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Re: Using Vex Brain as FRC Coprocessor
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Originally Posted by UlTiMaTeP
You need to build a 12v to 7.2 psu's which is fairly easy, the instructions are on IFI's white papers. Also nothing stops you from pulling a tap off of the backup battery supply.
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Thanks for referencing the IFI white paper on powering the controller. [I think you mean this circuit which uses an LM317T regulator?]
Actually, as written for 2006, <R51> would stop you from pulling a tap off of the backup battery supply.
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Last edited by Richard Wallace : 17-04-2006 at 16:07.
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