It should works if the USB-C of the Power bank with standard USB PD protocol.
And 5V 2A might be tight for some applications with large power draw.
Have fun!
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Type C port work with PD
USB C 5V3A 9V3A 12V3A 15V3A 20V2A
Khadas Adaptor
USB PD Output: 5V at 3A, 9V at 2.67A, or 12V at 2A
Thanks
Hi @Electr1, sorry for the late reply as I was on the other project. I tried using it without the case and make sure it didnāt touch anything conduction surface. It is still rebooting.
After all these testing, I am pretty sure the issue should be: when I use the USB type C port for a device while powering the board with the external power.
Is there any other way to power the board? I need to use the type C OTG port for my other device.
Ken
the only other power input method is the VIN portā¦
unfortunately we canāt use the regular GPIO for powering as it runs downstream from the power treeā¦
@Electr1 It looks like there is no way to use VIN and the type C port at the same time. In this case, is there any way I can change one of the type A port to OTG so that i can use the type C port to power the board and use the type A port for OTG?
are supplying over 5v on the VIN port ?
If not, there is no problem in using it simultaneously, just apply a slightly extra voltage (0.1v - 0.2v) to compensate for any voltage drop from extra load by due to accessoriesā¦
that is not possible, what about a cable that splits the OTG to power and data ?
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I purchased the VIN to VIN Cable SKU: K-VIN-001 Cut it in half and soldered it to a Buck/Boost convertor that I set to 5.25v
This works great for me, very reliable boot and the USB-C is left open.
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@Electr1 and @JustSumDad , thanks, I finally get it working: to supply 5.25 V via VIN and use the type c port for my USB devices. Thanks for the suggestions.
Does anyone know what is the VIN connector called? I canāt find the connector anywhere else except the āVIN to VIN Cable SKU: K-VIN-001ā. Currently, I can only buy the K-VIN-001 cable and solder it to a 5.25 V adapter myself, but I want to find a standard adapter for this VIN connector
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I ordered the VIN cable when I ordered my VIM3 as I expected it would be a weird connector.
I wish I had realized the same issue would exist on the RTC battery connector thoā¦ been waiting months to solve that problemā¦
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Itās 78171-0004 according to sheet 6 on the schematic here https://dl.khadas.com/Hardware/VIM3/Schematic/VIM3_V12_Sch.pdf
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If you are in the US or several other countries, Khadas offers free shipping. I ordered my RTC battery from them recently. Arrived pretty quick.
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To Canada they want $20 USD for shipping that 2$ batteryā¦ $22 USDā¦ NOPE!
I got them to do a substitute by ordering a heat pad and requesting a flip to the RTC battery on aliexpress.
This way I ordered two RTC batteries and my total was $5.39 CAD
Ordered this two weeks back and now its supposedly waiting on clearing customs here in Canada. So anywhere between 2 days and 2 weeks more 
Hi @kin_0201, I was wondering if VIM3 can recognize the drone controller. I use linux-adk for testing and it seems that VIM3 does not support AOA(Android Open Accessory) protocol. Thanks!
Hi @CLwhite, VIM3 can recognize the drone controller when I use the Android OS. I donāt know what linux-adk is, is it some sort of Linux distro that can run android app? The DJI SDK wont run on Linux as far as I know.
The linux adk is a software aims to turn GNU/Linux machine into an Android Accessory. In my last test, I found vim3 canāt switch to Accessory Mode,so i thought vim3 cannot communicate with drone controller normally. I will give it another try. Thanks.
Hi @kin_0201
Can you advice me how connect VIM3 with drone controller?
I have de same issue, I try with 5.20 an 5.30 v with no successful 
I connect data (USB A) Drone to USB C (Khadas)
Power Khadas VIN
Power Controller drone (lateral conector)
Best
gabo
Hi @gabo1
I managed to power the VIM 3 with 5,25V and connecting the devices as you described. However, it does reboot sometimes when switching on the controller. When it is not rebooting, I do manage to get the video stream for my Mavic 2 from VIM3. Not sure if the new Vim3 works better.
What happens when you try to switch on the controller? Is it rebooting? Maybe you can try increase the voltage a little bit.
Ken
No difference between V12 and V13 on this.
For rebooting, you might need to check the power source and a good quanlity cable for less voltage drop in the case of high current. We will suggest 12V input in your case.
We used 12V before but it burnt our drone controller, so the voltage canāt be too high, at least in the V12 version.
Now, V13 separates the VIN and USB type-C, it should be safe to use a 12V power source via VIN, then connect the drone controller via USB type-C.
It should work with 12V on V13, but I havenāt got theV13 board yet, so didnāt have a chance to try it out.
Hope this helps.
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