[TriEmbed] Voltage regulation for battery driven mobile robots

[Scott Hall]

P.S.  If you want to find a source of regulators, a previous-coworker of mine
has had good luck with these:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Super-Mini-DC-DC-Converter-Step-Down-Module-Adjustable-3V-5V-16V-for-RC-Plane-/131035992771?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1e825a92c3

On 01/20/2014 11:47 AM, Scott Hall wrote:
> This is where we could benefit from the experience of the robotics club guys
> (TAR - Triangle Area Robotics).
>
> You will want to power the teensy on its own, not through the power pins on a
> R-Pi.
>
> Circuit Cellar Magazine last August & September published a Raspberry-Pi I/O
> board that is far superior to the Gert Board and its like, but its shares one
> basic element:
>
> They have their own power connector, and regulate that with a switching 5V
> regulator and a separate 3.3V regulator.  That latter they connect to pin-1 of
> the GPIO connector to power the R-Pi - the USB power is never involved.
>
> If you are not using the 5V supply for anything beyond the motors, consider
> this 6V regulator instead
> (https://www.commonsenserc.com/product_info.php?products_id=51)  -- that'll
> get you more torque out of your motors, and constant voltage regardless of the
> battery level.
>

-- 
Scott G. Hall
Raleigh, NC, USA
ScottGHall1 at GMail.Com

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