RCbatts

Production Battery

We went with eight generic NiMH batteries which we soldered into packs. They were $15 for 20 at Frys, so we can afford to get quite a few of them. The number of packs per robot has been upped to two to handle the increased current requirements of the kicker.

Specs-Battery

Device	Battery
Type	NiMH
Voltage	9.6V
Max Continuous Amp	5
Max Continuous Time	15 mins (1/2 match)
Amp/Hr Rating	2000mAh

Battery Resources

Ni-MH

see Digikey pages 1882-3

• Digikey Panasonic 8 AA NiMH pack 9.6V 1500mAh different configurations available, comes with thermistor $29
  • HHR-150AAB01F2X4
  • HHR-150AAB01F8
  • HHR-150AAB01F
• Digikey Panasonic 8 AA NiMH pack 9.6V 2000mAh different configurations available, comes with thermistor $34
  • HHR-210AAB2BF2X4
  • HHR-210AAB01F8
  • HHR-210AAB01F
• Digikey solder tab Panasonic AA 1500mAh NiMH P015T-ND 2.63 ea. Would need to build 8 pack.
• Digikey solder tab Panasonic AA 2000mAh NiMH P020T-ND 5.53 ea. Would need to build 8 pack.

• 9.6V 8-pack 1800mAH Jameco
• 9.6V 8-pack 5000mAH Jameco Comes in Slender package too
• 9.6V 8-pack 2200mAH Jameco Comes in Slender package too

Li-Poly

• 2000mAh 3.7V Li-Poly Sparkfun. We wil need 3-4 in series
• 1200mAh 3.7 Li-Poly All elec 2A max discharge, a little under current
• 2000mAh 3.7 Li-Poly All elec Probably gonna use these

Charger Stuff

We will be using the battlebots chargers the AstroDyne 112D

Notes

• Next year go with a silicon switch and a small pushbutton.

Articles

• Panasonic article about charging NiMH