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Unread 08-10-2013, 23:43
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SoC Power

On a robot, if you use a separate SoC for processing, like the Raspberry Pi, could you have a small UPS and watchdog, to allow the RPi to automatically SAFELY Shut down? In a typical robot, yo would just press the off button and then, KaBoom! However, manually shutting down is nearly impossible because of the great risk of human error. I am thinking of some high-capacity supercapacitors that hold just enough energy to power the Pi for a minute without the main robot battery active.