Connecting VOXL2 to Pixhawk (Ardupilot)

Required Hardware

  • VOXL2

  • Pixhawk

Wiring

Instruction
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Connect GND to GND and swap TX with RX between one of the UART ports on the VOXL and one of the telemetry ports on the Pixhawk

VOXL 2 USB3 UART expansion board UART datasheet

Pixhawk Wiring

VOXL Configuration

Voxl Mavlink Server

Instruction
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Edit /etc/modalai/voxl-mavlink-server.conf

Have autopilot_uart_baudrate set to 921600

Set autopilot_uart_bus to be the correct one associated with your port in my case it's 1 because I'm using tty/HS1 (find out bus number here if using a different port)

Set en_exeternal_uart_ap to true

Ardupilot Configuration

Instruction
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Connect a micro usb to your pixhawk and set the following parameters if using telem 1

SERIAL_1_BAUD to 921600

SERIAL1_PROTOCOL to MAVLink2

See also

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