UAV Edition - alex-43/SoftRF GitHub Wiki

• Bill of materials
• Wiring and pin-out
• Enclosure

Hookup:

SoftRF is using a wired connection to autopilot in order to pick current position and time stamp. MAVLINK 1.0 datalink protocol is involved. It does also supply received air traffic data to an ADS-B capable AP, such as Pixhawk.

Please, make sure your autopilot is configured in Mission Planner as explained in this page: http://ardupilot.org/copter/docs/common-ads-b-receiver.html#setup-through-the-ground-station

You should also switch your SoftRF firmware operation into UAV mode:

In order to prevent radio interference with other onboard equipment, SoftRF's built-in Wi-Fi transmitter (2.4 Ghz) gets muted all over the time while UAV's AP is in armed state .

This picture is an illustration for RX capability of the SoftRF-UAV: (AP's firmware is ArduCopter 3.4.6 , Mission Planner's version is 1.3.48)