Cleanflight and Betaflight can both be configured from the same software. Once you’ve got Google Chrome, you can download the Cleanflight Configurator software. If you don’t already have Google Chrome, you can get it from here. To get your computer to recognize the Naze32(or other boards), you’ll first need to download and install some drivers.Īlso, to configure Cleanflight/Betaflight on your computer, you’ll need the Google Chrome browser, since the configurator software is a Google Chrome app. Two changes in the CLI(Ignore if no telemetry).

Ports(skip if you don’t want telemetry).If you don’t want to set up telemetry, ignore the telemetry steps and go ahead. For monitoring cell voltage, connect your main PDB to the two VBAT ports on your Naze32. For softserial telemetry to work, the green wire from your D4R-II receiver should go into receiver port 6 on your Naze32 board. Note: This guide walks you through setting up telemetry using Softserial. Regardless of what board you have(as long as it’s Cleanflight compatible, which you can see on the product page itself or manual), setting up the software will be more or less the same. Things have gotten much easier, though, thanks to software such as Cleanflight and Betaflight.Ĭleanflight and Betaflight are the software of choice to use on acro/racing multicopters, and work seamlessly with the Naze32 flight controller board, as well as other higher-end boards like the RMRC Dodo and Seriously Pro boards.

I remember when I first started researching quadcopters and APM/older MultiWii boards, the whole setup process was quite daunting. Check out the updated guide here.īuilding a quadcopter is a two part job – assembling the hardware and then configuring the software. Update: This is an older guide that uses the Cleanflight configurator and older versions of Betaflight.

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