Powering the 2CAN 2.0

[simpsonboy77]

Originally Posted by mjcoss

I was kinda of hoping to see an answer. I'm also concerned about this and was thinking of a 12v-12v dc dc converter, but I was thinking that it might be considered a violation of "stored power". Ultimately, I don't think the 2CAN is *not* going to be the point of failure if the voltage drops below 6v but ....

I'm more concerned about the brown outs on the Jaguars which do unfortunately happen on many robots.

A 12v-12v dc-dc converter does not store any power, so it shouldn't violate the storing of power issue. Technically the converter will have capacitance and store some energy, but that energy is coming from the one and only 12V 18AH battery on your robot. When you turn off the robot this energy is fairly rapidly bled off.

As long as the converter is powered by the PDB it would be considered a custom circuit. You can call the 2can a custom circuit as well, and combine the converter and the 2can to be considered one larger custom circuit powered by the 12v 20A breaker on the PDB. This custom circuit would still be allowed based on R69, and R72.

If you have an idea on why it would not be legal, I'd like to hear it.