Cables

ModalAI has various cables used by its systems. Below captures the cables by part number and provides pinouts and other information.

Note when voltages are listed as “Source” that side is an Output voltage for use by a “Load” or device on the other side. Be sure to check that two sources are not shorted together without first verifying from ModalAI if they are from the same prime source.

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Cable Catalog

Related Accessories

MDK-M0018-1

Description:

• Flight Core Cable Kit

Contains:

• PWM Break Out Board (MCCA-M0022)
• MCBL-00004 - PWM breakout cable
• MCBL-00005 - RC Input Cable
• MCBL-00010 - JST to microUSB female (MCBL-00006, not provided, shown in image)
• MCBL-00007 - VOXL to Flight Core Serial Cable (provides MAVLink connection over UART between VOXL and Flight Core)

Buy:

• Available on the ModalAI shop

MCBL-00001

Description:

• VOXL Flight and VOXL to Power Module Cable

Where used:

• VOXL Flight J1013 to VOXL PM v2 or VOXL PM v3
• VOXL J10 to VOXL PM v2 or VOXL PM v3

Also available here here

Details:

Pinout: Note this cable is symetric and can be used in either direction where the power module is the voltage source and the Voxl/VoxlFlight/Voxl2 are the loads for pin 1.

MCBL-00003

Description:

• Flight Core to Power Module Cable

Where Used:

• Flight Core J6

Details:

Pinout:

MCBL-00004

Description:

• PWM Output Cable

Where Used:

• VOXL Flight J1007 or Flight Core J7 to PWM Break Out Board (MCCA-M0022)

Details:

Pinout: Note this cable is symetric and can be used in either direction with the FlightCore side providing 5VDC voltage as the Source for reference/monitor circuits only (cannot power a servo/BLDC).

MCBL-00005

Description:

• RC Input Cable (Spektrum)

Where Used:

• VOXL Flight J1004 or Flight Core J12 to RC Receiver (e.g. Spektrum)

Details:

Pinout:

MCBL-00006 - END OF LIFE

Description:

• 4-pin JST to USBA Male/Plug Cable
  • Used for connecting USB Hosts such as a PC (Type-A connector side) to USB Peripherals (JST side)
  • Flight Core (PX4) to QGroundControl (MAVLink)
  • Microhard Standalone Modem to host computer

Where Used:

• VOXL Flight J1006 or Flight Core J3 to Host Computer with QGroundControl
• Microhard USB Carrier Board USB2 Host port to Host Computer

Details:

Pinout:

MCBL-00007

Description:

• VOXL to Flight Core Serial Cable (provides MAVLink connection over UART between VOXL and Flight Core)
• VOXL to VOXL ESC Cable (straight through)

Where Used:

• Flight Core J1 to VOXL J12
• VOXL J12 to VOXL ESC (J2 on VOXL ESC V2/V3, M0027/M0049/M0117/M0134)

Details:

Pinout:

MCBL-00008

Description:

• VOXL to Flight Controller TELEM port (Dronecode Compliant)

Where Used:

• VOXL J12 to Flight Controller TELEM, such as Flight Core J5 or other Dronecode Compliant TELEM ports

Details:

Pinout:

Buy:

• Available on the ModalAI shop

MCBL-00009

Description:

• 4-pin JST to USBA Female/Receptacle Cable

Where Used:

• Used for connecting ModalAI USB Hosts (JST side, examples below) to USB Peripherals (Type A side)
• LTE Modem and USB Hub Addon J16 and J17 to USB peripheral device
• USB Expander and Debug Board to USB peripheral device
• Microhard and USB Hub Add-on USB J16 and J17 to USB peripheral device

Details:

Pinout:

Buy:

• Available on the ModalAI shop

MCBL-00010

Description:

• 4-pin JST to micro USB Female/Receptacle Cable
  • Used for connecting USB Hosts such as a PC (Micro USB connector side) to ModalAI USB Peripherals (JST side).
    • Note: Micro USB side requires a standard Type-A to MicroUSB cable/adapter depending on your system setups
  • Flight Core (PX4) to micro USB cable to QGroundControl (MAVLink)
  • Microhard Standalone Modem to micro USB cable to host computer

Where Used:

• VOXL Flight J1006 or Flight Core J3 to micro USB cable to Host Computer with QGroundControl
• Microhard USB Carrier Board USB2 Host port to micro USB cable to Host Computer

Details:

Pinout:

Buy:

• Available on the ModalAI shop

MCBL-00011-1

Description:

• VOXL-PM-Y for Flight Deck R0/R1 Cable
• Powers both Voxl and FlightCore from one Power Module, with the I2C bus for power monitoring going to FlightCore

Where Used:

• VOXL-m500-R1
• VOXL J1 + Flight Core J6to VOXL PM v2 or VOXL PM v3

Details:

Pinout:

MCBL-00013

Description:

• VOXL Flight to VOXL ESC V2/V3 Cable (cross over)
• This is a UART RX/TX cross-over version of MCBL-00007 for Hirose DF13-6P

Where Used:

• VOXL Flight J1002 to VOXL ESC (J2 on VOXL ESC V2/V3, M0027/M0049/M0117/M0134)

Details:

Pinout:

MCBL-00014

Description:

• Flight Core to VOXL ESC Cable (cross over)
• This is just like MCBL-00013 but one of the 6-pin DF13’s is replaced by an 8-pin for FlightCore J4

Where Used:

• Flight Core J4 to VOXL ESC (J2 on VOXL ESC V2/V3, M0027/M0049/M0117/M0134)
• Connecting ESC’s’ to VOXL CAM Flight Core (on Seeker Drone, for example)

