Powering the Board

Powering up micro:Xbot and charging information

There are two connectors on the board. One is used to power the board while the other is used to charge the batteries using an external adaptor.

Powering the Board

The battery terminal is connected to Battery Connector (1B) on the board. Once connected, move the slider switch to ON Position to turn on the board.

Once powered on, an Orange LED indicator will turn on indicating there is power to the board.

Move the slider switch to OFF position and the LED will turn off indicating power is disconnected.

If you are connecting the board through FTDI Programming connector, 5v is directly fed to the board and the switch cannot turn it off.

Charging the Battery

The dual battery holder holds two Lithium Ion Batteries. The battery holder has a Battery Management System (BMS) to control the charging and discharging of the batteries. This means, you do not need to remove the batteries to charge them like most other robots.

Connect the provided external 9v adaptor to AC power socket and the two pin connector on the other side to the charge connector (1A). It takes anywhere between 60-90 minutes to completely charge both the batteries. In later part of the tutorial, we will see how to read the voltage of this battery.