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Construction of the NG Hardware - HW-0.23-mini

HW-0.23-mini PCB Assembling

Undervoltage Protection

The undervoltage protection protects your battery from low voltage (they get permanently damaged if the voltage drops too low). Because we support different battery types you have to choose resistors R2 and R3 according to your battery type.

Typ

LiPo

LiFePo

Voltage

R2

R3

Voltage

R2

R3

3S

8.1V

150k

12k

8.4V

130k

10k

4S

10.8V

510k

30k

11.2V

120k

6k8

5S

13.5V

430k

20k

14V

270k

12k

You also can leave R5 unpopulated to disable this function.

Cabeling

Plugs

The different plugs on the PCB:

Name

Function

Pins

X1

JTAG Connector

1-TDO, 2-TDI, 3-TCK, 4-TMS, 5-TRST, 6-RTCK, 7-RESET, 8-GND, 9-3.3V, 10-GND

X2

PPM Connector

1-5V, 2-PPM(Input), 3-GND

X3

Beeper

1-GND, 2-5V, R26 bias resistor

X4

GPS Antenna

MMCX Plug

X5

UART0 (3.3V, 5V tolerant)

1-GND, 2-RXD(Input), 3-TXD(Output), 4-5V/3.3V(see SJ1)

X6

UART1 (3.3V, 5V tolerant)

1-GND, 2-RXD(Input), 3-TXD(Output), 4-5V/3.3V(see SJ3)

X7

I2C Actor Bus

1-GND, 2-SDA, 3-SCL, 4-5V

X8

I2C Aux, RC/Cam-Controller

1-6V, 2-6V, 3-5V, 4-3.3V, 5-GND, 6-SCL, 7-SDA, 8-GND

X10

Aux ADC

1-GND, 2-ADC0, 3-ADC1, 4-3.3V

X11

Aux Open Collector

1-AUX-OC, 2-GND

Switches

The different switches on the PCB:

SW1

Power Switch

SW2

Reset / Bootloader

SW3

GPS/RTC Battery Switch

Jumpers

The different jumpers on the PCB (SJ, solder jumper):

Name

Function

SJ1

3.3V/5V UART0 pin 4 voltage (1-2 = 3.3V, 2-3 = 5V)

SJ2

Battery measurement (1-2 = measure)

SJ3

3.3V/5V UART1 pin 4 voltage (1-2 = 3.3V, 2-3 = 5V)

SJ4

3.3V/5V I2C General Purpose Bus signal voltage (1-2 = 3.3V, 2-3 = 5V)

SJ5

SCL for HMC5883L

SJ6

SDA for HMC5883L

Documentation/Construction/HW-0.23-mini (last edited 2012-05-07 20:02:25 by AmirGuindehi)