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Kakute F7
Flashing New Firmware
At this point, if you want to update your firmware, here is how to do it. But if you just want to go fly,
please, go for it! You don’t have to be running the absolute latest firmware to have a good time. Just
forget about this nonsense!
To flash your firmware, you must connect the board in “bootloader mode”. Bootloader mode means
that the board is ready to accept new programming. To put the board into bootloader mode, hold down
the bootloader button while plugging in the USB cable. Leave the button pressed for a moment after
plugging in the USB cable to be sure it “takes”.
If your Kakute F7 is in bootloader mode, then you will see “DFU” in the pulldown menu in the upper-
right of the configurator, as shown here:
If you don’t see DFU in the pulldown menu, then either the board didn’t detect that you had the
bootloader button pressed or your drivers are not installed correctly. If you don’t see DFU in the
pulldown menu, you cannot flash new firmware to the board. It won’t work.
For the advanced users, a simpler way of getting into bootloader mode is to go to the CLI and type “bl”.
This will reboot the board into bootloader mode. This is especially useful if the board is installed in a
copter where it isn’t convenient to press the bootloader button. In rare cases, the “bl” command
doesn’t work and you must press the bootloader button on the board.
