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First Build

Zach Day edited this page Sep 17, 2019 · 12 revisions

Modules list

Role Part Desc Required Voltage or Current
Power Monitoring TI Mansitter 36V power montior Provides details about System power draw. 2.7-5.5V in, 0-36V measurement
Battery switcher NCP1851 Manages power path based on voltages of power supplies
Main Board Raspberry Pi A+ Low power draw built in networking easy to start with 5V
Main board Raspberry Pi Zero Low power draw, built-in networking on the W model
Peripheral device Pixy 2 Camera Camera module to test system with 5V (cable less that 4 Feet)
Response peripheral LED Mike has in his tool kit Simple secondary power usage device to help experiment with power budget no more than 30mA
Network device Raspberry Pi A plus built-in Bluetooth/BLE If we want to do basic network transmissions, our board has built-in Bluetooth stuff 5V
Network device ATWINC1000/1500 Low power consumption, WiFi-only
Network device LBEE5PA1LD

Buying list

Item Price Note
Rasp A+ $25
5V usb power cable
Mirco SD card
TI power monitor $2.65 per unit at most Maybe get like 5-6 of them feel like we might fry a few
Pixy 2 Camera $59.90 Might need the lego mindstorm version