16-01-2015, 00:36
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Disassembling my prior presumptions
 FRC #0766 (M-A Bears) Team Role: Engineer
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Join Date: Dec 2007
Rookie Year: 2007
Location: Mountain View
Posts: 689
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Re: Camera Problems
While I agree with the previous posters that I doubt the camera's current draw is the issue, I would like to clarify:
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Originally Posted by nighterfighter
As to answer one of your questions: "Maybe like having the camera take power from a different power supply"
The answer to that is no. The only legal source of power on a FRC robot is the one 12V battery. From that battery, all the electronics must be powered.
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Originally Posted by R20
Additionally, batteries integral to and part of a COTS computing device or self-contained camera are also permitted (e.g. laptop
batteries, GoPro style camera, etc.), provided they're only used to power the COTS computing device and any peripheral COTS
USB input devices connected to the COTS computing device and they are securely fastened to the ROBOT.
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