Zack S

[Zack S]

We tried to power the Arduino from the the DC power jack on the robot. But we have a more reliable connection when the USB is plugged into the computer and supplying the power without the DC jack plugged in. I had also thought that the USB cable corrected the problem but while it was plugged in the base started rotating on its own so I fear that it is still an unpredictable, dangerous way of correcting the issue. Our team checked the power coming from the DC jack on the robot and it reads just under 11 volts, which I imagine shouldn’t matter a whole lot because the Arduino will regulate at 5v. A few times now we have been able to “jump” it with the USB plugged into the computer and then once a connection is established I can unplug it and run just off the power supplied from the robot. I was hoping to see if you guys have experienced this issue before and had a reliable way to fix it as this has not always worked for us.

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