So I wired these in on the Badger build. Everything works except the LED's. Power is going through them obviously since the motors run.

So how do I turn them on?

Deal

You need to wire up those LEDs to the LED Strip pad on the FC and then chain the LED boards on each arm together (DOUT to DIN on the next, and so on) and set up the LEDs in Betaflight Configurator. Can you confirm if you've done all (or any) of that?

No. I wired them just breaking the motor wires as shown on the Mamba F722 diagram. Do I need to run wire to the LED pads on the FC and solder to the small "in side" round pads on the FlashBang?

Deal

(30-Sep-2019, 12:18 AM)Deal-E-O Wrote: No.  I wired them just breaking the motor wires as shown on the Mamba F722 diagram.  Do I need to run wire to the LED pads on the FC and solder to the small "in side" round pads on the FlashBang?

Yes, you need to connect up those small inner round pads. I didn't realise the Mamba F722 board had dedicated LED Strip pads on each corner of the board per motor which is a nice touch. So no chaining required which can start to get messy.

Once you've wired up those pads, you can configure them in Betaflight Configurator. See Oscar's blog post HERE for how to do that.

I think you still have to daisy chain the LED DIN and DOUT if you want each arm to do some different. I am not sure, but the dedicated LED pad is likely all the same.

(30-Sep-2019, 12:29 AM)voodoo614 Wrote: I think you still have to daisy chain the LED DIN and DOUT if you want each arm to do some different. I am not sure, but the dedicated LED pad is likely all the same.

I think you're most likely correct. Each LED strip is probably just wired in parallel so when Deal sets it up in BFC he will probably just need to assign and configure 4 LEDs, and those configurations will then just replicate across all 4 strips.

Thanks guys. I'll try it tomorrow after work and report back.

I did see the LED tab in Betaflight while setting everything up.

Deal

Sorry for the delay, but we've been super busy at work and I've had little free time. I did get them wired up. Simple, although very small and tight soldering is required. Three wires from FC to each LED board. Colors and flash patterns and such done with presses on the FC's LED button. The LED tab on Betaflight is a bit daunting. I'll deal with it at some point in the future. I might not even keep them.

Deal

(06-Oct-2019, 06:44 PM)Deal-E-O Wrote: Sorry for the delay, but we've been super busy at work and I've had little free time. I did get them wired up. Simple, although very small and tight soldering is required. Three wires from FC to each LED board. Colors and flash patterns and such done with presses on the FC's LED button. The LED tab on Betaflight is a bit daunting. I'll deal with it at some point in the future. I might not even keep them.

Deal

The LED should be very easy for you. Since all your LED are wired in parallel, you will only need to address 4 LEDS. All you LED strips will flash the same pattern. If you want them to do different patterns, you will need to wire them in series.

(06-Oct-2019, 06:44 PM)Deal-E-O Wrote: Sorry for the delay, but we've been super busy at work and I've had little free time.  I did get them wired up.  Simple, although very small and tight soldering is required.  Three wires from FC to each LED board.  Colors and flash patterns and such done with presses on the FC's LED button.  The LED tab on Betaflight is a bit daunting.  I'll deal with it at some point in the future.  I might not even keep them.

From what you're saying it sounds like the Mamba F722 has it's own onboard dedicated LED controller that is operated with a button on the FC, which is a nice feature. This is the same as the Matek WS2812B Tail Light & Buzzer board I have on mine. You can either just control the LEDs using the controller built into the LED board which has some preset patterns / colours that you cycle through using the button, or you can switch that off and make use of the fully programmable Betaflight LED control functionality.