Arris X180 Programming manual

ARRIS X180/ X210 Assembling Manual
Thank you for purchasing the ARRIS X180/210 FPV Racing drone. Be sure to read through the
entire manual before starting your build. If you bought the ARRIS X180 or X210 frame, or super
combo version, this manual will provide you the necessary information to complete the building
with a minimum amount of effort.
1. Solder the brushless ESC and motor (for X180, we suggest the 2204 2700KV brushless motor;
while for X210, we suggest 2204 2300KV brushless motor). Here we take ARRIS high speed 20A
brushless ESC and ARRIS 2204 2700KV brushless motor as an example:

Before going to the next step, we need to define two terms.
“CW” means the motor rotation is clockwise.
“CCW” means the motor rotation is counter-clockwise.
Pay attention to the diagram below to ensure that the motor will turn the correct direction when
assembling. For the CCW motor, you need to cross the two wires when connected to the ESC;
while for the CW motor, the wires should not cross and go directly to the corresponding ESC
wires.
2. Install the soldered motor and ESC on the bottom plate of the frame (make sure the ARRIS logo
is on the back of the plate, this will help in subsequent steps to ensure the correct motor
rotation). The motor should be installed according to the following diagram. Here the screws
should be fixed by screw glue.
3. After all the motors have been installed correctly, stick a double-sided adhesive tape to the
position of the ESC, then place the ESC on it.

4. Install the PDB (Power distribution board).
4.1 Begin to install the PDB, we need to understand the layout of it (check the picture below)
4.2. Solder the brushless ESC on the PDB according to the following diagram.

4.3. Solder wires for camera and video TX.
For video TX, since we only need positive-negative and signal wire, other extra wires need to be
cut off.
4.4. Solder the positive electrode and negative electrode of video TX on the corresponding
position of the PDB. Also, they can be soldered on the ESC position.

4.5. Solder the power wire of the camera on the PDB, if the camera is 5V voltage input, then
camera could only be soldered on 5V position; while if it is wide range voltage input, such as
4-20V, then you need to solder the camera to the ESC position. Then connect the signal wire of
camera (yellow) to signal wire of video TX (yellow).
5. Install the flight controller------ take F3 as an example.
5.1. Install 4pcs plastic assembling sets on 4 corners of the flight controller. These assembling sets
have some kind of shock absorbing capacity, which can effectively reduce vibration for flight
controller.

5.2. Install the F3 flight controller on the bottom plate with M3*6 screws (as picture showed).
5.3. Solder the F3 flight controller. There are 3 modes: PPM, PWM and SBUS. Each of them are
different. Refer to the following 3 diagrams.

5.31. We need firstly solder the power supply for F3 flight controller. F3 is powered by 5V voltage,
here we don`t suggest directly use the BEC of the ESC to power the F3, but use 5V voltage on the
power distribution board because not all the ESC has BEC function. Then, solder the 5V output on
power distribution board to “+””-” electrode of ESC output (picture showed 1-8 positions are ok),
here we soldered it to “7” position. Pay attention to the electrode, if you connect the wrong side,
it may burn the main board.

5.32. Solder the wires of brushless ESC. 1.2.3.4 label on the below diagram refers to positions of
the 4 ESCs, you need to solder them to the above corresponding positions.
5.4. Solder the negative electrode (black wire) of F3 to “-” position on position and solder signal
wire (red) to “S” position. Here we use R6D receiver, which support PPM model.
5.5. Wrap the signal wire (red) with heat-shrinkable tube to avid short circuit.
5.6. Install the buzzer.

5.61. Use glue to paste the buzzer on corresponding position of bottom plate.
5.62. The hole of buzzer should fit the holes on bottom plate.
5.63. This is the solder well picture, pay attention to the positive and negative electrode of the
wire, then use 3M adhesive tape to avoid insulation.
5.7. Solder the voltage detective cables.
5.71. Solder the voltage detective cables on the PDB. Like picture showed, Red is “+”, black is “-”,
6. Install the video TX.
6.1. Stick a 3M adhesive tape on the video TX, leave the switch on blank.

6.2 Install the video TX according to the above picture. Pay attention to the switch position.
6.3 Fix the video TX with a nylon ribbon.
7. Solder the XT60 plug.

7.1 Solder the XT60 plug on the PCB board. Don`t use too much soldering tin or it might cause
short circuit.
7.2 Solder the silicone wire to the XT60 plug (at least 16AWG silicone wire can be used)
7.3 Solder the XT60 to power distribution board, then install the receiver. Here we use R6D
receiver, since R6D supports PPM, only 3 wires are required.
8. Install the aluminum column.
8.1. Prepare 6pcs M2.5*10 aluminum column and 6pcs M2.5*8 screws (glue required).

8.2 This picture is the plate with aluminum column installed.
9. Install the green protective frame.
10. Install the camera, here we need M2 nut and M2*14 screws to connect camera with the
camera mount.

10.1 Pick the upper plate out, install the assembled camera on the upper plate with M2 * 6
screws.
10.2 Install the camera protective frame, all the screws should be fixed with glue.
11. Install the soldered XT60 on the upper plate.
11.1 Put the battery straps on the plate, then install the soldered XT60 with M2.5 step screw and
M2.5 nut.

11.2. Assemble the upper plate, then install the video TX, insert the camera plug.
Now, the assembling work is finished. You need to connect the F3 flight controller to your
computer and install the Clearnflight software to get the perfect PID of your drone. Please check
another manual for how to use F3 flight controller.
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