You are referring to 6 D cells in series, right?  (1.5V * 6 = 9V)

Yes, nominal voltages vary a little with battery chemistry, but the point is
that, if you use 2 AA batteries without any problem, you can change to 2 D
cells without any power supply changes.  Just use the same chemistry you
were using before.

Also, in case it helps, wikipedia has a good list of voltages for each
battery size and chemistry.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_battery_sizes

-Jacob

On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 1:15 PM, Denis Smorgon <[email protected]> wrote:

>  D battery for alkaline model has 9 V of nominal Voltage and Ni Cd or NiMh
> have 8.4 V so you have to pay attention and check if your sensor board
> accepts this voltage. On my application I use a Li Ion 7,5 V battery and for
> reducing its voltage a voltage regulator is used because MDA320 accepts
> input voltage up to 5 V but Xbow recommends 3.3 V.
>
> Denis
>
>  ------------------------------
> *Da:* [email protected] [mailto:
> [email protected]] *Per conto di *Jacob Sorber
> *Inviato:* giovedì 7 maggio 2009 18.38
> *A:* Rodrigo Roman
> *Cc:* [email protected]
> *Oggetto:* Re: [Tinyos-help] (offtopic) D batteries in sensor nodes
>
> The only difference will be lifetime.  Typically, standard-sized batteries
> all have a nominal voltage of 1.5V (alk) or 1.2V (NiMH) regardless of size,
> and can usually be used interchangeably.
>
> Jacob
>
>
> On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 10:48 AM, Rodrigo Roman <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> (This question may be a bit outside the topic of this mailing list, but
>> I think it may be an interesting idea for all mote users here. Still,
>> sorry in advance)
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> We are interested on using D batteries on tinyos-compatible "low class"
>> mote (micaz, iris, telosb), instead of AA batteries. Anyone has
>> experience on using these type of batteries?.
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Rodrigo Roman
>> http://www.lcc.uma.es/~roman <http://www.lcc.uma.es/%7Eroman>
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