OK - I'm stubborn!
My
CC3D was working nicely with LibrePilot. I would be very surprised if this a HW issue. I inspected the board for stray solder etc. and everything looks clean.
I read that I could run BetaFlight on it to gain more capability and was seduced. I used STM Flash Loader Demonstrator and a FTDI to flash "betaflight_3.1.0_CC3D_OPBL.bin" and it bricked it! I only have the Green LED on solid (just as it would be if in SBL) and never the Blue LED that once merrily flashed
***All recovery attempts were attempted after solder bridging the SBL pins...***
1) Windows 7 Device manager sees it a USB device, but I cannot manually update the driver. Device Manager error: "Windows has stopped this device because it has reported problems. (Code 43)"
2) FTDI (VCCto5v, Rx to TX, TX to RX Gnd to Gnd) connected to MAIN plug (and alternately - Flex) on CC3D connection attempt: STM Flash Loader Demonstrator reports: "No response from the target the Bootloader cannot be started...
3) Using FTDI and also USB direct to CC3D tried the (Shift+Rclick) CMD (from directory): dfu-util -d 0483:df11 -c 1 -i 0 -a 0 -D whateverfile.bin -s 0x08000000 Since I had nothing to lose, I tried most of the ***.bins
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Copyright 2010-2012 Tormod Volden and Stefan Schmidt
This program is Free Software and has ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY
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Invalid DFU suffix signature
A valid DFU suffix will be required in a future dfu-util release!!!
No DFU capable USB device available
4) Using FTDI only, tried the (Shift+Rclick) CMD (from directory): stm32flash -w bl_coptercontrol.hex -g 0x0 COMwhatevernumberyourcomportis Since I had nothing to lose, I tried most of the ***.bins
stm32flash - http://stm32flash.googlecode.com/
Using Parser : Intel HEX
COM26: No error
I know these are a throw away, but it has me BEAT!! I'm hoping that nugget of knowledge to resurrect it can be found here.
What FC should I order to replace it with? I'm not a acro pilot - I just float the quad around the sky....
TIA!!