Mobile power source for UP2 board and Intel® RealSense™ Robotic Development Kit

Piero78

Hello, I've to make a mobile robot based on UP2 board and Intel® RealSense™ Robotic Development Kit.
My question is about the power source, I've to use a battery and I want to connect it to the GPIO pins (4 -> 5V and 6 -> ground).
I want to use this converter, can this solution power the board and the Intel® RealSense™ R200?
Thanks!

Kurt

I will be interested to hear if they think this would work. I would think the 3amp output might be marginal for both the the UP2 plus the RealSense sensor.

I have not tried it yet on my UP, and don't have an UP2 yet, but in past on robot using boards like ODroid Xu4, I have used this BEC:
https://www.amazon.com/Castle-Creations-Bec-Switching-Regulator/dp/B000MXAR12/ref=sr_1_10

Right now I am playing around with my own RPI hat design to use with my Trossen Robotics PhantomX Hexapod
One board I am currently trying one of these from pololu: https://www.pololu.com/product/2851 connected to pins (2,4) for +5v and several of the GND pins

For some other boards, I have used: https://www.digikey.com/products/en?keywords=811-2179-ND

But again I have mainly tested on other boards as easier to replace RPI3 or Odroid than it is to replace the UP boards... But when I am satisfied with my soldering of current board will try on Up board.

Again I will be interested to see how well that BEC works for you.

Jeff Dusek

Wondering if you had a chance to try this converter with the UP board? We are also working on a mobile robot using the UP and RealSense. Was hoping I could get away with a USB powerbank, but not enough current.

Interested to hear your experiences.

Jeff Dusek

Have you tried any of there solutions with the UP board yet? Interested to hear how they went. Looking for a good mobile solution for a summer student project.