ACT DPS SPLITTER 10 S.BUS HIGH POWER SUPPLY

Product number: 9776626
Manufacturer number: 01008007
GTIN/EAN: 805627060280

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Description "ACT DPS SPLITTER 10 S.BUS HIGH POWER SUPPLY"
FEATURES
- DPS splitter for high current supply of receiver and servos
- 10 servo outputs
- 2 S.BUS outputs/inputs
- 2x battery connector XT60

DESCRIPTION
The DPS Splitter 10 S.BUS is designed for the high current supply of Futaba S.Bus receivers and S.Bus servos. The servos are usually connected to the appropriate sockets (contact is pin) in the receiver. These supply the servos with power and with the position and control signal. A single plug input on the receiver is then responsible for connecting the battery or switch cable. If several servos are required to operate simultaneously at high power and/or high speed, this is always a problem for the power supply to the servos, because power and speed always go hand in hand with high current consumption.

This power requirement cannot be made available in sufficient quantity to the battery via the individual plug connection on the receiver, and this creates a "bottleneck" for the necessary servo current. If necessary the voltage drops, the servos become less powerful or slower, or both. In the worst case these even stop and the receiver fails. Depending on the current requirement.


Principle battery backer

Battery backers are used to redundantly secure the power supply of a system by using a second battery. This results in "battery redundancy". Two batteries are used so that in case of failure of one battery, the other battery maintains the power supply of a system. In principle, this would be easy to solve by simply connecting a second battery in parallel to the system. Unfortunately, the "Ohm's law" gets in the way: Current always flows from a higher voltage to a lower voltage... So from the battery with the higher voltage to the one with the lower voltage - always. Never will two batteries have the same voltage or load capacity. So the current of the better battery does not flow to the system, but to the "worse or empty battery". This usually leads to the complete destruction of both batteries and to a crash from the model.

The ACT high current battery splitter system therefore solves the following problems:

- Servos with high current requirements are connected to the battery splitter, not to the receiver.

- A splitter has two high-current connections for two receiver batteries via the integral battery backer, and the voltage from these is then fed (via the integral battery backer) directly and without loss to the servo sockets on the splitter.

- The position and control signal for the servos is fed to the individual sockets separately from the receiver. To enable the receiver to operate, it receives its voltage from the splitter via a single patch lead. ( S.BUS signal, all parallel )

- The control and position signal is separately routed to the plug connections of the splitter. Either via the S.BUS on Futaba receivers, or via patch signal cables when using other than Futaba receivers.

- The operating current for servos and receiver is therefore "split".

Why high current for servos, what happens if there is a shortage?

- The large, dynamic, very short fluctuations in the current demand (current peaks) of today's servos require an unimpeded supply of current to the servos, so not only must high-current batteries be used, but also connectors and cables must be able to deliver the high current to the servo sockets.

- This is one reason why any voltage control system tends to work unsatisfactorily; it is always "slower" than the fast (dynamically) fluctuating current demand of the servos, and slower than a high-current battery, which can certainly supply these current peaks.

- However, modern servos need precisely these current peaks in order to be able to deliver their actual performance. So there is nothing better for supplying power to such servos than to lead the battery voltage to the servos in the most direct way possible, without any voltage regulation or other resistors such as unsuitable plugs or long or thin cables.

- The best way to adapt to different servo voltages is to use appropriate battery types. LiFe batteries for all servos, or LiPo batteries for LiPo(HV) servos. Voltage regulation is therefore not necessary.

TECHNICAL DATA
- Splitter: 10 S.BUS
- Servo outputs: 10
- S.BUS outputs/inputs: 2
- Battery connection: 2x XT60
- Continuous current max: 60A
- voltage range: 5-8,4V
- Input voltage = output voltage
- Dimensions: 68x47x17mm
- Weight: 59g