CubePilot Tidies Up the Wiring

When something is very popular, it’s safe to assume that it is very good. CubePilot is widely considered a top-tier option for autopilot systems in the drone industry. However, this is not what this patent is about, it’s about something that made life easier for CubePilot, and for everyone.

The patent summarizes the issue succinctly in the Summary: “The invention provides a control device to solve the problem that the cabling of the existing drone flight controller is complicated and the replacement of the flight controller is inconvenient due to connection with a number of kinds of electronic devices.”

It seems like a no-brainer in hindsight, but some of the best inventions are. Instead of a spaghetti mess of wiring, everything neatly plugs into the same box.

Claim 1: “A control device, characterized in that it comprises a carrier board (1) and a main control board (2) that is detachably configured on the carrier board (1), said main control board (2) is electrically connected with the carrier board (1), and said carrier board (1) is configured with an interface device (3) in which connections between a plurality of kinds of external devices to be connected with the said carrier board (1); wherein said interface device (3) comprises: a bus interface, an output interface, and at least one of: a remote-control interface, a GPS interface, a telemetry interface, and an analog digital signal conversion interface; wherein said bus interface comprises at least one of: a CAN bus interface, an I2C bus interface, a USB interface, PWM interface, PPM interface, and a S.BUS interface.”

Title: “Drone And Control Device And Communication Port Device Thereof”

US Patent No: 10613526

Filed (CN Reg.): 2017-06-27

Granted: 2020-04-07

Applicant: HEX Technology Limited