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 ![]()
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
If you’re wanting to compare specs the main ones are presented in the Flight Controller Boards section of our Technical Reference ![]()
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) ![]()