Thread: Powering the cam without a backup battery
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Unread 27-01-2006, 10:00
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Re: Powering the cam without a backup battery
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Originally Posted by Uberbots
We have noticed that the backup battery used to power the CMUcam is not very reliable, and dies out very quickly with our camera.
so we were wondering, is it possible to power the camera off of the Circuit Breaker Panel?
Check out http://www.ifirobotics.com/docs/firs...up-charger.pdf

An online charger/supply circuit for the RC backup battery and hence all servos and the camera!

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