Questions tagged [power]
In physics, power is the rate of doing work.
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Quadcopter liPo battery weight/capacity trade off
I'm trying to find where additional battery capacity becomes worthless in relation to the added weight in terms of a quadcopter. Currently with a 5500 mAh battery, 11.1V, I can get between 12 minutes ...
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What is the best way to power a large number (27) servos at 5 V?
I apologize if this question may sound a little vague. I am working on a robotics project that will contain 27 servos of various sizes and I am having trouble figuring out how they should be powered.
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Arduino Motor control
I'm working on a rather low budget project, and need some way to control four or more motors using one Arduino. I've looked at motor shields a little, but I have a shield on top of it already, It does ...
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Why does our LM2576 circuit suddenly cut down the power?
I have an LM2576 circuit plus an adjuster to adjust the output voltage, for controlling motor speed in a line follower robot. The circuit works great when adjusted to give out low voltages, but when I ...
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how to power extra usb devices for beaglebone black
I'm building a robot that uses a beaglebone black, however I have several different usb devices that I want to connect to it (microphone, usb sound device and some other things). Now I have heard that ...
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I want to control a sewing machine motor; need help with choices
I've got an industrial sewing machine (think "can sew with thread that looks like string, and has no trouble pounding through 20 layers of Sunbrella fabric"); it's got a 1 HP motor to power it. (I've ...
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Single power source for electronics and actuators
It seems popular to build robotic systems with separate supplies for the electronics and motors/servos, but what would be involved in a circuit that powers both from one source?
If it helps, here is ...
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Powering down servos completely in RobotC+Tetrix
For a certain robotic application (actually for the FTC challenge this year) our team is performing an operation where a servo-driven arm could potentially be forced into an unknown position. We are ...
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Best power solution for my robot
I've built quadruped robot which is using 12 servos (TowerPro SG90 Servo) and Raspberry Pi (model B 1). Right now I'm "feeding" it with 5V 2.5A charger.
How can I make it un-tethered? What should I ...
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Power solution for Raspberry Pi robot
I am building a Pi car with 4 gear motors (190-250mAh each max). Now I want to use my 10000mAh USB power bank to power up raspberry pi along with the 4 gear motors.
I can power up the raspberry pi ...
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How can I power a wheel but let it spin freely when not under power?
How can I power a wheel but let it spin freely when not under power?
I saw the question How can I modify a low cost hobby servo to run 'freely'? but I'm more interested in knowing if there is ...
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Can high voltage power lines provide a super highway for drones?
Is there a way to convert the EM field that surrounds high voltage power lines for direct usable electricity for air or ground drones for continuous flight or travel?
Added: Yes could the EM field be ...
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Can we simulate a actuator with a very strong torque with a PID controller
I use gazebo to simulate a robot arm. To control its joints, I use PID controllers. As you might know, PID are sometimes pretty hard to tune and this is the case for a robotic arm. To avoid any tuning,...
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How many amps do I want my Switching BEC to provide?
I'm trying to power 7-12 servos, and I was under the impression that each one would need about an amp, but in looking around for an appropriate BEC to supply them, I notice that most seem to output ...
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High power jumping mechanism in small robots
I recently saw this video on YouTube featuring a jumping robot: 5 Fastest Robots In The World
I was curious how this is accomplished mechanically? Do they wind a strong spring or use some sort of air ...
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How to calculate the current consumed by a brushless motor on a quadcopter
I want to create a virtual quadcopter model, but I am struggling to come up with a satisfying model for the brushless motors & props.
Let's take an example, based on the great eCalc tool:
Let's ...
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Why do my ESCs stop working?
I'm new to robotics and this is my first time building a quadcopter. I'm unable to work out why I keep losing ESCs.
Most recently in testing, I've managed to calibrate all 4 ESCs and accurately ...
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Choosing correct power supply for Stepper Motors
I am building a machine and need 2 Stepper Motor for that.
The motors are driven using by a 3.3v arm device.
I have made the following selections regarding the stepper motor, stepper motor driver and ...
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How to control a brushless motor?
I consider using a brushless outrunner motor, designed for helicopters, in my driving roboter. How can I control such a brushless motor with my micro controller? Of course I'll have a separate power ...
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Supplying power from a power bank to an arduino and DC Motors
I have a two port powerbank capable of supplying a maximum of 5V 2.1A
I'm using it to power an Arduino and a L293D IC connected to two DC motors which have the following specifications:
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Battery system for a robot with a RaspberryPi or microcontroller
I'm building a robot which is actually a rotating ball. All my circuitry will be inside this ball. I'm using a Raspberry Pi as the brains. Apart from Raspberry Pi, I've an H-bridge IC (L298N), a 6-...
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lithium thionyl chloride batteries to generate 20A @ 14.4V
I am building a robot where power density is critical, and looking into using lithium thionyl chloride (SOCl2) batteries. I will be drawing around 20A constantly and need between 12 and 17V. The ...
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How to get constant motor RPM regardless of battery voltage?
I have a brushless motor with a propeller attached, driven by an ESC and a LiPo battery. I noticed that as the battery level drops, the motor spins slower, which makes sense. My question is is it ...
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Powering multicopter with multiple dedicated batteries
I am in the starting phase of building a fairly large octo-copter drone. I am currently thinking about the possibility of powering my octo-copter design using 4 separate batteries where each battery ...
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Does the mAh of a battery mean longer power or more power?
If a Lipo battery has more mAh will it be slower to run out of energy or will it have larger power output?
