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Posted by Jimmy Oliver on March 27, 2015 at 10:51am

I am almost ready to test this rig (see pics) but I do NOT have a cable to go to the Canon S100 into the PixHawk.

I have some wiring from another project:

• BEC Input 5a to 25a | Output 3z to 5a

• Mini USB

• PixHawk cable that came with unit

I think I can make a cable to trigger the camera, but don't want to fry anything.

Can anyone guide me through this? Do I have the right stuff?

Any help would be great.

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aerial, canon, iris+, mapping, pixhawk, s100

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Jimmy Oliver April 15, 2015 at 9:08am

Here is the cable all soldered up. I am unsure where the power lead in this configuration plugs into on the Iris (Pixhawk) I am guessing that an open channel can be used for the signal cable?
Jimmy Oliver March 27, 2015 at 10:57am
- Jack Morris > Jimmy Oliver March 29, 2015 at 2:41pm
  
  Jimmy,
  
  My bad again, I overlooked the part about having to supply 5V to the servo rail with an external BEC. Its no wonder I couldn't get anything out of servo.
  
  For the cable I used a right angle mini from Amazon because it is easy to tape down, and I just soldered brown (on the JR) to black and yellow to red.
  
  I still haven't had a chance to fly it.
  
  Also, I bought Ian Soler's (Imp Concepts) mount, and I'm still trying to figure out how to retract the lens before landing.
  - Jimmy Oliver > Jack Morris March 29, 2015 at 5:13pm
    
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    - Eric Coronel > Jimmy Oliver March 29, 2015 at 5:48pm
      
      Did you get it to work?
      - Jimmy Oliver > Eric Coronel March 29, 2015 at 7:22pm
        
        waiting for the top part...
        
        Quauhtli Noel Martínez Zazueta > Jimmy Oliver March 31, 2015 at 7:56am
        
        please let me know if you get it to work
        
        Jimmy Oliver > Quauhtli Noel Martínez Zazueta March 31, 2015 at 8:59am
        
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