kilby wrote:Shuznatix, so what you are saying is that you have bought an escape with a built in BEC
Exactly. It was the only thing I could get from my local shop, they didn't have standard BECs
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- Tue Nov 04, 2014 3:37 pm
- Forum: Getting Started - MultiWii config and setup
- Topic: Powering a MultiWii from a LiPo battery
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Exactly. It was the only thing I could get from my local shop, they didn't have standard BECs
- Tue Nov 04, 2014 1:26 pm
- Forum: Getting Started - MultiWii config and setup
- Topic: Powering a MultiWii from a LiPo battery
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Re: Powering a MultiWii from a LiPo battery
I was able to find locally a 5v BEC which seams to just be a 5V regulator & ESC combo. The additional ESC is a bit redundant since I don't need it but the 5V regulator should be good for powering the MultiWii & radio receiver. It does have an auto-shutdown if it gets too hot / overloaded but...
- Tue Nov 04, 2014 9:32 am
- Forum: Getting Started - MultiWii config and setup
- Topic: Powering a MultiWii from a LiPo battery
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Re: Powering a MultiWii from a LiPo battery
Ok, I never heard of a UBEC / BEC before but from the looks of it, it is just a 5V regulator that doesn't heat up as much as a stand alone regulator does (plus a few extra features). Is this correct? So, I would just connect the 3 pins from the BEC to the AUX 2 (for example) row on the MultiWii and ...
- Mon Nov 03, 2014 10:18 pm
- Forum: Getting Started - MultiWii config and setup
- Topic: Powering a MultiWii from a LiPo battery
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Powering a MultiWii from a LiPo battery
I just received my MultiWii 328P and I am trying to get everything connected for the initial configuration / tests. My question is, how do you power it from a 3S Lipo battery? On an Arduino, I just connect the + to Vcc and - to Gnd, directly from the battery, but I don't see any such pins on the Mul...