Wild Thumper 6WD Voltage / power question

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Hi,

I have a Wild Thumper 6WD chassis with the T'rex Robot Controller board:

I want to be able to run this in high power mode so that I can connect a Raspberry Pi a Robotic arm with six servos and a Camera so want to use the 5V & 6V outputs at greater than the 800ma available in low power mode. I have a 22.2V LiPo battery that I could use however this is obviously to higher voltage for the motors that are rated upto 7.5 volts. 

What would be the best way to accomplish this via a DC to DC converter on each motor output or could I simply wire the motors in serial instead of parallel.

I hope that makes sense I work in computing as opposed to being an electrical enginer so am struggling with that side of things.

Thanks in advance,

Ralph

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Thanks Guys

Guy’s Thanks for the quick response I will have a think about the best way forward and let you know how I get on. This is certainly going to be an interesting project and hopefully get my kids into showing  a bit more interest in programming as it’s a bit more fun than just seeing the output on a monitor.