Lux Lumier v1 FC

[Dippi]

Does anyone have pictures or a setup of the wiring and installation of this fc with Flysky fs ia6b etc,

i am not looking for the manual as i have it.

I have see the you tube videos but i want to see an actual build.

Than kyou for your time.

[Dippi]

All the pads and required wires are now soldered.
connected the board to the PDb and the esc etc and the receiver.
How do i know its safe to connect to the Battery and there won';t be a short
is the receiver supposed to light up when connected to the computer via usb?

[Cheredanine]

All the pads and required wires are now soldered.
connected the board to the PDb and the esc etc and the receiver.
How do i know its safe to connect to the Battery and there won';t be a short

Only two ways to check that:
1. Use a multimeter to check continuity
2. Plug in the lipo, if it goes bang, it wasn';t safe

is the receiver supposed to light up when connected to the computer via usb?

I don';t recall if the lux provides power from USB, many fc don';t

[ched]

Hopefully you have a multi meter? If you do then you need to select resistance and measure between the +ve and the -ve wires that would connect to the battery.

If not might be best to make a ';smoke stopper';. See: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4z7yRG56aKM

Normally best to plug the flight controller into usb before any soldering to check it all works. I would expect the leds to be on when powered by usb. But I don';t know that exact flight controller.

[Cheredanine]

LEDs will be on on the fc but many fc down power the 5v rail from the USB power source, hence the Rx may not be powered when the USB is plugged in. But do check everything is plugged correctly and if you have one use a multimeter

[Dippi]

ok tested, motors moving 3s battery everything comes online expect the rx, i think the wiring is wrong. Its Ppm

https://youtu.be/C03DrnFrQiU

[Cheredanine]

That looks to be wired correctly BUT have you soldered both solder jumpers on the bottom of the board?

[Elmattbo]

I use a V1 lux and I';ve had really good performance from it. It';s currently on my go-to 5 inch alien running 8k/8k, dshot 600 and active filtering on bf3.2 really well. It';s by far the easiest board to work on too. As C says, check you';ve done the solder bridges correctly on the base of the board for 5V and PPM.

The RCG thread for the Lux used to have a number of people having issues with the onboard 5v reg smoking people';s rx, so I played it safe and use a separate 5V source, just using the onboard one for LEDs. Maybe try a different voltage source?


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[ched]

As stated the 3 pads that are labelled ppm srx you just need to bridge ppm to the middle and no connection to srx (I assume srx is sbus).
You can check the 5v supply by unplugging the servo wire to your rx and use your multimeter to test black & red give 5v dc when FC powered by lipo.

Are you just testing by building with FC on top of quad?

[Elmattbo]

SRX stands for serial receiver.

I';ve just seen a picture of your flight controller on another thread and assuming you haven';t done anything else, you have bridged the PPM pads correctly but haven';t done the 5V ones. Just do as ched says and bridge the 5 pad to the middle one with solder.


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[ched]

SRX stands for serial receiver.

Does this FC do all serial rx or just sbus (iBus is not inverted)?

[Dippi]

Only two ways to check that:
1. Use a multimeter to check continuity
2. Plug in the lipo, if it goes bang, it wasn';t safeI don';t recall if the lux provides power from USB, many fc don';t

All ok, no bang,  only thing the rx doesn';t lite up. whats wong

[Dippi]

That looks to be wired correctly BUT have you soldered both solder jumpers on the bottom of the board?

No idea what that is and how to do it. Any references please,. all working except the Rx

[Cheredanine]

Take a photo of the bottom of your flight controller and post it

[Dippi]

I use a V1 lux and I';ve had really good performance from it. It';s currently on my go-to 5 inch alien running 8k/8k, dshot 600 and active filtering on bf3.2 really well. It';s by far the easiest board to work on too. As C says, check you';ve done the solder bridges correctly on the base of the board for 5V and PPM.

The RCG thread for the Lux used to have a number of people having issues with the onboard 5v reg smoking people';s rx, so I played it safe and use a separate 5V source, just using the onboard one for LEDs. Maybe try a different voltage source?


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ok i am pretty naive to all this care to explain a bit more and if poss with pictures or references.

[Dippi]

Are you just testing by building with FC on top of quad?

??

[Dippi]

Take a photo of the bottom of your flight controller and post it

here

[Cheredanine]

Bingo
You see where you soldered the ppm jumper (assuming it didn';t come that way) in the top right quarter?
You also need to do the same thing with the 5v jumper below it (there is here pads, 5v, a middle one and 3v, you need to join the 5v to the middle whilst making sure you don';t connect 3v

[Dippi]

Bingo
You see where you soldered the ppm jumper (assuming it didn';t come that way) in the top right quarter?
You also need to do the same thing with the 5v jumper below it (there is here pads, 5v, a middle one and 3v, you need to join the 5v to the middle whilst making sure you don';t connect 3v

the ppm pad was like that...... not done by me, so i now need to fuse the 2 pads ......  the upper 5v and the middle one basically joining them together

[Cheredanine]

Yep and avoid the bottom one

[Elmattbo]

More info here if you haven';t got it already.


http://www.progressiverc.com/media/Lux-Lite-Manual.pdf


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[Dippi]

Yep and avoid the bottom one

so basically will the rx receive power after this bridge is fused?

[Cheredanine]

Yes, the +5v pad it is connected to is connected to that middle pad of the bridge, the top one is connected to the 5v reg and the bottom to the 3v reg

This is because some recievers use 3v and some use 5v, so you bridge the middle pad to the supply you want and that supplies power to the pad the reciever is connected to

Without a bridge (as it is now) nothing is providing power to the 5v pad the reciever is connected to

[Dippi]

Yes, the +5v pad it is connected to is connected to that middle pad of the bridge, the top one is connected to the 5v reg and the bottom to the 3v reg

This is because some recievers use 3v and some use 5v, so you bridge the middle pad to the supply you want and that supplies power to the pad the reciever is connected to

Without a bridge (as it is now) nothing is providing power to the 5v pad

i am not sure if flYsky uses 3 or 5 v

[Cheredanine]

That you need to know, I don';t use flysky so can';t help with that one, but ched or someone else will or look at the product description of the rx

[Dippi]

That you need to know, I don';t use flysky so can';t help with that one, but ched or someone else will or look at the product description of the rx

got it 4 to 6.5v

[Dippi]

will do that tomorrow, to late now and post the result.
Thank you all

[Dippi]

Latest up date.

Got the pads bridged, the RX working,  now need to sort out the settings in betaflight. 

[Dippi]

update.

Got the lux v1 on stable 3.1.7 firmware on betaflight.
little bee esc connected to bluely configurator on mac - no idea what to do there
in the beta flight got the esc to work on one shot, multi shot and shot - issues all the motors arm and then motors don';t go on the same speed, i guess i need to sync the esc, but i was under the impression all that is not needed for multi shot or dshot .....
on betaflight page when i test the motors with the motor mixer all the motors work at a similar rhythm
drone is configured to x style.

i am a bit confused with the pid settings, as some videos i saw say you can use it at default, i have not yet tried to fly it as the motors don';t sync.

[ched]

Dshot doesn';t require you to calibrate the esc end points. So I would use Dshot.

As for PIDs, leave them as standard. Most people find them fine. I would say that unless you really know what you are doing stay well clear of PIDs for the time being. They wont stop you flying.