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Re: camera power supply

BE CAREFUL! When we hooked up our camera yesterday, according to the instructions, we got the dreaded "puff of smoke" from the PC board. Any help? How much is a replacement? What did we do wrong?

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Originally Posted by stephenthe1
where does the cmucam get its power from when hooked up to a serial port? I was thinking through the serial cable, but it doesn't show a positive terminal in the diagram on the serial cable. do you know where it gets power from when running the cam from the serial cable with an emulator (to install and test the firmware)? thanks for the help.
-Stephen