Broken USB Off Flight Controller Fix

Sometimes the USB connector gets broken off. Hopefully you can solder a new one on. If not, then you guys using CP2102 boards have it pretty easy. Those of you using a VCP board will have to do an extra step.
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[@RectifiedMetals]

Thank you JC! Just saved my bacon, I flashed back and got my VCP back. I'm really going to miss you, I'm sure everyone else will to.

[@EvilRace]

Thanks! I've just recovered a flight controller board because of you. We miss you. RIP

[@DigitalCruzer]

Your still helping years later, rip bro!

[@MrHristoB]

RIP Lad!!!! Hope YoutTube leaves this channel active, so much priceless information for us newbies in the hobby!!!! Thank you!!!!

[@madforit9661]

Still helping us all with your videos God bless you man

[@ATrustInThrust]

its so sad, guy was a legend, still helping people from the grave.

[@dave123443210]

Loving your detailed tech fixes / explanations. Very handy

[@ryandconan]

I'm speechless. I knew you're gone JC, and not updating video anymore. But everytime I'm getting deeper into this hobby and having trouble, I always find your video that helping me out. Really miss you and I'm sure everyone else will to

[@chriszachem2012]

Wish you were still with us your vids however will continue to help for awhile to come as the future progresses

[@howardhickman1595]

First of all thank you. Thanks to you I’ve learned and fixed a lot without buying new equipment. I have a Bardwell F4 aio that’s only reading 7v in the osd and on BF. I’ve tested with voltage and it has 16+ voltage on the solder pads and to the first diode closest to the positive battery pad.

[@proventure307]

The creator of this channel died by motorcycle accident -.- no joke R.I.P. - Hope KZbin keeps this channel running. In his memory.

[@k4x4map46]

Absolutely the most helpful video set on youtube to date. I was here on this channel last week and I'm back again! Still doesn't help if I don't fiollow the instruction set to the letter...this time I will turn on an extra MSP on a spare uart, seem to have at least one extra set! Thank you to those family members and youtube for allowing this channel to continue to be available.

[@SamFugarino]

Never thought I need to this, but...Thanks!

[@vilicia164]

Oh, boi u are immortal. I love you JC - May God Bless you.

[@olliei]

Great video. Got a new omnibus f3 AIO which is great, but I noticed the usb connector was moving a bit :/. Looked this up and pleased to know it won't become useless when it inevitably falls off. MSP on!

[@sf2372]

Still saving asses. Thank you bro RIP

[@flashted]

Still Helping me JT, Hope you are in Glory.....

[@clementfpv5054]

That's very weird, I have an omnibus F3 with USB VCP and was able to do it all using my ftdi, just flashed the board with it regularly like in your first exemple, are you sure all that stlink stuff is necessary ?

[@adrianjester2226]

Hi I have a question. connected everything and when i wanted to flash my firmware the Micro usb chip broke off. Would like to check without the converter can i soder it straight to a USB wire?

[@karl0h580]

thanks dude! saved me 20 bucks -2€ for FTDI adapter

[@exorc1st995]

Will all my previous betaflight settings will be lost when doing this? Cause I had someone setting it up for me as I’m rather new...

[@tommysmith2908]

Excellent video JC. I'll be turning on MSP. I don't use all my UARTs and this is just insurance. Thank you so much...

[@ProjectBlueFalcon]

Thanks Tommy

[@LineAnimation]

You were the best! RIP

[@adrinshafil]

Great tutorial. Soldered on St link on extremely small succex e mini pads. All connected to stm 32 and erased chip. Then tried to look for the. Hex firmware, there is no betaflightf4 firmware for the board. Only betaflightf3. Searched online, can't find the version. What can I do now?

[@alonsoalvarez8825]

As always, I cannot thank you enough.

[@tomsop]

off topic - FuriousFPV is selling a micro frsky receiver with a claimed 1KM range - looks similar to the XM sold on banggood - how is this different from the XM - would be interesting to see you do a comparison review.

