Backlight Mode

Specifies LCD display backlighting wakeup activity. Choice of: OFF, Keys (detect button press), Controls (gimbal stick/slider/knob/switch), Both (Keys or Controls), or ON (always on)

BEC

Battery Eliminator Circuit – a voltage regulator built into an Electronic Speed Controller (ESC) to power the radio receiver and servos. Can be either a linear design or a switching design – different merits for each.

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Binding

A “handshake” procedure to connect communications between a Tx and a given Rx.  The Tx may bind with multiple Rx’s, but a given Rx may only bind with one Tx.

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Bootloader

A small program that basically “wakes up” the STM chip in your radio. An initial bootloader was installed in the Taranis as shipped.  After flashing the STM chip with OpenTX v2.x, a second bootloader exists on the chip. This bootloader … Continue reading

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Bootloader Mode

This special set of operating screens allows us to work directly off of the SD card to perform a number of tasks. We can flash a new version of firmware, look at and manipulate the contents of the folders on … Continue reading

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Build Option

When in Edit Settings in OpenTx Companion, you have a choice of the following options for building the system firmware that operates the Taranis: Noheli – removes the heli screens for simplicity if not needed Sq5font – a heavier weight … Continue reading

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Burn

Describes the act of updating firmware in a device, usually by transfer of information from a computer connected to eh device. A synonym for flash

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BUS

A communication system that transfers data between components inside a computer or between computers.

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