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  1. Sensor

ARK Flow

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Last updated 3 months ago

ARK Flow is an open source , , and IMU module.

Hardware Specifications

  • Sensors

    • PixArt PAW3902 Optical Flow Sensor

      • Tracks under super low light condition of >9 lux

      • Wide working range from 80mm up to 30m

      • Up to 7.4 rad/s

    • 40mW IR LED built onto board for improved low light operation

    • Broadcom AFBR-S50LV85D Time-of-Flight Distance Sensor

      • Integrated 850 nm laser light source

      • Field-of-View (FoV) of 12.4° x 6.2° with 32 pixels

      • Typical distance range up to 30m

      • Operation of up to 200k Lux ambient light

      • Works well on all surface conditions

      • Transmitter beam of 2° x 2° to illuminate between 1 and 3 pixels

    • Bosch BMI088 6-Axis IMU or Invensense ICM-42688-P 6-Axis IMU

  • STM32F412CEU6 MCU

  • Two Pixhawk Standard CAN Connectors (4 Pin JST GH)

  • Pixhawk Standard Debug Connector (6 Pin JST SH)

  • Software-toggleable built in CAN termination resistor

  • Small Form Factor

    • 3cm x 3cm x 1.4cm

  • LED Indicators

  • USA Built

LED Meanings

You will see both red and blue LEDs on the ARK Flow when it is being flashed, and a solid blue LED if it is running properly.

If you see a solid red LED there is an error and you should check the following:

  • Make sure the flight controller has an SD card installed.

  • Make sure the Ark Flow has ark_can-flow_canbootloader installed prior to flashing ark_can-flow_default.

  • Remove binaries from the root and ufw directories of the SD card and try to build and flash again.

Video

Video

Pinout

CAN - 4 Pin JST-GH

Pin Number
Signal Name
Voltage

1

5V

5.0V

2

CAN_P

5.0V

3

CAN_N

5.0V

4

GND

GND

CAN - 4 Pin JST-GH

Pin Number
Signal Name
Voltage

1

5V

5.0V

2

CAN_P

5.0V

3

CAN_N

5.0V

4

GND

GND

Debug - 6 Pin JST-SH

Pin Number
Signal Name
Voltage

1

3.3V

3.3V

2

USART2_TX

3.3V

3

USART2_RX

3.3V

4

FMU_SWDIO

3.3V

5

FMU_SWCLK

3.3V

6

GND

GND

Firmware

Release Notes

  • 80-1.16.61036f77 - 2025-2-7

      • Improved distance sensor performance

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DroneCAN
optical flow
distance sensor
Open Source Schematic and BOM
AFBR 1.6.5 API
PX4 holding position using the ARK Flow sensor for velocity estimation (in ).
Position Mode
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80-1.16.61036f77.uavcan.bin
ARK Flow Firmware
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ark_can-flow_canbootloader.bin
ARK Flow Bootloader
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