Warning! Before you attempt to install this booster kit, make sure you know what you are doing and are properly prepared. NEVER power on the devices without proper cooling or the antennae all being properly connected! Failing to connect all antennae to the booster boards or providing them with at least some passive cooling may severely damage the chips on the booster boards.
NLD Booster kit installation for RC-N1 & RC-N2
Tools needed:
- Soldering iron with a fine tip
- Solder with a low melting point
- Flux
- Torx and Philips screwdrivers
- Hot glue
- Silicone-based adhesive that conducts heat (double-sided glue strips are also fine)
Step 1: Watch a brief video on how to properly open up the RC-N2 remote.
Step 2: Before you should be an open RC-N2 controller with the top metal plate removed. Solder 3 wires of the exact same color to the exact same points as shown in the photo below. If you want to make sure then turn on the RC and using a multimeter to probe for a 3.3V point, a 3.7V point and a GND point.
Step 3: Connect the 3.7V red wire to the “IN+” pad on the step-up converter board, the black GND wire to the “IN-“ pad and the 3.3V wire to the “EN” pad.
Step 4: disconnect the antenna marked “W” for white from the RC and connect it to the ANT connector on the booster board right next to GND.
Step 5: connect the antenna cable that came with the kit to the other side of the booster board and the other end of the antenna cable to the RC’s connector marked “W” for white.
Step 6: use thermally conductive glue or strips to attach both the booster bord and the step-up converter board to the RC’s metal plate as shown in the photo below.
Step 7: once the boards are properly secure you can proceed to wire a red wire (+) from the step-up board’s “OUT+” pad to the booster board’s “5V” pad and a black wire (-) from the “OUT-“ pad to the “GND” pad.
Step 8: turn on the drone and the RC-N2 to test out if the RC’s booster board is lighting up properly. If so, proceed to assemble the RC-N2 again whilst making sure to watch out for the wires. Also, since the booster board obscures one of the screw holes, which is not a big deal, be careful when screwing in the remaining screws.