[TriEmbed] Voltage regulation for battery driven mobile robots

[Charles West]

Thanks for all the help with this.  You guys answered the question pretty
thoroughly.

Thanks again,
Charlie West


On Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 12:39 PM, Scott Hall <scottghall1 at gmail.com> wrote:

>  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, USAScottGHall1 at GMail.Com
>
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