Tabletop Power to Solo without Batteries

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I would like to be able to power up the Solo from a tabletop power supply without the use of a battery. Any help regarding how I might be able to do this would be appreciated.

To clarify, I don't need the whole Solo drone powered up, just the pixhawk, imx/linux, and wifi.
 
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I note the following items from the dev guide

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The main physical characteristics are:

Operating voltage range: 16.8 V to 12.0 V
15A draw during hover with no payload (no Gimbal/Camera or other acessories)
20A draw during hover with full 700g payload
120A maximum burst (depends on wind, payload, and maneuver)
 
I would like to be able to power up the Solo from a tabletop power supply without the use of a battery. Any help regarding how I might be able to do this would be appreciated.
Ron - OK, the Solo is normally powered by a four cell LiPo, which is nominally 16 Volts. The stock battery has a battery management computer built in, which passes the state-of-charge of each cell back to the Solo. This info, along with other data, determines if the Solo can be armed to fly.

That being said, when looking at the Solo's battery box, you'll see the three pins that mate with the
battery. The TOP pin (the widest one) establishes the battery telemetry link, and wouldn't be used with an external power supply. The CENTER pin is battery positive, and the BOTTOM pin is battery negative. You would connect the power supply to the center and bottom pins, insuring that nothing
contacts either the top or bottom of the telemetry pin, which has two contacts isolated by some obvious black insulating material.

The best "table top" power supply would be a variable voltage lab supply with the capability of several amps at about 16-17 Volts.
Please do your table top work with the props off! However, without battery telemetry the Solo cannot be armed. STAY SAFE!
 
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I would like to be able to power up the Solo from a tabletop power supply without the use of a battery. Any help regarding how I might be able to do this would be appreciated.

To clarify, I don't need the whole Solo drone powered up, just the pixhawk, imx/linux, and wifi.
Understand, Ron. See previous, your PS will need at least 1A capacity @ 16V.
 
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Regarding 'stay safe' ... is it possible to power up just the pixhawk, imx, and wifi at 5V without putting the 16v bus online?
Sorry for jumping the gun, I should wait until my 3DR arrives in a couple of days.
 
Regarding 'stay safe' ... is it possible to power up just the pixhawk, imx, and wifi at 5V without putting the 16v bus online?
Sorry for jumping the gun, I should wait until my 3DR arrives in a couple of days.
There is 5V everywhere - on the accessory connector and gimbal connections, but it is unlikely that there is a common 5V bus - I know the main board schematic is on this site in one of the Solo posts
but it's been a long time since I bumped into it. If your Solo comes with an original battery you could use it for your tabletop - there's no safety issue as long as the props are off. However, as you probably know, the batteries are way past end-of-life and generally unsafe to actually fly them for anything but a short, low test flight.

If you haven't been to JB Mod Parts | Home check it out!

Also, if a Facebook user, by all means take a pass thru "JB's 3DR Solo Owners Group" - pretty much everything Solo is happening there.
 
TY again, and I've joined the FB. Haven't had time to scroll through it yet.
I'll update this thread as I figure out my power options, or to post more queries, whichever comes first!
 

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