Thanks in Advance
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Powering a multirotor with dedicated batteries for each motor
I'm currently thinking of extending the battery life of my quad by powering each motor and ESC individually. I will be using 1 dedicated battery for each motor, and 1 dedicated battery for the flight ...
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How are huge industrial robots powered?
Take a look at this monster lifting a car.
Now I don't think one can get that power by plugging into a wall outlet. So how are these huge robots (their servos) powered? Gasoline? How is power stored, ...
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Is horsepower related to torque in electric motors? [closed]
Is torque related to size or power at all in electric motors? And what about gas motors too?
I have a go kart that is 2.5hp and it's 50cc and its about 1ft x 2ft x 1ft in size. I also see online ...
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How to create a stable 48V 10A power supply?
I'm shopping for batteries and it's easy to find a 48V lithium ion battery that has like 30A max continuous discharge rating. However, I know that the battery supply has a variable voltage from 54V - ...
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What battery capacity would be required to run a component for an hour?
I have a 9.8kW Component that runs at 51.8 Volts. That means I need a battery that has about 9.8kWh of energy to run the component for an hour
For the sake of simplicity, say I have some batteries ...
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Stepper Motor: Direct Drive vs. Belt Drive vs. Geared Stepper Motor
I have built a juggling machine. Each arm is driven by a 4A 23mm stepper motor. The motors are each driven by a TB6600 set to 800 microsteps. By trial and error, I have found that the motors skip when ...
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Motor driver damage and jerking behavior when load driving in same direction as motor
I'm having trouble with a gear motor being powered by a power supply, while it is being driven by the load in the same direction as the driver wants to drive it. Here is a simple diagram:
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How to decide the battery power for my robot
I need my motor to be powered with 12V, 5A for 1 hour continuously. How can i decide the Ah rate of the battery. Please suggest some lithium ion battery for the specification
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Calculating thrust generated from electric engines
I wanted to calculate the amount of thrust generated from the engines. I am using the blade 180 cfx model.
http://www.bladehelis.com/Products/Default.aspx?ProdID=BLH3450#quickSpecs
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How do I interface a TLC5947 with small motors?
This is a follow-up to this question: Prototyping a device with 25-100 small DC 3.0V motors, is Arduino a good fit?
I've decided based on the answer that sending the control signals through multiple ...
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Am I calculating my drone's power consumption right?
I want to make an drone with these motors: https://www.amazon.com/XtremeAmazing-2200KV-Brushless-2212-6-helicopter/dp/B01M3UBGU9
1: First of all, are they good? If not, could you suggest me other ...
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problem of power on PIN 1 and PIN 2 of DIN connector of Roomba 521
I notice there is a problem of power on PIN 1 and PIN 2 of DIN connector of Roomba 521...I have only 0,5 V but it's expected 12V...motherboard damaged?
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How to calculate power supply requirements for Closed Loop Stepper Motors?
I have a CNC Router table that has 4 Nema 23 stepper motor (open loop).
I want to upgrade the machine and use 4 Neam 34 Closed Loop Steppers. These are the motors and drivers I'm considering:
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Switching from wall power to battery and back again
I'm in the final phase of my BeerBot* project, and I'm looking for the best way to power it.
BeerBot will spend most of his life sitting in a docking station, keeping his battery charged and running ...
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Measure 2 diffrent battery voltages on arduino
Is it possible to measure the voltage of 2 different batteries on arduino? Currently I am able to use a resistor divider / voltage divider of 2x 10K resistors to an analog pin to read the voltage of ...
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Extending iCreate battery power for auxilliary equipment
I plan to use the icreate as a platform to carry a tablet, or notebook PC and want to have power for some time so I need more than the 3000 mAh battery. I want all to be powered from same battery ...
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Comparison of the efficiency of DC motor current limiting / control methods?
I am using the wheels and motors of an RC toy car as a simple robotics platform. The car has 2 motors, one drives the back wheels, the other steers the front wheels. The steering motor is stalled by ...
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McKibben artificial muscles and the 400:1 ratio
I was recently reading that those artificial muscles had the highest power/weight ratio while electric motors only have a ratio of less than 100:1. As electrical engineer I have never worked with ...
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Passing power through a motor
How would one go about passing power through a motor?
Let's say we have some basic robot which has a motor that slowly spins a limb, on each end of that limb, there is a motor which again spins a ...
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Is it possible to use a LiPo charger as a lab bench power supply?
I recently thought about building a lab bench power supply, it comes in cheaper and I love to build things...
But then I also have a LiPo charger an iMax B6AC, that I had bought for my quadcopter, ...
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Are robot's codes usually compiled or interpreted?
I would bet that usually these are compiled for better performance, and of lawful reasons (make it harder for any user to save code without decompiling), though I'm not sure.
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Does more "Power" (W) means better motor?
If a motor has more Power (W) from another it means that it is better?
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Running a cycle on brushless outrunner motors? [closed]
Is it possible to convert a cycle into an electric bike by using brushless outrunner motors that usually are for RC planes, multicopter, helicopter, etc?
If it is possible, what specs do my motors ...
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Powering 6 servomotors requiring 6V and 2A each
The title pretty much says it all. I'm on a team that is currently building a robotic arm for the capstone project of my engineering degree, our design is similar to the Dobot (5 degrees of freedom). ...
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Understanding how solar panels can supply power to robotic circuits
Say I have this solar panel that outputs 6V at 330mA, or ~1.98 Watts. If I connect that to Arduino, which expects a 5V supply at (roughly) 50mA, then the Arduino as a whole requires 5V * .05A = 0.25 ...
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