How to check what Firmware is running on your Betaflight flight controller (firmware version and firmware target)

How to check what Firmware is running on your Betaflight flight controller (firmware version and firmware target)

To check what firmware version and firmware target your board is using please follow the steps below:

  1. Connect your flight controller to your PC via USB
  2. Open up betaflight GUI and connect to your board
  3. Once connected, in the bottom right you will see what firmware version is running on our FC, and what target is on your board.  The screenshot below shows an example of this.


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