Upcoming revision, new flight controller

The Navigator Flight Controller has been released, if that’s what you’re talking about, and we’ve also made our remaining stock of Pixhawks available for purchase :slight_smile:

From an interfacing perspective, the primary differences between Pixhawk and Navigator are as Rusty described:

  • Navigator requires Raspberry Pi 4B (all BlueROV2s to date have had 3Bs)
    • Can be bought as part of the Navigator kit
  • Navigator uses JST-GH connectors for the sensors and power module (per our connector standard), whereas Pixhawk uses DF13
    • Our adapter board or I2C Bus Splitter can be used for interfacing with existing sensors that have a DF13 connector
    • The Navigator kit comes with 3 6-pin JST-GH cables that can be used for the power module and/or serial connections

I believe we’re making an upgrade guide that walks through the process, but that may not be finalised until the upcoming BlueROV2 revision is released.

EDIT: The retrofit guide is available here :smiley:

If you’re wanting to compare specs the main ones are presented in the Flight Controller Boards section of our Technical Reference :slight_smile:

The upcoming BlueROV2 revision will use a locking enclosure, but won’t be changing its tube size or thruster sizes. As has been mentioned elsewhere the T500s wouldn’t fit in a BlueROV2 (and neither would a larger tube) :slight_smile: