How would you power the operator interface

[Mikhail_Pham]

Without using an AC adaptor or any tethering?

Thank you in advance.

[jgannon]

At competition, the OI is powered through the Competition Port. However, plugging random things into this port is not recommended.

[DonRotolo]

To answer your question directly, you must supply power in some way. You can use a battery of the proper voltage, an AC adaptor, or tether it to a robot controller. That's about it for choices.

Don

[AdmiralAllen]

we actually wire a 9 volt battery to a dc plug like the one on the power pack.....(you can get em at radio shack or a hooby shop)

and just plug it in......works great!

[Alan Anderson]

Anything from 9-12 volts DC will work. Last year, I removed an appropriate connector from an old, dead AC adapter and wired it up to an old, not-quite-dead-yet 12 volt drill battery. It successfully powered an OI for many minutes at a time.

[MrForbes]

Would it be ok to put a fuse and adapter plug on an Anderson connector and plug it into a spare big gray robot battery?

[AdmiralAllen]

that'd prolly do it too

[popo308]

We just power it trough our competition controller...
(it dos void the warranty so make sure you know what your doing!)

[Binome]

What i'd like to develop would be a DC-DC converter to drive the OI with a good 3.7v li-ion cell. Keeps things light, small, and compact, and delivers one heck of a kick. Too bad I can't replace that heavy backup battery with a smaller cell for the chicklet and robot controller in competition:(

[Alan Anderson]

Would it be ok to put a fuse and adapter plug on an Anderson connector and plug it into a spare big gray robot battery?
That should work fine. For sizing the fuse, keep in mind that the OI wants about 1.5 amps of current.

[Colin]

Here is a white paper you might find useful, worked for us:

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/papers/1559

[Phyrxes]

Here is a white paper you might find useful, worked for us:

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/papers/1559

Nice, I would have never thought to look for that and it will make testing outside much easier.