I had arducopter plugged in and connected to mission planner via USB. I kept getting a warning that the battery voltage was low.
- I disconnected from mission planner then unplugged the usb cord.
- I plugged in my lipo battery.
- the board flashed the green light then quickly faded out.
I tried this again and the same scenario happened. I unplugged the battery and plugged in the USB. Same situation. I could smell a little something what a circuit had fried.
I checked my battery just in case and it's at 12.4 (an 11.1v lipo) So it's on the full end of charged. Also, still getting the green light with quick (.5s) fade.
What's going on? Did my board just fry itself for seemingly no reason?
** EDIT **
Bizarre twist - I decided I would try to plug in USBASP to my mac to see what would happen. There was a *POP* and I saw smoke trickling up from the board. At this moment I knew it was toast.
I plugged the micro usb cord back into the board just out of curiosity and guess what? It worked! I fired up mission planner and that worked too. What in the world is going on here??
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