Any consensus for places to get good Revolution boards?
« on: February 07, 2016, 02:06:27 am »
Hey, been reading through the forum and see many units out their have barometer issues, or other problems. Are there any known sources that are coming through with good units consistently?

 This is the one I had my eye on, but now I am not so sure..
http://www.goodluckbuy.com/openpilot-cc3d-revolution-flight-controller-with-op-gps-for-fpv-multicopter-quadcopter.html

 Alternatively is there a list of all the parts needed and possibly where to get them to make my own? I live in Tokyo, so it should be easy enough for me to find a shop to put it together for me. I don't mind spending a bit extra to put a rock solid unit together.

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Re: Any consensus for places to get good Revolution boards?
« Reply #2 on: February 07, 2016, 10:59:21 am »
Alternatively is there a list of all the parts needed and possibly where to get them to make my own? I live in Tokyo, so it should be easy enough for me to find a shop to put it together for me. I don't mind spending a bit extra to put a rock solid unit together.

I have two unpopulated Revo boards and one oplink module :) But I gave up on populating them with remaining components :)
BOM file and schematics everything is in the git repository LibrePilot / hardware / Production / OpenPilot Revolution / BOM

So what people usually do now, they order board, check if baro works. Then test fly it. Ebay guarantees possibility of opening a case within 30 days if product is faulty, and seller has to refund or case gets escalated. I returned my Revo with faulty baro and got cost+shipping refunded. That was before it was known what the problem with baro is and how to fix it.

Support for other board Sparky2 is coming (flyable with Cliff's private repository branch but not finished), so it's not as well tested and proven as Revolution yet.
I would be interested in getting exact replica of Revo, but I don't think anyone produces those anymore.

Naze32 and other boards are produced in the same way and come from different sources, so Revo now is no exception (can also come from anywhere), it's just good to check if it flies good. I think it's a trade off of not being able to buy board that is only shown in one "authorized" online store and always out of stock with being able to actually buy it, but from many sources, and some sellers are just not good :)


Re: Any consensus for places to get good Revolution boards?
« Reply #3 on: February 10, 2016, 03:49:05 pm »
Thanks for the reply's, I am not finding the "BOM file and schematics" Really trying to find it, but I am only a 15 on a scale of 1-100 in tech savyness. A direct link would be greatly appreciated. And unless it is there, what is the general cost of all the parts?

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Re: Any consensus for places to get good Revolution boards?
« Reply #4 on: February 10, 2016, 04:11:31 pm »
Thanks for the reply's, I am not finding the "BOM file and schematics" Really trying to find it, but I am only a 15 on a scale of 1-100 in tech savyness. A direct link would be greatly appreciated. And unless it is there, what is the general cost of all the parts?

https://bitbucket.org/librepilot/librepilot/src/48f5cbaf1b9df6f05d742538c3763141c99226e7/hardware/Production/OpenPilot%20Revolution/?at=next

I don't know about costs, probably depends where you buy. But I would say $80 if you don't buy parts in large numbers. You have to check, I might be wrong.
Working Revo clone you can get for ~$50 and if baro does not work you can send it back or fix yourself as described on forum, by those who had baro problem. I am flying with LibrePilot on CC3D boards and Sparky2 boards now. If you really want to pay ~$90 then there is Sparky2 board from authorized supplier.
Performance wise it is exactly like Revo, just has a bit more ports to connect stuff. It will be supported by LibrePilot at some point, I am flying it on 3 models now, using development branch from TheOtherCliff. You would need to compile yourself, SBL flash and it's not completely finished yet. For example only Sbus works as far as I remember and only 1 PID bank is available. But two devs are working on it. Of course Revo is much more tested and proven.