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Re: How to power the Kinect on the robot.

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Originally Posted by David Kaplan View Post
One of our team members thought of using the spike relay as it will take a small fuse, but wouldn't that have to be turned on during initialization... more work for the programmers.
If your programmers are able to successfully use the kinect on the robot, they can turn on a spike in their sleep. On the other hand, if you are worried about turning on a spike, trying to put a kinect on the robot may not be the best idea.