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Subject: 
Re: HB power drain
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lugnet.robotics.handyboard
Date: 
Sat, 15 Jul 2000 01:32:17 GMT
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My board draws .068 amps when idle.

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In lugnet.robotics.handyboard, John Hatton <john.hatton@uk.airsysatm.thomson-
csf.com> writes:
> Does anybody know what sort of power drain the HB has when it is not
> driving any outputs (servos or motors) ?. The reason I ask is that I am
> thinking of having a rechargable 9v PP3 battery connected as a reserve
> battery so that when the main battery gets too low the HB can shutdown
> it's outputs to conserve power and when the battery finally gets too low
> to power the HB it can swap to the 9v battery (about 120mAh) for
> extended HB life. At the point that it shuts down the outputs it would
> trigger a recovers signal of some form but I haven't gone into this that
> much yet.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> John Hatton



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  HB power drain
 
Does anybody know what sort of power drain the HB has when it is not driving any outputs (servos or motors) ?. The reason I ask is that I am thinking of having a rechargable 9v PP3 battery connected as a reserve battery so that when the main battery (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)

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