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Originally Posted by phrontist
We have some electronic assemblies that run on 5-volts, and we're trying to figure out the best way to power them while on the robot. Any suggestions? We were going to use a voltage regulating IC connected to the power supply through the breaker board. Is it safe to draw power from the digital outputs? How about 300ma? |
You shouldn't have any problem getting 300mA from the robot controller. If you use the venerable 7805, which is a linear regulator, you'll need to use a heat sink because it'll be dissipating at least 2.1 watts ((12-5)V * 0.3A).
-Kevin