CUAutoDrone / cu-arc-19-20

Our stuff for the 2019-20 school year
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Raspberry pi power #22

Open rpappa opened 4 years ago

rpappa commented 4 years ago

Powering the raspberry pi is difficult, it needs a good 5V power supply. It appears it draws around 0.5-0.6A. We've ordered a stepdown converter that should help achieve this, which we can run off the main battery voltage. There may be thermal issues, we might need a heatsinking solution to keep the step down from melting the drone's plastic.