[Power] Power Digest, Vol 12, Issue 1

[Richard A. Smith]

On 07/03/2012 11:23 AM, George Hunt wrote:

> Hi  Richard,
>
> When I first saw this post, I couldn't think of an application that I
> might be directly involved in.  Since then I've learned that OLPC-au is
> actively looking at XO-ARM as a school server.  Up until now, I've been
> thinking that XS's need 100 watt panels. But I just measured
> XS-ARM at 4 watts.  With an extra 2 watts for a USB 3G modem, a 30 watt
> panel, and a 50 amp-hr deep cycle battery seem feasible.

The sample panel is only rated for 15W and realistically only puts out 10W.

-- 
Richard A. Smith  <richard at laptop.org>
One Laptop per Child