12-Jun-2018, 04:03 PM (This post was last modified: 12-Jun-2018, 04:05 PM by sushicanfly.)
I am sharing Alexander Fedorov's tutorial on Facebook in case you don't have access to it.
FatShark googles are not using full capacity of the Li-Ion 18650 batteries, because the low voltage alarm goes off too early at 6.4V while these batteries can be safely discharge much lower at 3V (6V for 2 cells).
The low voltage alarm can be changed by a resistor divider (R45 and R46 on the picture)....
Those are 10k each, so voltage divided by 2.
If R45 is replaced with 7.5 kOhm - goggles will only start to beep around 5.95 volts. So, packs can be used or quite extra time
just replace r45 with 7.5K and leave r46
PS it cannot be done with firmware update
PPS it will be not good idea if you use LIPO 2s packs
Before the mod, low voltage alarm triggers at 6.4
After the mod, it triggers at 6.0
FatShark googles are not using full capacity of the Li-Ion 18650 batteries, because the low voltage alarm goes off too early at 6.4V while these batteries can be safely discharge much lower at 3V (6V for 2 cells).
The low voltage alarm can be changed by a resistor divider (R45 and R46 on the picture)....
Those are 10k each, so voltage divided by 2.
If R45 is replaced with 7.5 kOhm - goggles will only start to beep around 5.95 volts. So, packs can be used or quite extra time
just replace r45 with 7.5K and leave r46
PS it cannot be done with firmware update
PPS it will be not good idea if you use LIPO 2s packs
Before the mod, low voltage alarm triggers at 6.4
After the mod, it triggers at 6.0