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Who
Reserved for Kevin Li co-op student
Robert Tang doing the engineering
high level architecture defined by Daniel Puratich
What
Buck Converter
6S LiHv input
27V absolute max on LiHv
5V output voltage
rpp
Kind of nice because autonomy software people like to use this hardware
5 A output current
30.5x30.5 mount pattern
usb-c (for rpi) and jst (for pixhawk) output conns
USB-C connects to the raspberry pi easily, can copy circuit from 12V->5V @ 5A Buck Converter Board
Pixhawk standard connector for POWERx style port so this can be used as a redundant supply
To be clear, both of these output connectors should be present. Only one will be used in any given system though (so both should be sized on the PCB to handle the full 5 A of current).
xt30 input connector or just solderpads for input
both in library already (2.54mm pitch solderpads)
if solderpads are used, give space for epoxy so we can strain relieve
clear polarity label would be nice if solderpads are used
Why
Powering the Raspberry Pi 5 for https://uwarg-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/ARCHS22/pages/2556133415/Fixed+Wing+2025?search_id=772ded46-862b-41b6-8115-093586821d0d if we decide we want to mount the RPi into this system and dont want to use https://uwarg-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/EL/pages/2701197313/RPi+Interface+Rev+C?search_id=b1053a4c-4ec7-47de-9489-d50daf49510a&additional_analytics=queryHash---7d2c48e78a27d21f150b620681696259928cd14daa6e640c84eaf507c582ec26 . Currently there is no plan to do this but it is nice. Ground testing power supply for the raspberry pi is also a use case, but 12V->5V @ 5A Buck Converter Board kind of accomplishes this already.
Redundant Pixhawk power supply for https://uwarg-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/ARCHS22/pages/2556133415/Fixed+Wing+2025?search_id=772ded46-862b-41b6-8115-093586821d0d . See https://docs.px4.io/main/en/flight_controller/pixhawk6x.html
we do not have any other boards that solve for this for details.
Engineering
Robert Tang to fill out when the time comes
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