I need something to power the electronics on RWAR, but it also needs to be somewhat professional (shrink wrap and a warranty would be nice…). I have been looking at RC BECs, but I may rethink that as I am seeing a lot of people report problems with the BEC I wanted to use.
My other option is to make my own or buy one. I don’t really want to have something messy done on a protoboard, and I don’t really want to make my own PCB and have it custom made, so that leaves the option of buying something premade.
Input voltage will be 8.4Vdc, output should be variable between 5 and 9V. It should be able to supply at least 2 amps.
BTW - I’ve got readings on both the 9DOF and 6343 and beats the heck outta me which one is more accurate. I can’t get them to agree with each other at all. I need to bring them upstairs at some point and try it up there - see if maybe its some interference down here.
@ Greg, well, yeah, I heard a few reports of that Castle BEC failing and damaging everything attached to it. If that were to happen to mine, the robot could go out of control at 20MPH.
@ Jeff, thanks, those are pretty close. I’d like to also have a 9V output setting too, but I guess that is better than nothing. That’s why that Castle Creations BEC was so enticing. You could set it to any voltage between 4.8 and 9V.
