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Tuesday, June 10, 2008

[oopic] Re: ooPIC-R Optional Voltage Regulator

--- In oopic@yahoogroups.com, "dan michaels" <oric_dan@...> wrote:
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> --- In oopic@yahoogroups.com, "rtstofer" <rstofer@> wrote:
> >
>
> >
> > I knew that second regulator was hefty but I had never bothered to
> > read that it was 5A. I don't have the R board and the S board has a
> > tiny regulator totally unsuited to driving peripherals.
> >
>
>
> If I were using the oopic-r board, I would run "everything" added on
> like sensors, etc, off the auxiliary 5A v.reg, and add no additional
> loads whatsoever to the little smt v.reg that runs the cpu. I would
> use a separate supply/battery for powering r/c servos [as opposed to
> running them off the 5A v.reg].
>


OK, how does this sound:

I run all of my sensors off of the aux 5A v.reg and attach a small
heatsink (radioshack part # 276-1368) with thermal epoxy for good
measure. The main power is a a 9V 1A connected to the primary power
connector with a second 9V 1A source connected to one of the optional
power pins (7 or 8). This seems like a reasonable approach. I ran
three of the large sensors on the board with just a single 9V 1A
source with no apparent heat or performance problems. I have removed
the LEDs and switches on lines 5 and 6 and replaced them with header
pins to allow for 6 A2D lines. There are actually no servos involved
in this project. I am using the sensors and ooPIC-R for data acquisition.


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