Holybro 100mW / 500mW Telemetry Radio Set V3

The Holybro Telemetry Radio Kit allows you to easily add a two-way telemetry connection between your autopilot and ground station wirelessly, providing unparalleled ease of use for viewing in-flight data, changing missions on the fly, and tuning. The 100mW version typically allows ranges of better than 300m “out of the box”, but can be extended to several kilometres with the use of a patch antenna on the ground. The radio uses open source firmware that has been specially designed to work well with MAVLink packets. The modules also feature a bootloader that permits radio firmware upgrades over the serial interface.

The radios at interchangeable between the air and ground modules and the set comes with cables to connect with the Pixhawk 4 Flight Controller and an OTG cable for connection with a tablet.

We sell 433Mhz / 915Mhz versions: 433Mhz is for the UK and most of Europe. 915Mhz for USA, Canada, Australia & New Zealand – please select as appropriate for your region.

Note: This new batch of SiK Telemetry Radio V3 does not support firmware upload via Mission Planner 1.3.75 or older. Please use Mission Planner 1.3.75.1 or newer if firmware upload is needed. QGroundControl does not support firmware upgrade for this new batch of SiK Telemetry Radio V3 at this moment. 

Ground Stations:

• Mission Planner: Platform Windows, Mac OS X
• QGroundControl: Platform Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, Android and iOS
• Mission Maker for ArduPilot (a.k.a. “DroidPlanner 3” / “Tower”) Platform: Android Phones and Tablets

Mission Maker Ground Station Android App

Features:

• 100 mW / 500mW maximum output power (adjustable) -117 dBm receive sensitivity
• Open-source SIK firmware
• RP-SMA connector
• 2-way full-duplex communication through adaptive TDM UART interface
• Transparent serial link
• MAVLink protocol framing
• Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum (FHSS) Configurable duty cycle
• Error correction corrects up to 25% of bit errors Open-source SIK firmware
• Configurable through Mission Planner & APM Planner
• FT230X is a USB to BASIC UART IC

Status LEDs

• The radios have 2 status LEDs, one red and one green:
• Green LED blinking – searching for another radio
• Green LED solid – link is established with another radio
• Red LED flashing – transmitting data
• Red LED solid – in firmware update mode

Connecting to Pixhawk 4:
Use the provided 4 pin JST-GH connector to connect the radio to your Pixhawk4’s “Telem 1” port (“Telem 2” can also be used but the default recommendation is “Telem1”).

Connecting to a PC:
Connecting the radio to your Windows PC is as simple as connecting the micro USB cable to your PC. The necessary drivers should be installed automatically and the radio will appear as a new “USB Serial Port” in the Windows Device Manager under Ports (COM & LPT). The Mission Planner’s COM Port selection drop-down should also contain the same new COM port.