Thread: Wiring Ring Light?
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Re: Wiring Ring Light?
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Originally Posted by cgmv123 View Post
There are extractors that will convert to 5v, 12v, and 24v all at once.
It is 48V at the input, where does that come from on a FIRST robot? So now one is taking 12V, bucking it up to 48V then "extracting" it (not a lossless process).

I like Alan's idea, to let +12V ride on unused pairs on a TP cable.
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