battery indication on driver station

[DebK]

Hi all -

I seem to recall there is a way to have the robot battery information (voltage, draw, usage, remaining life) display on the Driver Station - but have not been able to locate how to make this happen.  I have tracked down using the NI9201/9221 and channel 8 - but our electronics team is not sure about the wiring.  Is there a schematic available somewhere?

Thanks,

[StephenB]

If you plug in power from the PD board to the analog bumper of the AI module in slot one, and jumper the outermost pins on the bumper... the voltage should be displayed on the drivers station. Attached is a PDF showing this.

As far as draw, usage, remaining life... etc... That is not provided by the default software and hardware. You could monitor that yourself with a current meter and write the software to keep track of your state of charge but that might violate the rule of custom circuits.