HobbyKing Matek PDB-XT60 w/BEC (5V and 12V)

Bought two of these and have had no problems with either of them. It has a 5V and 12V solder pads for VTX. Also, has a VCC (battery Voltage) to power up flight controller. Very simplistic PDB and is well made

Good PDB, but the 5v BEC blew out on bench-test. Bypassed it since i already soldered it in, but be carefull i pulling more than 2amps from that BEC and if your motors/esc's have active breaking, the reverse current might have blown it as well. (using Littlebee30amp, SPracingF3 w/ OSD)

This board and the Matek FCHUB-6S look similar, but the Matek FCHUB-6S has a ribbon connector so you do not have to solder signal wires directly to the board. The FCHUB-6S also has a current sensor. If you are buying a Matek FC, consider getting the FCHUB -- as of the time of this review, it costs about $5 more but it makes things look cleaner.

Does just what it says and for a fair price. Some details that I like..1) The solder pads around the edges have gold prated perforations. This REALY helps the solder to sick and bit come loose. When you solder, make sure to heat the pad well enough that the solder flows down these holes2) The MX60 plug as a special kind with VERY short and closed pins. IT work very well if you choose to solder the plug directly to the PCB, but the plug is useless if you want to use a short wire pigtail. Buy another plug if you want a flexible connection. Like the direct connection so this was perfect for my3) the bottom of the PCB os flat enough to screw down to a flat surface with no standoff spacers. But do NOT do this on a carbon frame4) the 5V, 12v and battery voltage sense pads are large enough that they are easy enough to solder but cold be very much improved of there was a plated though hole for the wire. If the hole were present it would be easy for a beginner to solder and stronger in use in case of crashes or rough handling.Bottom line -- five stars.

No surprises, this is the second one of these I purchased.The design idea is great but HobbyKing should provide feedback to Matek to press them to redesign this board to use a side mounted XT60 instead of straight up. The connector and wires going down into it, interfere with flight controller cables, making it difficult to connect everything properly.

Bought two and one was shorted to ground. Blew a battery pack. I should have checked before installing them. Seems they are viaed to the bottom plate.edit: seems one of the two are fine. On the one that was shorted I can't see where the bridge is. Oh well.....this happens in the hobby.

not a big fan of the xt-60 connector

A good PDB be sure to use a hot sodering gun when mounting the battery plug in, a good connection will make all the differance. I like having a direct battery hook up keeps the little 180 racer I built looking clean. Has all the other standard features you could need for a simple FPV racer.