Aeronavics / Droidworx Power Distribution Board from Droidworx


nicwilke

nicwilke

Active Member
Hi Ben,
The PDB fits the hexa. I'm using the 2 spare outputs for 2 separate uBECs, one for gimbal, the other for the Rx. I asked Droidworx about this, and it's for all models. Take a look at the installation guide available on their website for the PDB. Will certainly neaten it up.
 

Benjamin Rowland

Benjamin Rowland

Member
nicwilke said:
Hi Ben,
The PDB fits the hexa. I'm using the 2 spare outputs for 2 separate uBECs, one for gimbal, the other for the Rx. I asked Droidworx about this, and it's for all models. Take a look at the installation guide available on their website for the PDB. Will certainly neaten it up.
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Thanks! I'll need to order one.
 


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meme

Member
nicwilke said:
Hi Ben,
The PDB fits the hexa. I'm using the 2 spare outputs for 2 separate uBECs, one for gimbal, the other for the Rx. I asked Droidworx about this, and it's for all models. Take a look at the installation guide available on their website for the PDB. Will certainly neaten it up.
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Thats a really nice idea!!!

-meme
 


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el-ricardo

New Member
nicwilke said:
Hi Ben,
The PDB fits the hexa. I'm using the 2 spare outputs for 2 separate uBECs, one for gimbal, the other for the Rx. I asked Droidworx about this, and it's for all models. Take a look at the installation guide available on their website for the PDB. Will certainly neaten it up.
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Awesome... with two PDB's to spread the load on a heavy lifter and having space spare... no idea why I didn't think of that... thanks!
 

nicwilke

nicwilke

Active Member
el-ricardo said:
Awesome... with two PDB's to spread the load on a heavy lifter and having space spare... no idea why I didn't think of that... thanks!
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I currently have 2x 4port PDB's on my Coax, one managing the bottom 4 motors, and the other managing the top 4 motors. Works great. I didn't do this intentionally, I only had 2 PDB's instead of an octo PDB. I guess you are correct, it would be less load.
 

nicwilke

nicwilke

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crcr

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Are you guys soldering your ESC wires directly onto the Distro board or using bullet connectors?

I was thinking of soldering female bullet connectors onto the Distribution board to make it easier the change out esc's if needed. Any thoughts on this? good idea or bad?

Thanks
 


Benjamin Rowland

Benjamin Rowland

Member
I couldn't get a really solid connection to the board, so I built a typical wiring harness. In hindsight, I probably should've cleaned the board with something to assure a better solder connection. I tried just soldering it, but with some pulling on the wire, it popped off. Soldering paste may have worked better. Any tips?
 


Droider

Droider

Drone Enthusiast
Benjamin Rowland said:
I couldn't get a really solid connection to the board, so I built a typical wiring harness. In hindsight, I probably should've cleaned the board with something to assure a better solder connection. I tried just soldering it, but with some pulling on the wire, it popped off. Soldering paste may have worked better. Any tips?
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AYE!!! what you could not get solder to run shinny silver on the PDB?

You need an iron with some whoomf!

80 watt minimum..

This is my new baby http://www.pacedirect.co.uk/product.php?id=1965#

But I was using this before the fire. http://cpc.farnell.com/jsp/displayProduct.jsp?sku=SD01525&CMP=e-2072-00001000

Dave
 
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Bluerex

Bluerex

Member
And just to make you cry Dave... I bought a couple of these (from the Aussie warehouse) - ebay for new tips (ground one down to a big fat chisel for ESC soldering)

http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/...le_Heat_Range_with_EU_plug_DE_Warehouse_.html

Yes - that's under 20 quid for a temp controlled iron!!

After some advice from fellow MR members, I soldered everything! Even to the point of stripping the heatshrink from the ESCs and soldering the motor wires directly - bullet connector free zone!

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crcr

Member
So it looks like soldering to PDB is the way to go.

@Bluerex, is that soldering station any good? its just so cheap its hard to believe it actually does the job.
 

Bluerex

Bluerex

Member
crcr said:
is that soldering station any good? its just so cheap its hard to believe it actually does the job.
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Agreed, it does seem hard to believe. I have a much more expensive Hakko clone as my main iron and it is much nicer for production use (better cable to the hand piece etc) but the HK one lives out in the shed and works just fine for occasional use. The all use Hakko 900 style bits from e-bay so as long as it gets hot and stays somewhere near the temp you select you cant lose :)

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