New Matek F405-WING - Plane specific iNav FC!

iwan_canobi · April 17, 2018, 12:44:24 PM

So about time really but Matek have just announced a new board designed specifically for planes and iNav, the F405-WING. It has FC + OSD + PDB with current sensor as normal, but also sports a couple of BECs and proper support for multiple servo connections, so no more faffing with separating signal wires and BEC wires! Woo! Also has a vertical USB socket which is great.

Price target is £30 which is spot on I think, just need to find where you can get them from!

Full details -

http://www.mateksys.com/?portfolio=f405-wing#tab-id-1

Loopdreams · April 17, 2018, 02:06:52 PM

That looks pretty cool, and as usual with Matek they actually have a decent wiring guide on there.

English Turbines · April 17, 2018, 02:19:37 PM

Nice...Interesting they have modelled it specifically around iNAV with ESCs 1 and 2 as S1 and S2.

and 6 servo pinouts....very useful.....:)

:vulture:

FPVSteve · April 17, 2018, 02:39:13 PM

Wow - it's amazing to me how cheap these things are nowadays.

I like how it has servo gimbal outputs as well - could make for a cheap and cheerful mobius/runcam gimbal if you can get nice fine resolution servos.

Andy Sayle · April 17, 2018, 10:36:29 PM

Perfect. One of those can replace the current rats nest ofnwiring in my nano talon!

FlyingRock · April 18, 2018, 12:06:40 AM

thanks for posting Iwan, it does look interesting!

Cheers

iwan_canobi · April 18, 2018, 10:29:57 AM

Yep, should make for nice and neat builds, although it is slightly bigger than the standard FC size, but I guess thats just for the extra servo connections that need power. Can't find anywhere that has any yet though!

FPVSteve · April 18, 2018, 10:51:15 AM

The only thing I don't really like about it is that the ESC connections are on the same side as the power input, which means for a pusher you'll have to route the cables around instead of them being able to lie flat. Minor issue though.

iwan_canobi · April 18, 2018, 11:19:10 AM

I was thinking that but about the power, if you look at the direction arrow it suggests that the ESC and power connections would be at the back, which alleviates the problem you mention but means that the power connection will need to go past the rest of the board first.

I guess you need to make a tradeoff somewhere, you don't want the power traces on the board running right across all the other components creating a load of heat and noise, so they need to be next to each other, so one will always need a bit of awkward wire routing.