Alternate Power Supplies

[Jordan Crouse]

On 15/03/07 23:53 -0400, scott at gnuveau.net wrote:
> Hi Bert,
> 
> On Fri, 16 Mar 2007, Chris Ball wrote:
> 
> > Hi Bert,
> >
> >    > Hi folks, what voltage does the power jack actually accept?
> >
> > The current safe range is 10-19V; the input caps are rated at 25V.
> 
> You could power that from a solar cell without need for a charge
> controller or external regulator.  How many Amperes do the boards
> require? how many Amp Hours do the batteries hold, at what voltage?

Very, very crude measurements indicate that a B1 board drew about
.625 amps full on at 12V.

Jordan

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Jordan Crouse
Senior Linux Engineer
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
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