[thepcphysician]

Hello everyone,

Our D-Link AP has an unusual problem. On a fully charged battery, it works fine when the robot is disabled. Once the robot is enabled, it works fine in teleop for a few minutes. Then, the AP resets. Once this occurs, we have to wait for the AP to boot back up before we can connect again. Usually, after the battery has been used for more than 3 minutes or so and the first reset has occurred, the small voltage dip caused as the speed controllers initialize causes the AP to reset, making it pretty much undrivable, even though the battery is fresh off the charger and delivers 12.1+ volts.

We were considering placing a capacitor in line with the router (AP) to compensate for the voltage dip. Is this a good idea? We have 4.7 and 10 microfarad capacitors, but we can get other caps if we need to. I have tried unsuccessfully to boot the AP with a capacitor in line, and I'm worried I'm going to kill it if I keep on experimenting. How should I go about wiring this?

Thanks for your help.