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Power required (mA's) for a full set of sensors including ArduPilot Mega 2.5+

Posted by MIKE STONE on March 27, 2013 at 6:22am

I have been trying to find out the Power requirements (mA's) for a full set of sensors including ArduPilot Mega 2.5+ without any luck.

Can anybody please assist me with this info.

Thanks in anticipation.

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Triple Axis Magnetometer HMC5883L
MB1260 XL-MaxSonar-EZL0 High Performance Ultrasonic Range Finder
ArduPilot Mega 2.5+
GPS Options:uBlox LEA-6H GPS
Air Speed Sensor Kit MPXV7002DP
APM Power Module:XT60 Connector
Optical Flow Sensor

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    Bill Bonney March 27, 2013 at 6:36am

    My Board with APM2.5+ + PM + AirSpeed Sensor +  uBlox GPS + RC receiver pulls about 130mA @ 12V.

    If you are going to use the sonar the datasheet says it pulls max peak 100mA at 5V (i.e. ~50mA at 12V) The sonar is for ArduCopter only, The Airspeed sensor is for ArduPlane only.

    Optical Flow I don't know, but the board PX4FLOW is for PX4 only. 

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