On Wed, Dec 21, 2016 at 6:42 AM, Gerald Coley <[email protected]>
wrote:

> In my experience, and external battery is the way to go. I designed a cape
> for that a log time ago. That let's you support multiple types of battery
> chemistry and multiple configurations.
>
> Gerald
>
> I think that is the best way to go as well. However,  was recently
involved in a project where the hardware engineer though that was a
terrible idea. Added cost, and all that. So, he designed an MCU of my
choice onto the cape, with a few isolated pins coming back to the
beaglebone. For reset, power switch, and one for a watchdog feature I also
designed into the MCU's firmware. Problem solved, it works great.

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