I am hoping to work on a project over the summer and it requires a decent bit of current. I ended up going with two 7.4 V, 5400 mAh batteries and I was planning on running them in parallel.
With this I want to power a Raspberry Pi and a servo driver, but before powering their respective devices I was going to put in a buck step-down converter in order to meet the powering requirements for both devices.
As the wiring from the batteries would cause a lot of clutter I decided that a PCB might be a good idea. However, I am little confused, as there is no T Deans connector to go on the PCB.
Is it a good idea to just cut the wire before the T Deans connector and solder the connections together before going into PCB (plug into a suitable female connector) where I can draw traces to their respective step down regulator? Are there things I should take into consideration as in gauge of the wire, and is it worth the hassle? Or should I just deal with the clutter?
I would have provided a schematic, but my main concern is how to connect the Li-po battery to the PCB, and if it good idea to do that with this type of battery.
