How would you power the operator interface

[MrForbes]

Would it be ok to put a fuse and adapter plug on an Anderson connector and plug it into a spare big gray robot battery?

[AdmiralAllen]

that'd prolly do it too

[popo308]

We just power it trough our competition controller...
(it dos void the warranty so make sure you know what your doing!)

[Binome]

What i'd like to develop would be a DC-DC converter to drive the OI with a good 3.7v li-ion cell. Keeps things light, small, and compact, and delivers one heck of a kick. Too bad I can't replace that heavy backup battery with a smaller cell for the chicklet and robot controller in competition

[Alan Anderson]

Originally Posted by squirrel

Would it be ok to put a fuse and adapter plug on an Anderson connector and plug it into a spare big gray robot battery?

That should work fine. For sizing the fuse, keep in mind that the OI wants about 1.5 amps of current.

[Colin]

Here is a white paper you might find useful, worked for us:

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/papers/1559

[Phyrxes]

Originally Posted by Colin

Here is a white paper you might find useful, worked for us:

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/papers/1559

Nice, I would have never thought to look for that and it will make testing outside much easier.