Turnigy 9X-R

I don't tweet but a little bird told me that the 9x is to be replaced with an all new transmitter. The Turnigy 9X-R (What does the R stand for?)

I guess for those of us that have upgraded the firmware and modified their 9X to do all sorts of things. For example "Gruvin 9x" frSky telemetry interfacing as i have done, and Thus9x/ER9x. Will this new radio use a atmega chipset.

I ask this because one of the reasons the 9x was so popular was the way it could be modified. It effectivly has a cult following.

Just an idea, have you considered sending eval units to the gruvin development team and the ER9x teams?

HK, would you be kind enough to post some some pictures, share with us the specs and the hardware platforms employed.


Looking for to this btw

There is an (unofficial) upgrade motherboard available - the ERSKY9x which replaces the existing board in the transmitter cost is about $85

Here is a Feature List:
input voltage 6.5 - 16 volts (7.2V ideal)
Atmel SAM3S ARM Cortex M3 Microprocessor
256K of Eprom , 48K Ram
4mb EEprom - For Model /sound storage
Support for Optrex display F-55472GNFJ-SLW-AAN
Built-in external USB socket for Programming / interface.
2 external RS232 Serial Ports.
PWM control of LED backlight . (dimmable)
1/2 Watt Mono Audio Amp , with digital volume control
8 ohm speaker output with auto switch over headphone jack output.
Micro SD card socket with 4 bit high speed connection to ARM
Support for RN-42 Bluetooth Module (spot for external TTL serial connection)
Haptic output connector , with PWM drive.
ATTiny167 AVR micro for RTC and 12 external switch inputs/encoders or up to 10 A/D inputs , can be battery backuped
External I/O connector with 4 lines one with DAC output
I2C output connector + spare port pin.
5V output.
On board current sensor , to measure power usage on battery
Second PPM OUTPUT
Software control of Power - off

http://www.9xforums.com/forum/download/file.php?id=302

Edited by Daithi - 11/Apr/2012 at 10:31pm

Would it be possible to have the board sold as an upgrade instead of the complete transmitter for those of us who have an FRx already?

As a retired tech (worked on SM components) fault-finding, repairing and board changing is no problem for me (so long as I had a schematic and board layout, I'd tackle anything)

I'm not looking an eval unit, a freebie or anything else - just wondering if there will be an 'upgrade' (preferably a DIY one) option for the existing 9x rigs or will it be sold as a complte unit

Edited by Daithi - 12/Apr/2012 at 1:01pm

How many channels? The 9x has the capability for 16, channels. I have used the upper chanels as virtual mixes. Bit hard to explain.

Originally posted by spitfire2010 How many channels? The 9x has the capability for 16, channels. I have used the upper chanels as virtual mixes. Bit hard to explain.

No, I know what you mean. My 8FG has 4 virtual channels as well as the 14 real ones.

You can't get more than 8 real channels out of the 9x though, can you? I do like having every single servo on a separate channel on my models.

The ability to double up the rxs like a FASST system would be excellent.