2021-02-19, 06:26 PM
(2021-02-19, 06:22 PM)Sailoog Wrote:(2021-02-19, 05:04 PM)BTsail Wrote: Very cool, looking forward to trying it out.. Any thoughts on adding a small DC-DC 10V-16V -> 5V on-board? Then you could power directly from the NEMA2000 power wire directly!
We considered that but finally we choose the external converter because:
- There is no enough space in the board
- We will have less electrical interference. We will have IMUs around so it is better to have the DC-DC conversion far away.
- Drone power modules have a very clean output.
- This way we will have consumption measurement of the whole electrical circuit. This is not possible taking power from the NMEA 2000 network
- Lot of people use UPS HATs, so we need the powering feature to be optional.
- Using this way you still can take the power from the NMEA 2000 wire.
Got it, makes sense!