Gimbal and power distribution board

[Jurriaan]

Hi all!

I will ask my question first here because I payed hard lessons already

I bought this power distribution board from HK, works great:

http://hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/__23140__Hobby_King_Quadcopter_Power_Distribution_Board.html

Now its time to connect a gimbal to the quadcopter. I ordered this one:

http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Balck-CNC-FPV-Quadcopter-BGC-2-Axis-Brushless-Gimbal-w-Controller-for-GoPro-3-Camera-DJI/32364566359.html

Maybe a simple question, but can I use the JST plug on the power distribution board or do I need to use the balance plug from the Lipo 3s battery (2700mah).

Is there any difference? I’m a bit afraid of using the power distribution board because of the high amperage? Because when the motors uses a lot of power it wil burn my gimbal motors? I hope this is secured in one way.

So, in a nuthshell, power your gimbal with the lipo balance port or use distribution board? Is there a best practice?

 

[holtneil]

Hi mate yes as long as your not using over 3 cell 11.1 volt , the board has pins for a JST make sure you get it the right way round
your want to tune the gimbal so use this , But DONT up grade firmware over this 2.2b2 your brick the gimbal
https://www.basecamelectronics.com/files/v10/SimpleBGC_GUI_2_2b2.zip
https://www.basecamelectronics.com/files/v10/SimpleBGC_manual_2_2_eng.pdf

 

[Jurriaan]

Thanks, difficult to find on Internet which voltage level is required for this gimbal. But I will test it with the JST pins on the power board (with a 3cell lipo 11.1v) and post the results when possible.

 

[glowingturnip]

i soldered mine (basecam 8-bit board) straight into the PDB since I found it really annoying to separately plug in the main battery leads and also the gimbal lead. Works fine (so far at least)

 

[holtneil]

Hi I use 11.1 volt and its happy with that , the spec is 7.4 to 11.1 volts dont go over it will blow