Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Portable battery for USRPs

2013-08-05 Thread Marcus Müller
At work, we use a 12V motorbike lead battery with a cigarette lighter plug and an off-the-shelf dc/dc converter. As of late, someone has designed a small case with a switch on top, housing a cheap downconverter (linear I guess). Works for hours and hours and hours... On 07/29/2013 07:46 PM,

[Discuss-gnuradio] Portable battery for USRPs

2013-07-29 Thread aseem wadhwa
Hi! I have to do a few outdoor experiments with USRPs. Hence I'm looking for portable batteries that can be used for this purpose. After searching a bit, the best option that seems to me is to use 12V heavy duty lantern battery followed by a 12V to 110V DC to AC inverter, which can then be used

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Portable battery for USRPs

2013-07-29 Thread Ian Buckley
As indicated on the silk screening of the front panel of the USRP(s) they are powered by 6V DC @ 3A (Center pin is positive, outer negative). It's fairly easy to find battery solutions that meet this criteria directly without using the AC adapter. I have built light weight Li-Ion solutions for

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Portable battery for USRPs

2013-07-29 Thread Marcus D. Leech
On 07/29/2013 02:16 PM, Ian Buckley wrote: As indicated on the silk screening of the front panel of the USRP(s) they are powered by 6V DC @ 3A (Center pin is positive, outer negative). It's fairly easy to find battery solutions that meet this criteria directly without using the AC adapter. I