HUV Aux Power Board

[JonHylands]

So, its that time again. I'm just about ready to start production on my new power board, and I want to get some idea of the interest.

Here's what this board does:

- allows you to plug in both wall power (12 volts) and a battery to your bioloid robot
- wall power plug compatible with the bioloid power brick
- battery and output plugs are screw terminals
- when you have both plugged in, it will always power the circuit from wall power, regardless of the battery/wall voltage
- it will auto-disconnect the battery if the pack voltage drops below 9.6 volts (programmable)
- no voltage drop from either wall power or the battery
- open source, on-board ATmega168, Arduino-compatible
- provides a automotive-style blade fuse for output power
- board is rated for 10 amps at 12 volts
- with both wall and battery plugged in, you can unplug wall and it will auto-switch to battery

The board is 1.75" x 1.75" in size, and has a #4-40 hole in each corner (1.5" center to center).

The retail price on this board is going to be $75. Assuming we don't run into any major problems, it should be available around the end of February.

Let me know if this is a board you are interested in buying (reply to this thread)...

- Jon

[JonHylands]

This board is now available in my store:

http://huvrobotics.com/shop/index.php?_a=viewProd&productId=7



- Jon