But first the sound system - to me there was no point putting out a product that did not have CD quality wav file playback, SD card storage and at least 4 voice polyphony. The new sound system delivers this and more with up to 14 voice polyphony.
If the new fad is to 'fuse' board together well Taipan has always been about that from conception. Taipan 2014 fuses the Taipan drive system with a GEKO and MAKO and connections for Remora and Manta. The board below is an initial prototype on which most of the programming is being done.
The next generation of Taipan 2014 boards have already been designed and contain all of the expected release features these are:
- Heavy duty power supply circuitry with reverse polarity protection and fuse protection
- 3 cell LiPo standard
- 60 AMP motor control (total)
- 7 channel control required
- Separate sound/volume control channel (ch6)
- Separate weapons control channel (ch7)
- Dedicated switching control channel (ch5)
- Multiple servo support (elevation, turret & recoil servo)
- Headlight, reverse light, Auxiliary light, cannon high tension flash OR LED support
- 2 Battery voltage or 5 Volts switched supplies (for smoke unit, etc..)
- On board MAKO
- enhanced IR battle options, Unit ID, Friend or foe, shell type select (AP or HE), magazine (World of Tanks simulation)
- Battle field IR programming of most options (no opening tank to change dip switches)
- PLUS all of the new sound card features
- CD quality wav playback
- more polyphony than any current tank control system
- over 250 separate wav samples per tank/model selection
- number of Tanks/models limited by your SD card capacity only.
- World of Tanks simulations
Taipan also integrates with the existing Remora and Manta systems for on screen display of battle stats and an even greater WOT like experience.
And if that is all not enough there is the integration with tanker9X and the FrSky system allowing for
- easy setup of all functions on your 9XR, 9XR Pro or Taranis
- model matching
- telemetry
- sound alarms and alerts
Finally there has been one other big change the Taipan 2014 project is NOT about cutting costs. If you want a cheap board then Taipan will not be an option. Only the best components are going to be used on T2014. As the saying goes 'If you have to ask "How much?" well you know the rest.
Cheers
KGStatistics: Posted by Phyrephish — Mon Oct 13, 2014 8:49 pm
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