I use a laptop to run owfs, 5VDC regulated from laptop usb to cat 5. 12VDC for cat 5 comes from deep cycle battery fused at 1 amp. Battery has a little 100 watt inverter for laptop if necessary, I seldom need it. One day I will get Eric's power injector just for elegance.
Rob Conway wrote: > Hi List, > > I was wondering if anyone has provided a battery backup for the 1wire > power. > As I expand and use more of the BAE910 intelligent slaves it becomes a > good option to keep these devices powered during power outages. > > I have two USB adapters one has a hub installed and the other has > sensors directly connected. > > HUB I know the hub has an onboard power connection and voltage > regulator inside so I suppose this should be easy, however really > wanted to somehow just use a battery pack and some diodes. > Direct connect to USB ...This maybe a little more interesting as I > currently use the USB power for the network > > I was probably hoping to keep it real simply and use a couple of high > quality AA batteries in a battery pack to provide say 4.5VDC. I know > my problem will be the ADC within he BAE910 as I assume it references > the supply. > > Has anybody got a simple battery backup on their network to keep the > sensors alive ? > > rob > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Owfs-developers mailing list > Owfs-developers@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/owfs-developers > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Owfs-developers mailing list Owfs-developers@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/owfs-developers
