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Kakute F4 AIO
Solder the ESC signal wires to the M1, M2, M3, and M4 pads.
The signal wire is a thin wire, typically yellow or white. It’s
usually connected to the same side of the ESC as the power
wires. Each ESC’s signal wire should be soldered to the motor
pad that is closest to the corner where the ESC is installed.
If your ESC came “naked” (without wires attached) then you
should use a piece of silicone wire between 22 and 26 gauge
for the signal wire(s).
Some ESCs have a signal ground wire and some ESCs don’t. If
your ESC has a thin black wire that is twisted with the signal
wire, that is the signal ground. You can solder the signal
ground to the same pad as the ESC’s power ground (from the
previous step). Or you can de-solder the signal ground wire
from the ESC and remove it. It’s generally best practice to
have a signal ground wire, but on mini quads with very short
wires, it’s often not absolutely necessary.
Solder the receiver signal wire to pad R3. If you are using a
servo cable, the signal wire will be white or yellow.
You must use a receiver that supports a serial protocol such
as SBUS, iBus, and Spektrum Satellite. You cannot use a PPM
or PWM receiver with the Kakute F4 AIO.
Solder the receiver ground wire to the G pad to the left of R3.
In a standard servo cable, the ground wire will be black or
brown.
If your receiver requires 5v power (most receivers except for
Spektrum Satellite), solder its power wire to the 5v pad to the
left of R3. In a standard servo cable, the power wire will be
red or orange. The power cable is also always the middle wire
of the servo cable.
If your receiver requires 3.3v power (most Spektrum Satellite
receivers), solder its power wire to the 3v3 pad to the left of
R3. Do not connect a receiver that takes 3.3v power to a 5v
pad or you will destroy it.
Be sure to reference the pinout diagram for your receiver, to
ensure that you are connecting the correct pads together.
