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How to prevent a battery powered microcontroller(ESP32) from reseting when motors start running?

I am working on a brushed motor quadcopter. It is powered by a 3.7V LiPo Battery. I have an ESP32 microcontroller which sends PPM signal to a SP Racing F3 EVO Brushed flight controller. The 3.3V to ...
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Using a battery as a voltage source in a DC DC converter to supply a second battery?

I was wondering if I could use a battery as Vin to a DC DC converter to charge another battery. Example: Using a Li Ion battery pack and having it go through the DC to DC converter to charge a LiPo ...
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Can you discharge a 3s LiPo battery from both its main plug and it’s balance plug?

So I’m building a quadcopter, and I want to be able to use the same battery to power both the escs and the flight controller. However, the escs are connected to the PDB which is connected to the ...
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Li-Ion vs Li-Poly For Quads

Instead of using a $25 Li-Poly battery with a $10 charger, I was going to use one of these- https://hackaday.io/project/46436-3-cell-rc-battery-pack-made-with-18650-batteries What I was wondering Is ...
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A constant 5V buffer circuit

The flight controller for a quad needs constant 5V supply. But since I have a battery protection circuit, during the switch between the primary and the secondary battery the power supply goes low for ...
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ESC motor and battery matching [closed]

How can you tell if an ESC, brushless motor and Li-Po battery will work together. Specifically, I have a A2212 Outrunner Brushless Motor KV2200, 30A Brushless Speed Controller ESC and I am looking for ...
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How to run ATmega328P-PU using 3.7v Lipo 600mAh?

I want to run bare ATmega328P-PU using 3.7v 600mAh Lipo Battery. The Lipo is used to run Nano Quadcopter. The discharge rate is 20C. My Question is: 1. Will connecting Lipo to my atmega directly fry ...
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