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add note re building fw for other vehicles
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Hwurzburg committed Oct 22, 2023
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Mission Planner: Install FirmwareScreen

.. note:: some boards are specifically targeted to a particular vehicle type and firmware is not automatically built for other vehicles. However, ArduPilot could still be built for those other vehicles using the `Custom Firmware Server <https://custom.ardupilot.org/>`__.

Mission Planner will try to detect which board you are using. It may ask you to unplug the board, press OK, and plug it back in to detect the board type.

.. figure:: ../../../images/Pixhawk_InstallFirmware2.png
:target: ../_images/Pixhawk_InstallFirmware2.png

Mission Planner: Install FirmwarePrompt
Mission Planner: Install Firmware Prompt

Often you will be presented with a dropdown box of firmware variants for the board, which you can select from (such as bi-directional DShot variants, if available). For boards which share the Pixhawk board id, the list will be extensive, as shown below:

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