TECHNICAL SPECIFCATIONS
Axis Flight Controller
Built on the Arduino Nano R4
Arm® Cortex®-M4
Input Voltage: 6.0V - 45.0V
Onboard 6-Axis IMU
onboard barometer
UART Receiver PORT
8 Motor PORT
15-Pin GPIO PORT
MicroSD Card
3.3V Logic on all pins
Warning: Do not connect 5V Logic to the Axis FC
Software
The Axis FC is an Arduino Nano R4, and will so up as such when connected to Arduino IDE. You can create you own code and upload it to the board, or use the open source Carbon-R4 software you can get here from Github
Voltage Input and Power
Input Voltage Range: 6.0V - 45.0V
Output Current for 5.0V: 1.00A
Output Current for 3.3V: 0.50A
Onboard Voltage Feedback Pin: A6
Voltage Gain: 20.606 (Example: 1V on analogPin = 20.606V Input)
Two Ways to Connect
Connector PINOUT
Connector Series: JST-GH
Connector Part Numbers:
SM03B-GHS-TB (3 pin)
SM05B-GHS-TB (5 pin)
SM10B-GHS-TB (10 pin)
SM15B-GHS-TB (15 pin)
We recommend purchasing a JST-GH connector kit from Amazon or similar marketplaces to utilize the onboard connectors. Additional connector breakout kits can be purchased on our website here
PWR Connector
| Pin | Signal | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Pin 1 | Power (+) | Primary power input |
| Pin 2 | Current | Current sense connected to pin A7 |
| Pin 3 | GND (-) | Ground |
UART Connector
| Pin | Signal | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Pin 1 | +5V | +5V Output |
| Pin 2 | SBUS | SBUS Input connected to Pin 0 via Inverter |
| Pin 3 | RX | UART Input connected to Pin 0 |
| Pin 4 | TX | UART Output connected to Pin 1 |
| Pin 5 | GND | Ground |
MOTOR Connector
| Pin | Signal | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Pin 1 | D3 | Pin D3 (PWM) |
| Pin 2 | D5 | Pin D5 (PMW) |
| Pin 3 | D6 | Pin D6 (PMW) |
| Pin 4 | D9 | Pin D9 (PMW) |
| Pin 5 | LED Red | Connceted to LEDR (PWM) |
| Pin 6 | LED Green | Connceted to LEDG (PWM) |
| Pin 7 | LED Blue | Connceted to LEDB (PWM) |
| Pin 8 | LED | Connceted to LED_BUILTTN (PWM) |
| Pin 9 | GND | Ground |
| Pin 10 | GND | Ground |
GPIO Connector
| Pin | Signal | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Pin 1 | +5V | +5V Output |
| Pin 2 | +3.3V | +3.3V Output |
| Pin 3 | D13 | Pin D13 / SCK |
| Pin 4 | D12 | Pin D12 / MISO |
| Pin 5 | D11 | Pin D11 / MOSI |
| Pin 6 | A5 | Pin A5 / SCL |
| Pin 7 | A4 | Pin A4 / SDA |
| Pin 8 | D8 | Pin D8 |
| Pin 9 | D4 | Pin D4 |
| Pin 10 | D2 | Pin D2 |
| Pin 11 | A3 | Pin A3 |
| Pin 12 | A2 | Pin A2 |
| Pin 13 | A1 | Pin A1 |
| Pin 14 | A0 | Pin A0 |
| Pin 15 | GND | Ground |