[@nathantan8083]

can I use a micro usb to dip adapter n solder onto the uart1for the first type of fc?

[@FlyingAnanas]

Hello, I tried this method and still wasn't able to connect to my board. The USB port of mine isn't technically broken off, but a peace of a flower was inside the Port and on connection it went up in smoke. After that I couldn't connect it. I use an betaflightF4 board, the build in OSD still works and my remote can connect to the board, but arming the copter does not work. Is there a way I can know for sure, that my board is broken?

[@high1voltage1rules]

Hello mate, can you help me* Iv a big problem. After upgrading the firmware of my LHI quadcoptors controller, after iv done this and go to fly my drone, I turn it on and nothing after the peeps. So I binder again with receiver and its still lifeless!! Can you help me why this has happened. Many thanks for sharing and your time. Anthony 👍 High1voltage1rules

[@luispimentel8113]

Hi. I«m trying to unbrick a Naze32 Rev6 and can not a way to. My Naze 32 lights the blue led . It no longer have the boot loader contacts since i destroied it tryingo soldering wires. Is it stiil possible to recovery it? How? Thanks

[@MaxBeamer]

why would a uart 5v out also accept 5v in and power the FC? I ask bc I think that's why its not working for me..

[@mcoweyjo]

How can I get st link interface with a mac? I have the st link hardware and ftdi

[@07_speed-UP]

Hello, great video..I have a HGLRC F4 flight controller and Betaflight (10.4.0) was reachable till I made a misconnection. I tried a TTL USB converter on a free UART(6) first to resolve the "broken USB" without any result, therefore now on UART1 where originally MSP was enabled. COM4 port is active when I plug the USB with converter, Betaflight is trying to connect then reconnecting, so I cannot acces the setup. Do You thing that the FC damaged or what is Your suggestion? I can measure huge resistance on 3V (impulsing that the CPU could be alive), and the LEDs are lighting/flashing when connecting through battery or on UART6 with USB converter. Thanks in advance for Your help.

[@axeman048]

hiya ive have a problem with my fc its the flip32 f4 revo i was'nt sure about my soldering skills so i asked a friend to do it for me big mistake i had to completely resolder everything it turns out im not bad at soldering after all lol but i found he had burnt out the sbus pin is there a way round this

[@chriscanfpvcabrera1805]

Thanks for your help!! One question, could i leave just rx/tx and use lipo or need use 5v and gnd from pc better? Thanks

[@ProjectBlueFalcon]

You can use a Lipo for power. Thats fine.

[@DroneRecipe]

would a usbasp or usbisp do the same thing ?

[@droneboss1186]

Definitely going to add those boards to my toolkit. While I'm waiting for the FTDI adapter to arrive, do you know if it's possible to utilize an Arduino Uno board to make the connection between the PC and the FC?

[@jlgaustin]

Same question.. Is it possible to use an Arduino nano?

[@ProjectBlueFalcon]

It probably is possible. Wouldn't doubt it. But I've never tried so cant confirm.

[@doro4414]

Mav FPV as I have already mentioned, I was able to do so with usb to serial. You can put arduino to usb to ttl mode and you should be good to go

[@justhackitfpv]

I have a cc3d which one is it?

[@richardaffonso]

R.i.p.my friend.

[@palnilsson3269]

This is where you excel JC. Explaining it so any lazy dumb ass (me ; ) can understand it. Thanks!

[@tommysmith2908]

Ditto, me too

[@gabrielnunes159]

The link for the bootloader isn't working. Do you have another one please?

[@MS-du2nx]

i just want to thank you for doing such a great job, from every one i looked up on KZbin > but you make it fun to fix things > also i do have a problem i bought an Elegant Geprc pre build >just to throw it in there i have built my fair share as well < but even when i down loaded and flashed R-XSR and the qx7s . with new firmware i cant get the quad to work with the qx7s for the life of me i dont know whats wrong > about to throw it out and just say never again with Geprc < but as i am in life i cant let something like that, take the best of me .But im at the end road with it .Need some help Best Regards FPV all the way and great job on all the videos with out them i would not have made any of them take of lol . thanks

[@lonnyharris9037]

I came across one of your videos the other day that talked about a flight controller serial port not connecting to BetaFlight, but can't find it now. In the video, you mentioned about downloading the three files find on the BetaFlight home page, but you also mentioned another download that fixed the problem. What is the name of the other file (not located on BetaFlight) that will fix the serial port connection problem?

