So I just purchased my self the amazing new FrSky Taranis and have been having a fantastic time learning about the great open source OS OpenTX that it uses. One of the big advantages of this open source firmware is that you can always flash the latest and greatest updates when ever you want to and if you're like me, you might even have visions of grandeur about improving the code your self. So the first thing I did was set about flashing my new Taranis.
Well here's today's hot tip. Be careful! Right so you already knew that. It turns out that the Taranis and in particular its flashing utility DFU-util has some serious incompatibilities with both windows 7, 8 and 8.1 (what I was using) and according to some of what I've read, certain USB chip sets and seemingly USB 3. I managed to brick mine but flashing it from windows 8.1. But do not fret, this story has a happy ending. I installed all the drives etc. on my windows 2008 R2 Server and managed to flash it back to life. So my advice if you've found this post after frantically Googling "bricked taranis" there is hope. Just flashing it again from an older version of Windows and you should be OK.
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