Voltage help please

IceTrey

I am building my first quad.

Using....

CC3D

Turnigy TGY-i6 transmitter and TGY-iA6 Receiver.

MultiStar 1400mAh 11.1v battery.



The TGY-iA6 receiver that connects to the controller requires 4-6.5v. How do I do this? Do I need another battery? or a voltage reducer?



PLEASE HELP ME..... I am such a noob but this is the last problem i am having.(I hope).



Thank you.

Daithi

The receiver gets its power from one of the ESCs. That's what regulates the voltage

IceTrey

So my ESC's have 3 wires coming from the motors. Then 4 wires on the other side. 1 red, 1 black, and 2 that connect to the CC3D. I assume I solder the Reciver power to the 2 that connect to the CC3D, right?



again i am a noob. so please go easy on me if this is all wrong.

IceTrey

Nevermind. that didn't work. but neither did the other side. so maybe soldering to the ESC isn't right.

IceTrey

I think I know the problem.



the servo connectors from the ESC to the CC3D only have 2 wires.



I read that one should have 3.



But none of them do.



How can I fix this? Or did I order the wrong ESC's?



But I was able to complete the motor speed set up.

WTWUK

You have what are known as 'OPTO' ESC's and they are fine.



What you need is a Battery Elimination Circuit - LIKE THIS or similar that you use to power the system.



As it is, you will only get power to it via USB when connected to your computer.

IceTrey

WTWUK - Thank you for the link.



So I will run this from my power distribution board straight to the receiver B/VCC plug?

WTWUK

Yup. Correct.