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Re: [Paparazzi-devel] Interference in flight Umarim lite 2.0


From: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Heinrich Warmers
Subject: Re: [Paparazzi-devel] Interference in flight Umarim lite 2.0
Date: Fri, 01 Mar 2013 08:36:23 +0100
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Hi,
Tanks for the Drawing.
Heinrich

Joseph Muhlhausen schrieb:
Attached is the wiring diagram that solved my noise issue.

I am happy to add it to the Umarim wiki page if people think this is an elegant solution.

Joseph

Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2013 08:51:55 +0100
From: "Prof. Dr.-Ing. Heinrich Warmers" <address@hidden>
To: address@hidden
Subject: Re: [Paparazzi-devel] Interference in flight Umarim lite 2.0
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Hi  Joseph,
can you push a photo of  the wireing ?
This will help other users.
Tanks
Heinrich

Joseph Muhlhausen schrieb:

> I solved the issue. I flew at the same location and I am not
> having interference anymore.
>
> - I used the common ground star pattern
> - Added a toroid on the Rx - Umarim cable
> - Shielded the Rx - Umarim cable
> - Added an L-C filter on Battery - Umarim/common ground cable
>
> My gut feeling tells me the LC filter did it, but since I didn't try
> the different fixes separately I am unable to tell.
>
> For info my system pulls 52 Amps at full throttle.
>
> Joseph
>
>     Hi Martin, thanks a lot for your help
>
>     this now sound like there is an issue with the RC receiver rather then
>     the servos. Correcting my last email: All grounds should be
>     connected at
>     one point near the battery ground (like in a star). No parts should be
>     chained.
>
>     Where is the receiver ground connected?
>
>     RX, Xbee, GPS and now servos get ground from Umarim
>     ESC gets ground from the battery
>     Umarim gets ground from the battery
>
>     I am assuming this is OK and close to a star pattern.
>
>     Paparazzi detects that the RC signal is bad and goes to home mode -
>     which is auto2. Have you tuned the aircraft in auto2 mode?
>
>     No I haven't setup AUTO 2 and HOME does not seem to be working
>     properly, unless the GPS suffers from interference too. The
>     simulation works very well for both HOME and AUTO2
>
>     From what you say there seems to be a relation between the ESC/d
>     the issue. I flew at the same location and I am not having
>     interferences anymore.
>
>     - I used the common ground star pattern
>     - Added a toroid on the Rx - Umarim cable
>     - Shielded the Rx - Umarim cable
>     - Added an L-C filter on Battery - Umarim/common ground cable
>
>     My gut feeling tells me the LC filter did it, but since I didn't
>     try the different fixes separately I am unable to tell.
>
>     For info my system pulls 52 Amps at full throttle.
>
>     Joseph
>
>     motor
>     with full throttle and the receiver. Can you replace any of the parts?
>
>     I graphed yesterday's flight and the current pic and RC (short)
>     signal loss are clearly correlated. Unfortunately I have only one
>     TX (Graupner mx 16 HoTT 2.4ghz) and one RX (Graupner GR16 HoTT)
>
>     I tested other options. Adding Toroids between RX -- Umarim and
>     Servos -- Umarim seem to clean the signal a lot. OK is now 100%
>     green and servos don't make hissing noise when neutral. Will this
>     work in flight... I am not sure, but it's an improvement.
>
>     Something that may be important, the +5V for the servos is still
>     coming from the ESC.
>
>     Joseph
>
>         Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2013 08:44:35 +0100
>         From: Martin Mueller <address@hidden <mailto:address@hidden>>
>         To: address@hidden <mailto:address@hidden>
>         Subject: Re: [Paparazzi-devel] Interference in flight Umarim
>         lite 2.0
>         Message-ID: <address@hidden
>         <mailto:address@hidden>>
>         Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
>
>         Hi Joseph,
>
>
>         > I have tried running the motor with propeller on a bench.
>         After a good
>         > run, when close to my metal door, the servos don't respond
>         instantly to
>         > the radio and have glitches. i also noticed that when this
>         happens, the
>         > OK radio indicator  in the GCS is half green half orange .
>
>         this now sound like there is an issue with the RC receiver
>         rather then
>         the servos. Correcting my last email: All grounds should be
>         connected at
>         one point near the battery ground (like in a star). No parts
>         should be
>         chained.
>
>         Where is the receiver ground connected?
>
>
>         > I connected the servos to the umarim ground but didn't
>         notice any change
>         > in my bench test (no flight). i then grounded the motor
>         mount and added
>         > aluminium connected to the ground around the RX - Umarim
>         cable section
>         > touching the battery wires. This improved my bench test, I
>         do not see
>         > any glitches and the OK button is now 90% green.
>         >
>         > I went to fly and it went much better. In MANUAL I don't
>         seem to have
>         > issues but I didn't go full throttle after take off, however
>         in AUTO1, I
>         > still have glitches as the HOME mode kicks in and the plane
>         goes down in
>         > a spiral.
>
>          From what you say there seems to be a relation between the
>         ESC/motor
>         with full throttle and the receiver. Can you replace any of
>         the parts?
>         Paparazzi detects that the RC signal is bad and goes to home
>         mode -
>         which is auto2. Have you tuned the aircraft in auto2 mode?
>
>         Martin
>
>
>         >
>         > Joseph
>         >
>         >
>         >     Hi Joseph,
>         >
>         >      > My plane flies great and is properly set up for
>         AUTO1. However,
>         >     during
>         >      > the last two flights I could only control the plane
>         >     intermittently.  As
>         >      > soon as I would start throttle again I would lose
>         control of the
>         >     plane.
>         >      >
>         >      > On the ground everything works fine including range test.
>         >      >
>         >      > All wires are twisted but none are shielded.
>         >      >
>         >      > Grounding:
>         >      > -ESC and Umarim share the same ground from the
>         battery supply
>         >      > -ESC's BEC seem to have common ground (measures 0 V
>         between Umarim
>         >      > ground and BEC ground)
>         >      > -RX and Xbee get the ground from Umarim
>         >      > -Servos get +5V and ground from ESC's BEC
>         >      > -No ground on motor or motor plate
>         >      >
>         >      > I am not sure where to start, if anyone has had a
>         similar issue and
>         >      > found a fix that would help me a lot.
>         >
>         >     sounds like a ground issue. Between the Umarim and the
>         servos ground
>         >     line is the battery -> ESC path. If you run the engine
>         you will have a
>         >     current in that path that creates a voltage that
>         disturbs the servo
>         >     signals. Try connecting the servos ground directly to
>         the Umarim.
>         >
>         >     If that helps maybe the "Large Aircraft Connection
>         Diagram" picture in
>         >     the Wiki needs an update.
>         >
>         >     Martin
>         >
>         >
>         >
>         >
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