How to tell the Naze32 Acro Apart from the Full version

The Naze32 Flight controller comes in an acro version and a full version. How to tell the Naze32 Acro Apart from the Full version?.  This guide should help.

How to tell the Naze32 Acro Apart from the Full version

The Naze32 Acro vs the Full?  which one to choose from?

The Naze32 comes with 2 variations.  The boards come in many different colors and the color is not an indication of whether the board is an acro or a full.  The only way to tell is by looking to see if the components on the board are populated or not.

The “Acro” model for acrobatic flying & The “Full” version for more advanced quads.

What the acro has:

Naze32 Acro

Naze32 Acro

  • 2000 degrees/second 3-axis MEMS gyro + accelerometer (MPU6050)
  • Ability to control up to 8 servos
  • 2 UART ports for serial connections
  • 2 soft serial ports available for software serial connection (ppm mode only)
  • Voltage sensing (with voltage readout to OSD if so equipped)
  • Buzzer output with Low voltage alarm
  • 3 flight modes
    • Angle,
    • Horizon (an auto level, gyro hybrid and our favorite mode)
    • gyro rate)
  • Quad/Hexa/Tri/Bi/Y4/Y6/Octo/Fixed wing/Camera Gimbal. (Default is Quad-X)
  • Up to 8 ch RC input – supports standard receivers (PWM), PPM Sum receiver (FrSky, etc), or Spektrum Satellite receiver.
  • Built in FrSky telemetry inverter (shared w/main port)
  • Battery voltage monitoring
  • Modern STM32 32-bit processor running at 3.3V/72MHz (STM32F103CB).
  • Onboard MicroUSB for setup and configuration
  • LEDs so bright, they will blind you
  • MultiWii-based configuration software for easy setup
  • rev5 hardware
  • Made in JAPAN

Flies amazing.  Great for acrobatic sport fliers on a budget.

What the full version has:

A Naze32 multi rotor flight controller

A Naze32 multi rotor flight controller

In addition to all of the sensors and features of the Acro version, the Full has additional sensors that make it more capable.  These sensors include:

  • A Barometer (altitude/Pressure sensor) (MS5611)
  • A 3-axis magnetometer (HMC5883L) (compass)
  • 16Mbit onboard SPI flash memory  (EEPROM)
  • There are also some capacitors that are included on the full board that aren’t populated on the Acro version.

 

What you get with a full version Naze32 that you don’t get with an Acro.

  • Altitude hold
  • Altitude indication in OSD if installed
  • Mag hold
  • OSD heading indication functionality
  • GPS functionality (return to home, GPS hold) when a GPS is added
  • OSD GPS coordinates, speed indication and navigational directional arrow
  • Black box functionality with cleanflight (still in development)
  • Ability for Headfree mode ( a mode that lets you fly line of sight without worrying about your orientation)

 

The acro can still work with GPS, but you must use a magnetometer equipped GPS which is considerably more expensive than the cost of upgrading from an acro to a full.

The difference between the Naze32 Acro and Full version and how to tell them apart

The difference between the Naze32 Acro and Full version and how to tell them apart

In a pinch, it is possible to upgrade an Acro to a full version if you are an expert at electronics repair as shown on this page. However, the cost of the components is more than the cost of the upgrade.

I hope this helps you make an educated decision!

 

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