[@DiscosDead]

Mr. Harris - JC (the gentleman who made these helpful videos) sadly passed away last year in a motorcycle accident. However, I believe the software you're looking for is called "zadig." It's what I used to make my computer "see" my flight controller. Flite Test has a video series that (as far as I recall) uses it, in their FT 270 quad build. Best of luck to you.

[@Alexsabro]

you just saved my last hair stand from being pult out! THX

[@gyjofi]

Thank You! I just wanted to throw my omnibus f3 out, because the usb connector was broken. But now the sky is blue again! :) Thanks!!!

[@Cornflakes691]

József Gyenes do you uart 1 us on by default or you have to reflash it?

[@anirudhrv2326]

Any idea how to do it if the FC is new and not in drive with the updated MSP

[@KroceBow]

Thanks for your video, while it did help my problem is still not yet resolved. I have 2 boards, the first one is from ebay SP RACING F3 EVO brush Flight Controller, and the second one is from banggood Eachine 32Bit Acro Naze32 brush Flight Controller, the starting issue was done by me I flashed the firmeware in betaflight without jumping the boot pads. Now I got the ST-Link V2 and I erased and I uploaded a new firmeware, it did work but still unable to connect on betaflight. I think I'm flashing thw wrong firmeware, I use the Naze32 firmeware is it the correct one for my boards? Thanks.

[@conroy539]

KroceBow has

[@mickthebass6086]

Great vid JC, could you do a tutorial for PIDs ? from scratch maybe just holding a quad in your hand saying if if does this in flight you need to alter this kinda thing. I've tried setting up a 450 quad just to simply hover and its gone from flying like a crazy wasp to carrying a bowl of soup. I just look at it now on the self, and ask it....Whats wrong with you.! D'oh...Thanks..

[@ProjectBlueFalcon]

I haven't been in a rush to do PID videos but they will come one day. Joshua Bardwell has that part of the hobby covered pretty well so I try to cover stuff that no one else does.

[@vihangpatel8626]

does this works with naze 32?

[@chrisharrisseacaptainchris]

Thanx

[@Dreamcutter]

Very helpdful., RIP+

[@fladoodel]

i cant find swclock and swdio on my mamba f405 anyone have any idea?

[@KellenRazzano]

The next question is how are users going to flash 3.1.7 if the UARTs have MSP disabled moving forward and they don't have USB access? ...can't search for modified builds every time.

[@RectifiedMetals]

Kellen Razzano well that gets explained. I fixed mine. Went back to 3.1.6 on my betaflight f3 FC.

[@hamletx]

Hi, I've tryed with a OMNIBUS F3 AIO but with no success. If I connect the FTDI to UART2 I see the serial leds blinking but no response from Betaflight. While on UART1 I see only TX blinking and no return from RX. I'm stucked because my usb on FC ripped off and no way to connect to Betaflight (still 3.0) for changing settings.

[@AaronShropshire]

Same, I program the custom build successfully on my OMNIBUSF3, but still cannot connect via UART1. Just get "no configuration received within 10 seconds" timeout. Did you figure it out by chance?

[@hamletx]

Aaron Shropshire unfortunatrly not! I had to go back to my naze32 😒

[@FabrizioVarelli]

hi, i have flashed the firmware with st-link v2. i have downloaded the usb rescue .hex file from betaflight for the GEPRC411. Now i'm trying to use the ttl usb but it doesn't work. what did i do wrong?

[@proventure307]

The creator of this channel died by motorcycle accident -.- no joke R.I.P. - Hope KZbin keeps this channel running. In his memory.

