Thread: Cheap replacement for the Power Distribution Board
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Re: Cheap replacement for the Power Distribution Board
For the 24V supply, I assume you could also connect two 12V batteries in series. You'd need to connect the negative terminal of the stack to the negative rail of the robot somewhere (like the old ground lug) - you wouldn't want a floating 24V powering the cRIO. If all you're running from the stack is the cRIO, it should last for hours.

You'd probably want to connect the stacked batteries in some way to easily disconnect them for recharging - I haven't thought that part of it through.

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