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Re: Powering Arduino

There are actually 3 places you can get a stable 5V supply off the robot. You can grab it off the PD, off the Sidecar, and off the Analog Breakout. I don't have the schematics in front of me right now, but I believe the Analog Breakout can source about 1A, which is defiantly enough to power an Arduino. Because most analog circuits won't source much, you should have alot of that power free.
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