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Re: Battery powered raspberry pi

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Originally Posted by wireties View Post
"The only legal source of electrical energy for the ROBOT during the competition, the ROBOT battery, is one of the following 12VDC non-spillable lead acid batteries:"

You missed the point of SWITCHING power sources. I'm not talking about storing energy anywhere illegal during competition. The battery (or whatever power source) used to boot the Pi is not on the robot "during the competition". You remove it after turning on the robot mains. If necessary to comply with the rules a second approved battery can be the source during boot time, similar to how many of us power the driver station or Ethernet switches (for debugging) between matches.
I wonder if that would be considered legal. I can not say I have seen anyone do that on a competition field. Worth asking in the official Q&A though. Does address the boot time issue but not the potential for brown out.

Last edited by techhelpbb : 28-11-2013 at 11:53.