Help with Prototyping Board

[dellagd]

Originally Posted by ILAMtitan

Sorry for not clarifying, I come from the RC world where these are standard terms. A 3S LiPo is a lithium polymer battery pack containing three cells in series. Each cell is 3.7V, so the whole thing outputs a nominal 11.1V. There are also other cell count varieties, and I've seen up to 11S which would be 40.7V.

While they nominally output 11.1V, they are charged up to 12.6V, or 4.2V per cell, and then drop down to around 9V at a minimum or else you probably damaged the battery. So really a robot battery will be a very similar replacement.

Just that the robot battery wont catch fire if you drop it the wrong way. Those LiPos pack quite a punch.

[Qbot2640]

Can I use the 12V-5V power converter that we use for the radio on the robot? We have a couple of those laying around.

If the answer is no (which I suspect it's going to be) please tell me why - in Math Teacher language - not EE language.

[Mark McLeod]

Yes, or in math teacher language possibly "1"