Thread: Where to Purchase Current Sensor KIT??
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Re: Where to Purchase Current Sensor KIT??
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Originally Posted by CNCBoy461
One of my advisors e-mailed the company that made the PCB and they replied with a $12.50 price tag not including shipping just for the PCB and the minimum to buy is 2. as stated before, the Hall Effect sensors are on the net along with the Tantalum 6.3vdc capacitors. So, in all, the price on 2 will be about $50-$60. Not cool! So if FIRST has any ties or strings they can pull, that would be great.
There are some white papers on how to build current sensors using OP Amps and either a length of wire, or there is another on just the voltage drop across the fuses, that have to be on the robot anyway. Look in the papers listing above.