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cytrynka PDB

User Guide

for power distribution board for zmr/qav/rcx 250 class copters

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Summary of Contents for cytrynka PDB

Page 1: ...cytrynka PDB User Guide for power distribution board for zmr qav rcx 250 class copters 1 ...

Page 2: ...Contents 1 Overview and future list 5 2 Installation 6 3 Hardware on board 9 4 Conversion board pins 15 5 Jumpers 18 2 ...

Page 3: ...serious injury Operating with current over 60A may damage PDB This is high degree complexity hobby product and operating it requires some basic mechanical and electrical abilities Some parts on board may get hot Don t touch any electronic components when in operation Never connect conductive elements from top to bottom of board as this may cause of short circuit 3 ...

Page 4: ...v team software and openlrs openlrsng software Future list fits ZMR250 QAV250 and RCX250 frames fits with most popular FC on market 1 6mm thickness with 70um copper current metter 90A high lumen s LED s on front and back pins for minimOSD direct connection with user selectable serial port number UART1 or UART2 pins for UART1 or UART2 GPS external telemetry etc pads for all ESC s and main battery l...

Page 5: ...use minimOSD without soldered pins If you have minim like this on photo you must remove all pins Components must be on top If not minimOSD tie VIN and VOUT pins on minim video in out connectors Install battery leads with proper gauge for the amount of current you plan on running Check two times polarity of battery connectors and pads on PDB When soldering ESC s wires to PDB also pay attention with...

Page 6: ...gled pins for PWM outputs must be a little bit prepared before soldering Longer side of pins must be shortened about 2mm 6 WARNING Remember to change the orientation in baseflight or cleanflight by entering the following set align_board_yaw 90 save Don t forget to check that all the movements are right in the GUI If you made a mistake and the movements are not right your quad will crash WARNING Ne...

Page 7: ...is almost the same Just remember to solder pins on bottom side Angled pins for PWM outputs must be a little bit prepared before soldering Longer side of pins must be shortened about 2mm 7 WARNING Remember to change the board orientation in baseflight or cleanflight in yaw axis ...

Page 8: ...best working with cytrynka PDB when it flashed with latest cleanflight firmware but it can work with Openpilot software with some limitations no voltage current and RSSI reading 8 Picture I Cable colors for CC3D ...

Page 9: ...iring with OP and Cleanflight firmware CL and OP have different motor mixing nonetheless in both firmwares user can define motors mixing but on CB we added jumpers for define which firmware you using CC3D Buzzer usage with Openpilot and Cleanflight Information about using buzzer with CC3D with OP firmware can be found here https wiki openpilot org display WIKI Adding a Buzzer to Your Vehicle Befor...

Page 10: ...put pads and RSSI signal converter On board are solder pads RSSI PPM 5V RxD GND for RC direct connection Our PDB for direct connection accepts only PPM sum signal and if your receiver does not operate with PPM you must use PWM to PPM converter or connect receiver to FC or you can use Spektrum Satellite connecting it direct to CB connector RxD pad is dedicated for FRSKY telemetry RSSI signal have P...

Page 11: ...11 RC receiver solder pads ...

Page 12: ...to log current value using FC default connection PDB CB In this case user must activate feature in cleanflight configurator on image above in Scale the output is 400 but must be 815 or via CLI using commands 12 WARNING Current meter can work with amperage up to 90A but PDB is designed to carry current only up to 60A feature CURRENT_METER current_meter_type 1 current_meter_scale 815 current_meter_o...

Page 13: ...ort connectors on PDB using FTDI programmer OSD DTR is connected to RESET line on minim If is used other OSD like minim or with not compatible pinout short selected pins on PDB For UART2 solder like this For UART1 solder like this 13 WARNING Before soldering minim on PDB select desired serial port number through solder jumpers We recommending use UART2 See below Solder jumpers for serial ports sel...

Page 14: ... minims 5V mod needs only shorting this pads 14 WARNING Minim used for the cytrynka PDB must have a 5V modification See below or check the link https hoogvlieger wordpress com 2013 11 01 rctimer minimosd 5v mod ...

Page 15: ...power supply for camera and video transmitter and video IN OUT solder pads LED diodes On front and back of PDB are LED diodes green on front red on back All of this are connected to 12V line This is simple diodes not WS2812B or similar To switch off lights just remove LED OFF jumper 15 ...

Page 16: ...version board pins Pins soldering on conversion boards Below are photos with correct soldered pins on conversion board for NAZE32 and FLIP32 Please pay attention to the angle connectors and jumpers Naze32 16 ...

Page 17: ...FLIP32 17 ...

Page 18: ...source internal UBEC or external with input on pad on M1 connector jumpers on NAZE32 conversion board SJ5 selection for UART port number for Spektrum satellite receiver UART1 or UART2 SJ1 for S BUS inverter activation jumpers on FLIP32 conversion board SJ2 always open SJ1 for S BUS inverter activation SJ3 FRSKY input on softserial jumpers on CC3D conversion board solder jumpers group on bottom thi...

Page 19: ...Some photos of our last installation 19 ...

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