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Unread 04-09-2013, 00:21
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Re: Driver station power

Thank you for the feedback. I think I may have forgotten to put on my site that the current draw will be monitored. If the current draw ever goes too high in some part, an automatic shutdown of that part will happen. Also, the battery cart, as my team is saying, if typically going to be plugged in. About the display, the Propeller chip, what I am currently wanting to work with should be very easy to interface. I want the battery cart to think for itself...Monitoring battery charge levels, and selecting the perfect battery for the next match. (our team likes to switch out batteries almost every match). Also, we are using the laptop internal battery. However, incidents where it doesn't charge are often so this is to limit that. The small battery will be just to power the control panel. Also, I did chose LiFePO4 because we do not have very high space constraints currently. They are also a lot safer than LiPolys, especially because I probably will 3D print a perfectly fitting mount for the battery. Because of the want for simplicity, I would like everything to dock together, and the magnets won't be way too strong to hurt someone. We probably have more dangers around the power tools than we would have with these magnets. Just to make it clear to me, the team and anyone else wondering, The magnets will conduct, not induct. If that won't work, I will put metal sheets and brushes for the contacts.