Details:

Pinout:

MCBL-00015

Description:

• 4pin-JST-to-4pin-JST cable (straight through 1:1)

Where Used:

• VOXL USB Add-On boards to Stand Alone Modem Boards
• Conforms to all ModalAI 4-pin JST USB2.0 formats, either Host (VBUS is a source) or Peripheral (VBUS is a load)

Details:

Pinout:

MCBL-00016

Description:

• 6pin-JST-to-pigtail break out cable

Where Used:

• M0048 ICM42688 IMU Breakout Board
• Any ModalAI 6-pin JST where soldering or custom harnesses are needed
• Note: pigtail side is tinned for ~10mm making it easy to install JST SSHL-002T-P0.2 pins if needed

Details:

Pinout:

MCBL-00017

Description:

• Power Supply (not supplied) to Stand Alone Modem Dongle
• Connector mates to the Red JST J8 on Microhard boards, or J3 on Sierra LTE V2 modem boards
• Tinned leads on the other side allow soldering or converting to pins as needed by the customer.
• NOTE: Cut the wire length to 150mm or less if anticipating needing the full 4A capable of these designs (high power radio modes + all USB connectors used). Refer to the Where Used links below for power consumption estimates.

Where Used:

• MDK-M0030-1-02 J3
• MDK-M0030-1-01 J3
• MA-SA-2 J3

Details:

Pinout:

MCBL-00018

Description:

• RC Input (S.Bus, FrSky)
• Picks up Power on Red+Black, and Receive Signal on Orange from FlightCore or VoxlFlight to a R/C receiver 3-pin 0.1” hobby format
• Note: This is only intended for remote receivers and cannot power high current servos or BLDCs

Where Used:

• 4-pin JST (connector B): VOXL Flight J1004 or Flight Core J12 and 3-pin JST (connector A): VOXL Flight J1003 or Flight Core J9 to 3-pin Harwin M20 Receptacle (connector C) to RC Receiver (e.g. Spektrum/FrSky)

Pinout:

MCBL-00020

Description:

• USB Cable, Arducam-4 pin Molex Picoblade to 4 -pin JST-GH

Where Used:

• VOXL Add-ons with USB hub to ArduCam USB Camera

Details:

Pinout:

See Schematic Here

MCBL-00021

Description:

• RC Input (FrSky R-XSR)
• Picks up Power on Red+Black, and Receive Signal on Yellow from FlightCore or VoxlFlight to FrSky R-XSR format R/C receiver 5-pin Picoblade format
• Note: This is just like MCBL-00018 but instead of the 3-pin hobby format receptacle, it is pinned for the FrSky R-XSR 5-position Picoblade

Where Used:

• 4-pin JST (connector B): VOXL Flight J1004 or Flight Core J12 and 3-pin JST (connector A): VOXL Flight J1003 or Flight Core J9 to 5-pin Molex Picoblade (connector C) to FrSky R-XSR Receiver

Pinout:

MCBL-00022

Description:

• USB3 10-pin JST cable to USB3-Type A Receptacle
• Note: This is not qualified for 10Gbps speeds. This is a proto-type design suitable for most application development. Customers are advised to source their own shielded and speed-qualified cable for high-volume needs.

Where Used:

• Any ModalAI CCA USB downstream port (host only) with the 10-pin JST ModalAI USB3 format (examples are M0062, M0067, M0090, M0104, M0130).

Details:

Pinout:

See Schematic Here

MCBL-00023

Description:

• M0051 Consolidated Pigtail Cable

Where Used:

• Usage details coming soon

Details:

See Schematic Here

MCBL-00024

Description:

• Power Module to Stand Alone Modem Cable

Where Used:

• Usage details coming soon

Details:

Pinout:

See Schematic Here

MCBL-00025

Description:

• LTE v2 to Flight Core Telemetry

Where Used:

• Usage details coming soon

Details:

Pinout:

See Schematic Here

MCBL-00026

Description:

• Microhard v2 to Flight Core Telemetry

Where Used:

• Usage details coming soon

Details:

Pinout:

See Schematic Here

MCBL-00027 v2

Description:

• RB5 Flight UART ESC Cable

Where Used:

• Usage details coming soon

Details:

Pinout:

See Schematic Here

MCBL-00028

Description:

• Seeker GPS Cable

Where Used:

• Connects GPS/Magnetometer to VOXL-CAM on Seeker drone

Details:

Pinout:

See Schematic Here

MCBL-00029

Description:

• RB5 Flight to ESC cable / 200mm VOXL2 to ESC cable

Where Used:

• Connects ESC to Qualcomm Flight RB5 Mainboard

Details:

Pinout:

See Schematic Here

MCBL-00030

Description:

• RB5 Flight ESC to motor cables

Where Used:

• Connects ESC’s to Motors on Qualcomm Flight RB5

Details:

Pinout:

See Schematic Here

MCBL-00031

Description:

• 6 pin-JST-GH-to 6-pin-JST-GH passthrough, Chirp Breakout to Debug or Modem Carrier Board

Where Used:

• Connects Qualcomm Flight RB5 Flight Deck Modem and Chirp Sensors

Details:

Pinout:

See Schematic Here

MCBL-00061

Description:

• Cable providing the primary connection used to connect VOXL2 to VOXL2 IO, which provides power and UART based communications

Where Used:

• Connects VOXL 2 J19 to VOXL 2 I/O J4

Details:

Pinout:

See Schematic Here

Table of contents

• Cable Datasheets- Datasheets for ModalAI's range of cables.
• Cable User Guides- User Guides for ModalAI's range of cables.