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Re: USB chicklet

Actually what you need is a nice, big battery in there, attached to a custom designed and built charging/monitoring board that then goes out to both the OI and the chicklet - then you can power both for several hours without recharging, or just the chicklet for practically an entire day... And the charging board takes care of everything for you when you plug that in using a typical AC/DC plug you can find from radio shack.

At least, thats what we did this year, and it's been working out great for us - it makes the entire OI set up completely mobile when we're testing - no need to be tethered to the robot or a power outlet!
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