<![CDATA[Lipo battery extension board 2]]>Hello

I am trying to use a Lipo battery with the lopy and the expansion board. I have measured the battery and it is about 3,4V. It works when i connect it directly to VIN and GND, but not with the connector on the exp. board.

Is the battery not supposed to work like this? Or is the connector only for charging the battery?

]]>https://forum.pycom.io/topic/940/lipo-battery-extension-board-2RSS for NodeWed, 10 Jun 2026 11:53:08 GMTMon, 27 Mar 2017 14:26:03 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Lipo battery extension board 2 on Mon, 27 Mar 2017 14:26:03 GMT]]>Hello

I am trying to use a Lipo battery with the lopy and the expansion board. I have measured the battery and it is about 3,4V. It works when i connect it directly to VIN and GND, but not with the connector on the exp. board.

Is the battery not supposed to work like this? Or is the connector only for charging the battery?

]]>https://forum.pycom.io/post/5693https://forum.pycom.io/post/5693Mon, 27 Mar 2017 14:26:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Lipo battery extension board 2 on Mon, 27 Mar 2017 14:28:08 GMT]]>Hi @tholden,

Could you post a picture of how you have connected the battery via the connector?

It might be that the wiring is backwards!

Thanks!

]]>https://forum.pycom.io/post/5694https://forum.pycom.io/post/5694Mon, 27 Mar 2017 14:28:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Lipo battery extension board 2 on Mon, 27 Mar 2017 14:46:34 GMT]]>Thanks. That was the issue. The chinese battery manufacturer have connected the wires wrong in the connector.

]]>https://forum.pycom.io/post/5695https://forum.pycom.io/post/5695Mon, 27 Mar 2017 14:46:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Lipo battery extension board 2 on Mon, 27 Mar 2017 14:48:42 GMT]]>Hi @tholden, no problem! :)

We had a similar issue when we ordered in a number of JST connectors from ebay as well!

]]>https://forum.pycom.io/post/5696https://forum.pycom.io/post/5696Mon, 27 Mar 2017 14:48:42 GMT