Step 23: Install or Update Firmware

To ensure your ELEV-8 Flight Controller is running the latest and greatest firmware (and becasue some units don't ship with firmware), you will now install the firmware on your ELEV-8 Flight Controller.

Parts Needed:

  • ELEV-8 v3 Assembly, from Step 21
  • Computer with software & firmware installed, from Step 22
  • USB A to Micro B cable

Instructions:

  1. Connect your ELEV-8 flight control board with to your computer's USB port with a USB A to micro B cable.

  1. Wait for your computer to install any necessary drivers. It should say “Your device is ready to use”
  2. Navigate to the folder where you installed the firmware on your computer in step 22, and double-click on the ELEV8-Main.side file to open it with SimpleIDE.
  3. Click the Load EEPROM & Run button. Once “Loading Done” appears at the bottom of the window, you can quit the SimpleIDE application.