Hardware Changelog¶
Hereby are described the main differences between the latest release of the Veronte Autopilot 4x hardware (v 1.8) and the previous commercial version (v 1.2).
Note
Note that all the technical differences related to Autopilot 1x are detailed in the Hardware Changelog section of the 1x Hardware Manual.
New funcionalities
Addition of second arbitrer microcontroller
Enhancement hardware detection mechanism for arbiters A and B
Implementation of independent power domains for each microcontroller and different peripherals
USB ID pin has a different functionality, now is the USB shielding connection
5V_BUS and 3.3V_BUS removed from Main connector
Three UARTs (one from each Autopilot 1x) added to the redundant connector
Improvements
Optimized power supply circuit