Oversky "Flash stick tool" available at several shops. (Silabs USB
Debug Adapter clone)
2. Toolstick substitute solutions with code
for AVR ATMega/Arduino Boards.
A Plain ATMega8 chip (8 Mhz internal clock) with RS232 connection
(USB/Serial converter). No additional components needed, cheap, straightforward.
If one time a bootloader is flashed, BLHeli-Setup can flash a new firmware
without the use auf ISP Interface.
Arduino Nano 3.0 with Atmega 328P/16Mhz or 8Mhz. Extremely
easy to flash and handle with BLHeli-Setup. Flashing will be done with the help
of Avrdude. The Arduino Bootloader will stay fully intact! Other Boards as
Arduino UNO R3 use the same code. Arduino Pro Mini and other boards should
work but need to be tested by user.
All this alternative
solutions use the Atmega pin PB3 = C2CK (RED) PB4 =
C2D (WHITE) GND = GND (BLACK)
3.
Standalone Programming Boxes with Dual-Mode. C2Interface Mode = Toolstick
substitute solutions with code for AVR ATMega/Arduino Boards. BlHeli-Setup-Box
Mode = standalone Box for simple outdoor parameter changing/programming.
The RBBX-Box (known as Robbe Box) + USB/Serial converter. (Please
consider the manual for the "How-To-Build".) (My favourite !!!)
The TDLX-Box (Turnigy dlux Programming Box) + USB/Serial converter.
(Please consider the manual for the "How-To-Build".)
Arduino Uno R3 + Arduino LCD Keypad Shield (ATMega 328P/16Mhz).
(Atmega pin PB3 for C2CK and PB4 for C2D)
The Toolstick substitute
solutions for BLHeli-Setup are quite fast. A complete flashing of a BESC
is done in ~3.2 sec (with Silabs Toolstick ~1.8 sec).
BTW: One advantage
against the original Toolstick, is the very uncritical cable length for the
connection to the BESC. I tried successfully length over 0.5 meter. Whereas The
length for the Toolstick to BESC should be as short as
possible.
