CUAV V5 nano Autopilot
V5 nano® is an autopilot for space-constrained applications, designed by CUAV® in collaboration with the PX4 team.
The autopilot is small enough to use in 220mm racing drones, but remains powerful enough for most drone use.
The V5 nano is similar to the CUAV V5+, but has an all-in-one form factor, fewer PWM ports (can't be used for airframes that use AUX ports), and does not have internal damping.
Some of its main features include:
- Full compatibility with the Pixhawk project FMUv5 design standard and uses the Pixhawk Connector Standard for all external interfaces.
- More advanced processor, RAM and flash memory than FMU v3, along with more stable and reliable sensors.
- Firmware-compatible with PX4.
- Generous 2.6mm spacing for for I/O pins, making it easier to use all the interfaces.
Quick Summary
Main FMU Processor: STM32F765◦32 Bit Arm® Cortex®-M7, 216MHz, 2MB memory, 512KB RAM
On-board sensors:
- Accel/Gyro: ICM-20689
- Accel/Gyro: ICM-20602
- Accel/Gyro: BMI055
- Magnetometer: IST8310
- Barometer: MS5611
Interfaces: 8 PWM outputs
- 4 dedicated PWM/Capture inputs on FMU
- Dedicated R/C input for CPPM
- Dedicated R/C input for Spektrum / DSM and S.Bus
- Analog / PWM RSSI input
- 4 general purpose serial ports
- 4 I2C ports
- 4 SPI buses
- 2 CANBuses
- Analog inputs for voltage / current of battery
- 2 additional analog input
Power System: Power Brick Input: 4.75~5.5V
- USB Power Input: 4.75~5.25V
Servo Rail Input: 0~36V
Weight and Dimensions:
- Dimensions: 60*40*14mm
- Other Characteristics:
- Operating temperature: -20 ~ 85°C （Measured value）
Purchase
CUAV Aliexpress (international users)
CUAV Taobao (China Mainland users)
Autopilot may be purchased with included Neo GPS module
Connections (Wiring)
Pinouts
Download V5 nano pinouts from here.
Building Firmware
Most users will not need to build this firmware! It is pre-built and automatically installed by QGroundControl when appropriate hardware is connected.
To build PX4 for this target:
make px4_fmu-v5_default
Voltage Ratings
V5 NANO can be Two-fold redundancy on the power supply if two power sources are supplied. The three power rails are: POWER1and USB.
The output power rails FMU PWM OUT and I/O PWM OUT (0V to 36V) do not power the flight controller board (and are not powered by it). You must supply power to one of POWER1or USB or the board will be unpowered. The PM2 connector only works with Ardupilot firmware and can only detect battery voltage and current, not powering V5 nano.
Peripherals
Supported Platforms / Airframes
Any multicopter / airplane / rover or boat that can be controlled with normal RC servos or Futaba S-Bus servos. The complete set of supported configurations can be seen in the Airframes Reference.