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Re: How to power Mini-PC on robot?

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Originally Posted by Kevin Sevcik View Post
The rules that would apply to you are R49, customs circuit may not produce more than 24V, and R10, no individual item may exceed $400 in cost.

I'm told R49 is now in place because someone had a 12V to 120VAC inverter on their robot as their solution to a problem like yours. Kudos to you for not trying to electrocute your inspector!

What brand and model of mini PC are we talking about here? I just googled 19.5V car charger and came up with come likely candidates. I know for a fact that many laptops have an extra pin that transmits data about the charger so the laptop can be certain the charger is "safe"*. This may be a similar issue.

On this I'd be concerned about is how your mini PC is going to deal with riding on a robot. The advantage of raspberry pis, kangaroo pcs, etc. is that they're solid state and generally very compact. There's not much inside to get jarred loose and bounce around. Are you sure your miniPC is going to put up with a headon collision with a defender?
Our HP EliteDesk Mini 705 G1 (The first computer on the page) ran 250 dollars. So I would have to find a charger that transmit a signal saying that our charger is safe?

We are really conveniently in the durability of our mini-PC. It will be mounted using the VESA mount on the back and maybe a couple of zip-ties just to be sure. It has an SSD so there are no moving parts inside the computer.
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