Introduction

The Pixhawk® 6C is the latest update to the successful family of Pixhawk® flight controllers.

Inside the Pixhawk® 6C, you can find an STMicroelectronics® based STM32H743, paired with sensor technology from Bosch® & InvenSense®, giving you flexibility and reliability for controlling any autonomous vehicle, suitable for both academic and commercial applications.

The Pixhawk® 6C’s H7 microcontroller contain the Arm® Cortex®-M7 core running up to 480 MHz, has 2MB flash memory and 1MB RAM. Thanks to the updated processing power, developers can be more productive and efficient with their development work, allowing for complex algorithms and models.

The Pixhawk 6C includes high-performance, low-noise IMUs on board, designed to be cost effective while having IMU redundancy. A vibration isolation System to filter out high-frequency vibration and reduce noise to ensure accurate readings, allowing vehicles to reach better overall flight performances.

The Pixhawk® 6C is perfect for developers at corporate research labs, startups, academics (research, professors, students), and commercial application.

Key Design Points

• High performance STM32H743 Processor with more computing power & RAM
• New cost-effective design with low-profile form factor
• Newly designed integrated vibration isolation system to filter out high frequency vibration and reduce noise to ensure accurate readings
• IMUs are temperature-controlled by onboard heating resistors, allowing optimum working temperature of IMUs

#Technical Specification

#Processors & Sensors

• FMU Processor: STM32H743
  • 32 Bit Arm® Cortex®-M7, 480MHz, 2MB memory, 1MB SRAM
• IO Processor: STM32F103
  • 32 Bit Arm® Cortex®-M3, 72MHz, 64KB SRAM
• On-board sensors
  • Accel/Gyro: ICM-42688-P
  • Accel/Gyro: BMI055
  • Mag: IST8310
  • Barometer: MS5611

#Electrical data

• Voltage Ratings:
  • Max input voltage: 6V
  • USB Power Input: 4.75~5.25V
  • Servo Rail Input: 0~36V
• Current Ratings:
  • TELEM1 Max output current limiter: 1.5A
  • All other port combined output current limiter: 1.5A

#Mechanical data

• Dimensions: 84.8 * 44 * 12.4 mm
• Weight: 59.3g

#Interfaces

• 16- PWM servo outputs (8 from IO, 8 from FMU)

• 3 general purpose serial ports

  • TELEM1 - Full flow control, separate 1.5A current limit
  • TELEM2 - Full flow control
  • TELEM3

• 2 GPS ports

  • GPS1 - Full GPS port (GPS plus safety switch)
  • GPS2 - Basic GPS port

• 1 I2C port

  • Supports dedicated I2C calibration EEPROM located on sensor module

• 2 CAN Buses

  • CAN Bus has individual silent controls or ESC RX-MUX control

• 2 Debug ports:

  • FMU Debug
  • I/O Debug

• Dedicated R/C input for Spektrum / DSM and S.BUS, CPPM, analog / PWM RSSI

• Dedicated S.BUS output

• 2 Power input ports (Analog)

• Other Characteristics:

  • Operating & storage temperature: -40 ~ 85°c