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Originally Posted by asteb27
The way I read the rules, each component has to be under $400, which means you can buy a processor, hard drive, motherboard, RAM, PSU, etc individually, and then assemble them. Each component will be under $400, but the computer as a whole could cost more
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Thats what we did, we used a zotac computer last year. I think we even used a usb thumb drive for the hard drive. The the entire thing weighed like a 1/2 pound. I think the other mentor for 3309, David, can explain more
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Originally Posted by tickspe15
Yes but the computer would not be as compact which is usualy seen as a large drawback to onboard processors
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Yeah there are other computers panda board, raspberryPi and a few zotac that are really compact. We are shopping right now for a computer about the same footprint as the Dlink.
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Originally Posted by ekapalka
That was exactly what I was wondering about  The power supply unit. How could you make it legal, though? I thought any additional stored energy was illegal... |
No, you are allowed to to put a DC-DC converter on your bot to get your computer power. It would not store any extra energy. It still gets power from your battery, it would be illegal if you managed to take energy from another source and not have it dissipate away before a match.