Spartan Governor sensor voltage

[jimbob]

Hi all,

I just bought a spartan gov. sensor to use on the 600n I'm building.
Its a 2S setup, so 7.4v to everything at the moment.

The sensor will be sending to a KBar FBL controller.

So the question: Can I run the +ve of the sensor from 7.4v?
I've tried calling/emailing Spartan with no response, which is a shame.

Cheers all,
Jim

[myxiplx]

The sensor feed on the Vortex is on a separate regulator and runs on 3.3V I believe. I'm not sure what voltage the spartan sensor is rated for.

[myxiplx]

I don't know what voltage the kBar outputs on the standard RPM signal port, but I believe most governor sensors run on around 3V. The Spirit for example doesn't have a dedicated RPM port, and recommends using the satellite port which is set to 3.3V.

[Angelos]

The Vortex supplies 3.6V regulated to the RPM port. Being regulated means that it doesn't have servo noise and voltage dips typically seen on the servo bus.

The sensor however can work with a much wider voltage range up to 16V.

BTW, I can find no recent electronic correspondence asking for the RPM sensor.

[Mikej]

Fr the V-bar / K-bar the maximum input that you can have on the sensor port is 5v - it is a "system" port rather than a servo-type port and putting more than 5v into it will damage the board

[jimbob]

Thanks for all the responses. I will stick a 5v regulated supply on the sensor. Probably safest.
Cheers all.