Quote from
admin on August 15, 2024, 11:46 am
As a maker, you always need the output on the serial monitor. Be it to debug or to observe the status of your RoboHeart through print outputs. But what happens if you have connected loads to the RoboHeart that draw a lot of current, such as motors?
With other boards, we were often faced with the problem that there was simply not enough current to control motors and read the print output on the serial monitor at the same time. As other boards often only have one power input and the USB port of a PC usually only supplies 0.5 A, it is hardly possible to control motors with them.
The RoboHeart is different! As soon as the power supply via the USB port is insufficient, the RoboHeart switches seamlessly (without resetting the microcontroller) to dual power mode, i.e. it draws the required power from the battery. The RoboHeart is therefore supplied with power simultaneously via USB and the battery in the event of a high load. The connected consumers receive sufficient power and you can still observe the output on the serial monitor.
As a maker, you always need the output on the serial monitor. Be it to debug or to observe the status of your RoboHeart through print outputs. But what happens if you have connected loads to the RoboHeart that draw a lot of current, such as motors?
With other boards, we were often faced with the problem that there was simply not enough current to control motors and read the print output on the serial monitor at the same time. As other boards often only have one power input and the USB port of a PC usually only supplies 0.5 A, it is hardly possible to control motors with them.
The RoboHeart is different! As soon as the power supply via the USB port is insufficient, the RoboHeart switches seamlessly (without resetting the microcontroller) to dual power mode, i.e. it draws the required power from the battery. The RoboHeart is therefore supplied with power simultaneously via USB and the battery in the event of a high load. The connected consumers receive sufficient power and you can still observe the output on the serial monitor.
