Power cunsumption

[thedog1]

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All right. Does anyone have a gragh or something that contains all of the stats for the components, such as the voltage, current, and wattage. Thanks:)

[Stephen Kowski]

which components are you specifically interested in?

[thedog1]

We need the CRIO and the digital side car.

[EricVanWyk]

The cRIO is capable of drawing 20W, but usually draws about 10W.

The DSC is capable of drawing 45W, but usually draws less than a tenth of that. The unloaded use is close to zilch, as it is just a few LEDs and some simple logic. The real load is what you attach to it - Servos, mostly. To eyeball it, total up your outputs and assume 90% efficiency in the switchers. Then add a little margin on that for the LEDs.

Both of these use switching supplies, so Watts is the correct unit to work in.

If you are interested, the datasheet (http://www.usfirst.org/uploadedFiles/3-FRC%20Control%20System-Component-Datasheets-Rev-0-5a.pdf)and schematic (http://www.usfirst.org/community/frc/content.aspx?id=11838)for the digital sidecar are posted. It will be probably be easier to just measure the draw.

[thedog1]

Thanks so much for all of that. :D