Power distribution boards

Chuck

Chuck

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I'm looking at power distribution boards on eBay. None are listed specifically for either Naze32 or Openflight. Does that make a difference, or can a power distribution board be used for either regardless of when it was made? I have one that came with a Naze32 flight control board. But since I have heard that Openflight is reportedly much better than Naze 32, would like to use it with an Openflight FCB. Can this be done?
 
Hi, Any power distribution board with a 5v out will work. Most FCs require 5v power.

It's possible your current FC is powered from a BEC output from one of the ESC's in which case your PDB may not have any 5v pads, and is just a basic PDB for the ESC's.

Get a PDB that is the same size as your flight controller's mounting holes. If you plan to stack them. The most common mounting hole size is 30.5mm x 30.5mm

If you are planning to do FPV then a PDB with a 12v and 5v output is what you want, the 12v and 5v pad are to power the FC, camera, transmitter + leds.

These Matek PDB's are popular, the pads are laid out well.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/PDB-XT60...752128?hash=item2cce108cc0:g:8CAAAOSwNchaMPFV


Naze32 ,CC3D boards and Openpilot software are past their prime. They still work fine but things have improved in terms of reliability, processing chips, gyro's, features, etc.

Most people these days are using F3, F4 (mainly) and F7 boards with Betaflight, Cleanflight and Raceflight software (latter is closed source, others are open source). If you want to add gps to your quad and fly waypoints then INAV software is designed for that, and can be flashed to F3,F4,F7 boards.

Research those boards above to bring yourself up to date. If you have the option theres not much point investing in a CC3D as its obsolete.
 
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I must have told him this a few times.
Just buy a cheap Matek for $5 or make one from copper pcb board. You will need a buck converter & some capacitors depending on what esc's you buy. If they are cheap like the flight controller. They might have some on which would mean a bec to power the fcb & rx & a cam off 3 esc's. A vtx you could blow up err I mean connect to the main battery lines if you decided not to use a pdb at all.
It's all funky stuff.
 
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