SparkFun Pixhawk 6C with PM07 Power Module and M8N GPS

The Pixhawk® 6C with M8N GPS is the latest update to the successful family of Pixhawk® flight controllers, based on the Pixhawk® FMUv6C Open Standard and Connector Standard. It comes with PX4 Autopilot® pre-installed. Inside the Pixhawk® 6C, you can find an STMicroelectronics® based STM32H743, paired with sensor technology from Bosch® & InvenSense®, giving you flexibility and reliability for controlling any autonomous vehicle, suitable for both academic and commercial applications.

The Pixhawk® 6C's H7 microcontroller contain the Arm® Cortex®-M7 core running up to 480 MHz, has 2MB flash memory and 1MB RAM. Thanks to the updated processing power, developers can be more productive and efficient with their development work, allowing for complex algorithms and models. The FMUv6C open standard includes high-performance, low-noise IMUs on board, designed to be cost effective while having IMU redundancy. A vibration isolation System to filter out high-frequency vibration and reduce noise to ensure accurate readings, allowing vehicles to reach better overall flight performances.

The Pixhawk® 6C is perfect for developers at corporate research labs, startups, academics (research, professors, students), and commercial application.

The Power Management Board (PM Board) serves the purpose of a Power Module as well as a Power Distribution Board. In addition to providing regulated power to Pixhawk 4 and the ESCs, it sends information to the autopilot about battery voltage and current that is supplied to the flight controller and the motors.

Last up, the M8N GPS has an UBLOX M8N module, IST8310 compass, tri-colored LED indicator, and a safety switch. There are 3 different connectors options for different purposes. This module ships with a baud rate of 38400 5Hz.

Includes:

• 1x Pixhawk 6C Flight Controller Module
• 1x PM07 12S Power Module
• 1x Cable Set
• 1x M8N GPS

Features:

Processors & Sensors

• FMU Processor: STM32H743
  • 32 Bit Arm® Cortex®-M7, 480MHz, 2MB memory, 1MB SRAM
• IO Processor: STM32F103
  • 32 Bit Arm® Cortex®-M3, 72MHz, 64KB SRAM
• On-board sensors
  • Accel/Gyro: ICM-42688-P
  • Accel/Gyro: BMI055
  • Mag: IST8310
  • Barometer: MS5611

Electrical Data

• Voltage Ratings:
  • Max input voltage: 6V
  • USB Power Input: 4.75~5.25V
  • Servo Rail Input: 0~36V
• Current Ratings:
  • Telem1 Max output current limiter: 1.5A
  • All other port combined output current limiter: 1.5A

Interfaces

• 16- PWM servo outputs (8 from IO, 8 from FMU)
• 3 general purpose serial ports
  • Telem1 - Full flow control, separate 1.5A current limit
  • Telem2 - Full flow control
  • Telem3
• 2 GPS ports
  • GPS1 - Full GPS port (GPS plus safety switch)
  • GPS2 - Basic GPS port
• 1 I2C port
  • Supports dedicated I2C calibration EEPROM located on sensor module
• 2 CAN Buses
  • CAN Bus has individual silent controls or ESC RX-MUX control
• 2 Debug port
  • FMU Debug
  • I/O Debug
• Dedicated R/C input for Spektrum / DSM and S.BUS, CPPM, analog / PWM RSSI
• Dedicated S.BUS output
• 2 Power input ports (Analog)

Documents:

• Pixhawk 6C Pinout
• ArduPilot - Copter
• ArduPilot - Plane
• QGroundControl