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Off-Board power
Is it possible to equip your robot to legally be capable of using power from an off-board source (i.e. a charger or something) for testing purposes? The power would not be used during competition, just to save batteries for practice.
I was thinking about putting 2 Anderson connectors on the PD board, 1 for the battery, one for the external power. Would it work continuously if I disconnected the external and switch immediately to the battery? or would it run off of both or something?
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