Ardupilot ESC Passthrough

This page details how to configure Ardupilot for use with the am32-configurator to flash firmware.

Connect the ESC to a Flight Controller flashed with Ardupilot (eg ARK FPV). Power on your ESC and Flight controller and connect to your Host PC via USB. Modify the Ardupilot parameters using QGroundControl:

Setup Ardupilot parameters to use DShot

## Motor mapping
SERVO1_FUNCTION 34  	# Motor 2 -- this should match your motor layout
SERVO2_FUNCTION 35  	# Motor 3
SERVO3_FUNCTION 36  	# Motor 4
SERVO4_FUNCTION 33  	# Motor 1

## Dshot ESC setup
MOT_PWM_TYPE 6 		# DShot600
 1 	# BLHeli32/Kiss

## Bidirectional Dshot ESC setup
SERVO_BLH_BDMASK 15 	# Channels 1 - 4

Setup Ardupilot parameters for ESC Passthrough

## ESC Passthrough
SERVO_BLH_AUTO to 1
SERVO_BLH_MASK to 15 (if using output channels 1 - 4)

Follow the instructions on the AM32 Firmware page to flash firmware.