[@FabrizioVarelli]

Omg. When did it happen? I am really sad. He was very good!

[@James-sf1ci]

The first thing I do when I get a new flight controller (after testing it) is to epoxy the USB connector in place. You will find it extremely difficult to break off an epoxied USB port. :)

[@jamich1]

this is exactly what im going to do when I get my next FC.

[@fladoodel]

What happened to him?

[@doro4414]

There is no need to have the FTDI usbasp adapter if you have Omnibus F3 AIO V1.1, usb to TTL is sufficient. Just connect 5V to any 5V on F3, GND to any GND on F3, TX to UART1 RX and RX to UART 1 TX. Make sure all options are on and manual baud rate is set to 256k. Load the hex you have downloaded and connect the usb to ttl adapter to computer. The flashing process should start. After sucessfull flashing, you should be able to connect to the PC using the UART1 via usb to TTL adapter ;)... Enjoy

[@Cornflakes691]

doro44 your comment has given me hope haha. Is u art 1 on by default? I can't remember and I killed my USB port. I'm also using sbus and I don't remember if it requires hart 3 to be on. Do you know?

[@adampig15]

after doing this how do i update the firmware to 3.4 so i can use the FC for a PC controller

[@ciccoloblu5018]

Now if you set show unstable releases on Betaflight firmware flasher, you can chose Maintenance USB rescue that enable MSP over UART1 for all Bf future firmware!!!

[@mimmotesento1446]

Incredibile useful, my usb to not connect to the PC at all. if it si work I will try or throw it away

[@sdenham25]

First ;) This actually helped a lot!

[@Almost787]

I did find a solution to how you can Flash a new Firmware on your FC over a UART with a FTDI Adapter if you have an FC with VCP My Setup is a Kakute F7 (with VCP and broken USB Port) and a FTDI232RL connected to UART1 (MSP enabled - standard enabled on inav Version

[@Almost787]

I tried it again with a different flash util and it worked. So if you have a newer Version like my Kakute F7 with VCP and did manage to break the Port off but one of your uart is MSP enabled (thank you inav for still have UART1 enabled), then you'll connect your FTDI Adapter (I use an FTDI232RL) and Connect it up like JC showed in his video (the first FC). Configuration via Betaflight/inav should work without a problem. But If you want to flash a new version (be careful if a new Version could disable an Uart and you'll lock you out!) you'll have to use a special flasher: I used the STM32 Flash Loader (for flashing with FTDI) kiss.flyduino.net/download/stm32-flash-loader-for-flashing-via-ftdi/

[@Almost787]

How to flash: 1) Install STM32 Flash loader 2) Connect your FTDI and your FC (VCC - VCC, RX - TX, TX - RX, GND - GND) 3) Plug your FTDI Adapter into your Computer and also press your boot button on your FC (entering DFU Mode) 4) Start the STM32 Flash Loader - If your FTDI and FC aren't connect at the Startup of the Flash Loader Util you won't see any Com ports and have to restart the Flash Util 5) Press next (and read what the UTIL Windows Say!) until you are in the Window for Download und Upload from Device/File (see screenshot & also a possible download for the tool from kiss.flyduino.n et/download/stm32-flash-loader-for-flashing-via-ftdi/) 6) go to Download to device and select your hex file 7) press next and wait - after the flash has finished, you should unplug the FTDI from the Computer and then replug it (reboot the FC). After that step you can start your Configurator (inav in my Case) and connect to your FC. Check if the Version that is output in the Configurator console log is the version you wanted.

[@giotti692]

@@Almost787 Hi, I have the same problem with Kakute F7 (broken usb). I managed to enter in Betaflight thanks to this video, but I'm not able to flash a new firmware through UART1 using an FTDI adapter. I tried what u wrote with STM32 Flash loader with no luck. Did u disable MSP in USB VPC in Betaflight?

[@johnd942]

This is a Classic Demonstration of HOW NOT TO TEACH! A dreadful 'all over the place' presentation with amateurish cameral work, and clearly a lack of planning. Really bad!