Thread: Backup Battery...Yay or Neh?
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Re: Backup Battery...Yay or Neh?
The battery adds to the complexity of the system. Currently, you must hit a reset button to turn the robot controller off. If there was some smarter software on the robot controller controling power management some of the complexity would be removed. For instance, if the RC doesn't receieve power from it's 12V supply for more than 10 seconds I think it's safe to say the RC no longer needs to continue running and should automaticly shut itself off.
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