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Re: Powering the IR board
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Originally Posted by Dan G. View Post
For the teams that have been successful in powering their IR boards, what power source did you use (9v battery, 12v battery, etc...) and what do you think is the most efficient power source for the IR board?
We run it off of an unused PWM port. The 7.2 VDC backup battery powers the +5VDC line on the robot controller PWMs. It provides adequate power and we have not had any issues.

Although for the competition we may change to an fused 20A power port to please the judges.
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