now in production.

Parts are hopefully to arrive roughly when boards do and so assembly waits for a later day, probably next year because non-building stuff does get in the way and I'm not even sure what the blackout situation will look like in a week - lights are already off twice or thrice during the day for several hours after missile attacks on our energy infrastructure.

Schematic mostly repeats part of Radiomaster TX16 reverse effort, check them out, plenty of info, and now after boards are on the way I kind of think I'm sleepwalking into a disaster - there is a high chance that tristate switches are not actual two switches but rather a voltage divider sampled by ADC, whereas my implementation uses a ton of switches hooked up to IO expander in a matrix fashion.

We'll see I guess.
Strain
mkdxdx • 11/18/2024 at 23:10 • 0 comments

Some changes are cosmetic, but down under most of them - a couple of sleepless days plus some refactoring.

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Sever
mkdxdx • 10/30/2024 at 00:01 • 0 comments

If that looks like a mess - that's because it is and it's that way because it's in the middle of a panel/frame swap (and new panel is right in the center of the frame).

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Slow
mkdxdx • 10/17/2024 at 21:25 • 0 comments

I've got this nagging feeling after that last update - buttons are boring! So I'm gonna have them and something else too!
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Shuffle
mkdxdx • 10/09/2024 at 09:44 • 0 comments

Sort of a keep-alive log about trying to figure out how to build on top of what's already present.

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Stucture
mkdxdx • 09/25/2024 at 23:24 • 0 comments

^ This is how current iteration of the deck looks if I was to make build instruction.
Do those white pieces in the left bottom belong anywhere on the build? The answer is below.

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Shift
mkdxdx • 09/21/2024 at 11:51 • 0 comments

ELRS TX and throttle stick positions has been switched. Probably needs more adjustments for comfortable throttling action, maybe some cushioning around and symmetry is now officially ruined but i guess that's how it's gonna be from now on.

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