Gimbal cables

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Lesson learned.

I had broken ribbon from a crash a week ago. Ordered a cheap cable from eBay. Went to install it and I "tore" it at the last second. Gimbal initialized but I had no video feed. So I ordered another cheap cable, this time from Amazon overnight with prime and tried installing that last night. Install went off without a hitch. Felt very positive about it. Power up the drone and nothing. Gimbal won't initialize or anything. Did some checking and found that the cable I overnighted was defective. Here's what I found. The thickness if the contacts that go into the boards for the gimbal were too thin. .21mm vs .31mm on the one I tore. That would cause an issue with poor continuity. So I ordered yet another overnight. This time a DJI cable. Should be here tomorrow.
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Yeah off brand cables are a gamble, I'm getting about a 50 50 chance of it working.

Didn't even notice the thickness might be the cause...

Good catch!

Rich
 
Yeah off brand cables are a gamble, I'm getting about a 50 50 chance of it working.

Didn't even notice the thickness might be the cause...

Good catch!

Rich
It's the only thing it can be. The one cable fires up the gimbal just fine whereas the other is a dead fish.
 

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