Pixhawk cube not recognised or responding when usb is plugged

Hardware
1

Hello,

I’ve recently purchased a pixhawk cube and when I connected it into every PC I had with every usb cable I had and nothing is recognised in the PC What is wrong with it?

Thanks.

2

It needs to be in a carrier or it will not work. If you just have the cube sitting alone outside a carrier, it will not even power up.

3

then how can you power it up externally?

I have this expansion board that exposes the pins to a breadboard:
https://readyedi.co.il/flight-controllers/pixhawk-cube-expansion-board/?

What could be a work around?

4

The carrier does not need to be independently powered. The USB connection will power the cube, as long as it is in the carrier.

5

Yeah but what the carrier does to allow to power it?

6

I don’t know. But your expansion brd is not going to do it.

7

Hmm… Where could I find some info about it of how to enable it?

8

The schematics are on github.
http://www.pixhawk.org/modules/pixhawk2

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9

Been looking for those for a long time as well thanks! all I could find before was the schematics for the carrier board.

10

You must rout the 5v from the USB to the 5v in if you want to use your breakout…

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11

Thanks that’s what I was looking for!