Power Suppy?

I am wondering if a 7.5v 1A power adaptor will work with the bot board? if not are there any suggestions for a good wall adaptor? note: it is a BS2… for now.

Sure! :smiley:

The ABB has an onboard voltage regulator, so it will step input voltage down to 5 volts for the microcontroller, within reason. The User’s Guide, downloadable from the website, will most likely give more specifics. Be aware that the ABB jumper configuration can allow you to route either the VL or VS inputs, or regulated 5 volts to the I/O headers, so keep an eye on how you have these configured. Feeding 7.5 volts to something that will take an absolute maximum of 5 volts would be a Very Bad Thingâ„¢.

=magic blue smoke :laughing:

It says that the servo power can go upto 7.2V, does that mean that it regulates it down to 6v for the servos? Also what if i used that same 7.5V 1A PS for the servo power… would that cause problems?

Edit: I just found a 6V 200mA adaptor laying around… would that be enough? its kinda low in amps. I also have a 9V 350mA. BTW, it will need to power about 8 servos.

The Vs goes directly to the servos, so whatever you have connected there is what the servos get. You have to be sure you have the Vs=Vl jumper REMOVED to use separate power for logic and servos.

These will not be enough to power 8 servos, especially when moving more than one at a time.

8-Dale

but will it damage the servos if u over volt them? like 7.5v?

It depends on the servo.

Some servos will handle up to 7.2V, but others won’t take more than 6.0V. The Hitec HS-422 servos seem quite happy to run at 7.2V, but I can not vouch for any other servos since that is all I have used so far.

8-Dale

Ok, well i’ve been searching for a wall adaptor… appearently the sell them here… i must have overlooked that… any way i can power the bot-board and the 8-servos with the 6V 2A adaptor right?

sounds good