Hey all,
So i’ve finally gotten around to getting my PCB’s made as shown in this post. (please read the post)
The idea of the PCB is to eliminate ugly cables in your LiPo builds’ enclosure. The boards are predominantly focused on 12s2p builds. (elaborated on further on in the post)
The price for each circuit board is $15usd. If you wish to have all necessary JST-XH connectors, it will cost another $5usd per board
(yes the jst’s look wonky. the bottom of the jst’s come with some weird noopy thing under it which would be very easy to cut off…)
This PCB can come with 4s JST-XH connectors (5 pin). I don’t have 3s plugs for this as 9s2p isn’t that popular. Therefore you’d have to purchase your own JST-XH connectors.
The dimensions of this PCB is 327mm x 26mm
At this point, this will be a limited run. However we’ll see what demand is like and then i may do another run. If enough people are after a 12s3p model i may be able to make one of them too. Also, you don’t NEED to use the JST connectors on the output of the board. Soldering bms leads straight to the PCB will work just as wll, if not better.
PLEASE NOTE: A MULTI METER IS REQUIRED TO MEASURE POTENTIAL ON THE OUTPUTS TO PROPERLY CONNECT A BMS. GUESS WORK WILL NOT WORK
If you’re wanting to purchase one of these (or multiple), please fill out the form below.
I could see basically any combo being useful to somebody. Like, I have a use for a 12s3p made up of 6 groups of 2s3p traces. Because form factor.
I wonder if chasing down a modular solution would be better than trying to get enough folks signed up for each new setup.
Modularity + flexy PCB = something lots of folks would buy.
the whole modularity thing is definitely the next thing i want to look into. However the form factor and design is what throws me out. i was thinking having a 1s2p and 1s3p system that can simply be plugged together with a low form factor plug. or even like you said, 2s2p or 2s3p boards that can go together. Theres a million and one options.
This is definitely a cool idea to reduce some of the clutter in enclosures, one of things I hate the most about doing lipo builds is soldering all the little connectors on lol
This is very nice but if it was possible to use the PCB to connect the discharge leads as well that would be the killer. Just to give you an idea for more R&D.
I know right… The only issue I have is space. Also, you’d need some beefy copper which increases the pricing by a shit load. Especially for the crazy lot that pull 160a from their lipos. Eg with 8oz copper the traces would need to be 42mm wide
