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Steval Drone 02 problems

FCEDC
Associate II

I recently purchased a mini drone set (Steval Drone 02 & Steval FCU001/V2) and encountered several issues after mounting and starting up the FCU.

I would like to share these problems in the hope of finding a solution.

 

Firstly, during indoor flight, after calibration and arming the drone, it only flies up to about 20 cm and cannot be controlled.

I have ensured that the propellers are mounted correctly.

I noticed on the forum that I am not the first to experience this issue.

 

Secondly, regarding the Android app, there should be a take-off button on the screen as mentioned in the Help section, but it does not exist.

Could you please guide me on where to find the log data?

 

Lastly, concerning the gyroscope and accelerometer.

I have installed the TM32CubIDE and loaded the FCU001V2 project.

After making some changes as per the manual, the elf file was created without errors.

I loaded it onto the FCU board, but the result remains unchanged.

 

Upon debugging and evaluating the gyro and accelerometer axes, I observed the following:

 

- By tilting the board (testing the gyroscope), only the accelerometer axes values change !!!

- By shifting the board (testing the accelerometers), only the gyro axes values change !!!

- During calibration, the accelerometer AXES_Z is not reset.

 

I intend to use this drone set to teach students how a drone works, and having it function properly with the open-source code would be ideal.

 

Could you please advise if I am doing something wrong, or if there are bugs in the software?

 

Your assistance and guidance in resolving these issues would be greatly appreciated.

 

Thank you for your time and support.

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Karl Yamashita
Principal

That Android app last update was in March 2020. Neither my Pixel 4a or Pixel 8 Pro are supported to this day. Trying to return it for refund from ST is next to impossible, so it's pretty much a paper weight.

I would look else where for an up to date drone kit for teaching. 

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FCEDC
Associate II

Thanks for the info.
This is my first experience with ST.COM.

The support is indeed nonexistent.