Category Archives: tinyPEPPER

tinyOSD & tinyFINITY – a tiny opensource video tx with full graphic OSD

Merry belayed Christmas and a happy new year everyone. I know, I am running a tiny bit late. My original plan was to release the tinyOSD and tinyFINITY sources ready for Christmas but then the usual things got into the way and I had to postpone this post. But here it is: I am releasing… Read More »

tinyPEPPER2 ESC – How to build your own! [v0.4]

In this post I am going to share all the parts you need to build your own super tiny tinyPEPPER2 4in1 Blheli_S ESC. All the following information applies to the current version 0.4 of tinyPEPPER2 (tagged as revision 0.4). If you are wondering what makes this thing so special, have a look at the main… Read More »

A pepperF1SH and the Great Pyramid of Giza

All Giza Pyramids Ricardo Liberato, CC BY-SA 2.0 Today’s priceless question is: What does the pepperF1SH, the world’s lightest brushless quadcopter, and the Great Pyramid of Giza have in common? — Nope, I am neither talking about both being available as cheap clones from China nor about an illegal FPV flight next to this impressive… Read More »

Cutting solder paste stencils with the silhouette plotter — gerber2graphtec modification for tiny structures

Some weeks ago I wrote about using a silhouette portrait craft plotter for cutting solder paste stencils. The described process uses the collection of the  gerber2graphtec python scripts to process the fabrication data from kicad and send the cutting instructions to the plotter. The solder paste stencils I did cut for the VESC came out… Read More »

How to build a 2S pepperFIISH pocket rocket — Shopping list & Recommendations

Recently I have been asked for my recommendation for a super lightweight pocket rocket. At the time of writing there are no stock lightweight RTF 2S copters I can recommend. You will have to assemble it on your own, luckily you can buy all the needed parts, there is no need to assemble circuit boards… Read More »

tinyPEPPER2 4in1 ESC — Are you ready for 2S on a sub 40g quadcopter?

I am happy to announce that the next generation tinyPEPPER 4in1 ESC will be available shortly. The folks at Furious FPV are manufacturing and are going to sell the 2S version of my tinyPEPPER design soon, see their product page: FPV-0252 Fishpepper 4in1 ESC. You might be yelling what has happened to the open hardware… Read More »