More Power!

I haven’t discussed the results from initial MaSCOT testing in great detail — though some sample data has been posted.

One of the big take-aways for me was that two BlueRobotics Lumen R1 lights is simply not enough. Unfortunately, only two lights fit within the power budget dictated by my PoE system.

So, we went ahead and re-engineered the power system, purchased a new tether which includes both gigabit and power conductors, and purchased four more BlueRobotics lights. The rest of the system is still being assembled, but I daisy-chained the lights and did a first successful in-air test (with PWM control) today.

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More on the redesign later…