Select Power Sources

Power Connection

Once bysense is out of the case you can select the power source. The main connection to the robot is a XT90 power connection which can be found on the side of the computation unit in the center of bysense:

XT90 connector for power supply

make sure your connected power source does not pull in any direction is not under tension installed. Any tension applied to the connection can break it.

Depending on your planned mission you can choose the type of power source:

Autonomy Development

With the development of high level applications or autonomy features you might need a battery as power supply to be mobile with bysense. For type of development this we recommend to use two 18V 8Ah batteries connected in series for required performance to carry payload and walk up terrain.

battery power supply

Locomotion Development

For low level controller development of bysense e.g. Locomotion related we recommend to use a lab power supply with 36V and min. 10A. We recommend to use a cable shorter 1.5m which is made for the XT90 rated current.

lab power supply

Typically within a lab you can start with a suited power supply first and move on later with the batteries as power supply. We typically combine the power supply with a debug cage.