CUBE Orange dual power monitor setup

Cube Autopilot
1

Hello,

I’m trying to setup a system that uses a 12S battery for motor power, but uses a smaller 3S battery for the cube part of the system. The cube is on a standard carrier board with two power ports (POWER1 & POWER2).

Is it possible to use power1 & power2 ports to measure voltage and current for BOTH my 12S and my 3S battery at the same time?

Reading various documents online, it was unclear to me if the CUBE supported a total of 4 analog inputs simultaneously (2x voltage & 2x current) for the setup i’m trying to achieve. I’ve tried to set this up in mission planner with no luck so far.

The 3S battery will be connected to cube power port 1 via a " Power Brick Mini" module, and the 12S battery will be connected to the CUBE via a Mauch sensor.

2

Yep. That’s perfectly fine. You’ll need to change some parameters to enable the second battery monitor. There are a few more analog pins around too. RSSI at 3.3V and ADC at 6.6V (voltage divider for 3.3 on the pin) are some other analog pins.

3

Good Day,

Are there any reference to power modules manufacturer providing both current and voltage measurement suitable for the Pixhawk CUBE

4

I too facing the same problem,

Does anyone has solution for this problem,

Thanks

5

Which problem?
You need to describe the exact components you have and what issue you are seeing.
Did you follow all the setup instructions?

6

Currently, I am working on a VTOL. for that, I’m using two set of batteries for vertical and horizontal flights respectively. So, i need to monitor two set of batteries parameters (voltage, current consumption). For that i am using two mauch power modules to monitor. But, when i connect the power modules to power port 1 & 2. I have got only one set of battery parameters which i have connected to power port 1.
The main problem is when i enter values in the battery monitor 2 (like amps pervolt, voltage and voltage multi values) it just gets disappeared and shows only zero.
I have tried multiple times, but the result is same.
i need your suggestions to sort it out,

Components used,
Cube orange +
Lipo 6800 for vertical flight
Lipo 18000 for horizontal flight
Mauch HS-200-HV power module

Please give your advice on this,

Thanks,

7

You need to BATT2_MONITOR value to something other than 0 then reboot the flight controller.
Then the extra parameters can be set and they should definitely stay there.
I set them in the Full Parameter List, and I just use the battery monitor config sections to simplify the setting of the voltage divider.