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Improved precision of stabilization
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Provides reliable I2C communication
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Enables CAN-bus
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Bluetooth capability
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Next generation IMU
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RS422 to SPI adapter for encoders
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2+1-axis stabilization controller
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Improved precision of stabilization
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USB and Lipo connected simultaneously, is it OK?
Thanks to everyone for all their responses. My first post was mostly just to save anyone in my position from doing the same, and finding this post and assuming it would be safe. Now they will see this discussion and be better informed. I read the s…
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May 2015
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USB and Lipo connected simultaneously, is it OK?
Thanks, Garug, for the identification. I guessed it was a regulator, but was unable to identify it from the partial code remaining. Yes, it explains why it no longer works from battery power. What surprised me wasn't that, but that burning out…
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May 2015
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USB and Lipo connected simultaneously, is it OK?
Here you go: https://onedrive.live.com/redir?resid=e1a08e4623c452a4!724&authkey=!AExVHdoneWIgMhI&ithint=folder,jpg There's a picture of the front of the board, the back of the board, and a close-up of the component that burned.
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May 2015
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USB and Lipo connected simultaneously, is it OK?
it was an 8-bit board. To add insult to injury, the board still works powered by USB, but not from lipo, so it can't power any motors. My laptop is gone though, just completely dead. I suspect it was a Chinese fake board, but it has Basecam El…
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May 2015
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USB and Lipo connected simultaneously, is it OK?
To anyone thinking of trying this, DON'T DO IT! I found this thread while checking to see if this would be safe, and was lulled into a false sense of security by this reassurance. I plugged my board into a 3S Lipo, then plugged the USB into my…
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May 2015
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