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TBS Colibri RACE

The Colibri RACE is a STM32F3 based flight control designed specifically to work with the TBS POWERCUBE multi rotor stack.

Hardware Features:

  • STM32F303 based chipset for ultimate performance

  • PPM, SBUS, DSM, DSMX input (5V and 3.3V provided over internal BUS). No inverters or hacks needed.

  • 6 PWM ESC output channels (autoconnect, internal BUS)

    • RGB LED strip support incl. power management
    • Extension port for GPS / external compass / pressure sensor
    • UART port for peripherals (Blackbox, FrSky telemetry etc.)
    • Choose between plug & play sockets or solder pads for R/C and buzzer
    • 5V buzzer output
    • MPU6500 new generation accelerometer/gyro
    • 3x status LED (DCDC pwr/ 3.3V pwr/ status)
    • Battery monitoring for 12V, 5V and VBat supply
    • Size: 36mmx36mm (30.5mm standard raster)
    • Weight: 4.4g

    For more details please visit: http://www.team-blacksheep.com/powercube

Serial Ports

ValueIdentifierBoard MarkingsNotes
1VCPUSB PORTMain Port For MSP
2USART1FREE PORTPC4 and PC5(Tx and Rx respectively)
3USART2PPM SerialPA15
4USART3GPS PORTPB10 and PB11(Tx and Rx respectively)

Pinouts

Full pinout details are available in the manual, here:

http://www.team-blacksheep.com/colibri_race

SWD - ICSP

PinFunctionNotes
1VCC_IN3.3 Volt
2SWDIO
3nRESET
4SWCLK
5Ground
6SWO/TDO

Internal Bus

PinFunctionNotes
1PWM1MOTOR 1
2PWM2MOTOR 2
3PWM3MOTOR 3
4PWM4MOTOR 4
5PWM5MOTOR 5 (For Y6 or Hex X)
6PWM6MOTOR 6 (For Y6 or Hex X)
7BST SDAUse For TBS CorePro Control Device
8BST SCLUse For TBS CorePro Control Device
9PWM7Can be a normal GPIO (PA1) or PWM
10PWM8Can be a normal GPIO (PA2) or PWM
1112.2V DCDCIf 12v is detected, the Blue LED will turn on
125.1V DCDCVoltage for MCU

Servo

PinFunctionNotes
1Ground
2VCC_OUT5.1 Volt output to LCD Strip
3PWM ServoPB14 - PWM10

IO_1 - LED Strip

PinFunctionNotes
1LED_STRIPEnable feature LED_STRIP
2VCC_OUT5.1 Volt output to LCD Strip
3Ground

IO_2 - Sensor Interface

PinFunctionNotes
1VCC_OUT4.7 Volt output to the device
2Ground
3UART3 TXGPS
4UART3 RXGPS
5SDAmag, pressure, or other i2c device
6SCLmag, pressure, or other i2c device

IO_3 - RC input

IO_3 is used for RX_PPM/RX_SERIAL. Under the PORT tab, set RX_SERIAL to UART2 when using RX_SERIAL.

PinFunctionNotes
1PPM/SerialCan PPM or Serial input
2VCC_OUT3.3 Volt output to the device
3Ground
4VCC_OUT5.1 Volt output to the device

IO_4 - Buzzer

PinFunctionNotes
1BUZZERNormal high (5.1v)
2VCC_OUT5.1 Volt output to the device

IO_5 - Free UART

PinFunctionNotes
1UART1 TXFree UART
2UART1 RXFree UART
3Ground
4VCC_OUT4.7 Volt output to the device

IO_6 - IR TX (extension)

PinFunctionNotes
1IR TX
2Ground