How to connect two power supplys on picaxe board (so confused)
2008-05-03 16:23

Ok, I'm more programmer than electronics wiz, and my day's of reading schematics have long since passed me by. So, does anyone have a good diagram (picture) on how to wire in a second power supply to a picaxe 28x1 board? I work good with pictures then I can de-construct it to a schematic and get a good grasp on things.
I know it can be done, and I just want to power my two track motors with one supply and my servo with a second. My current little 4.5 battery pack runs out of steam pretty quick powering everything. But can I just connect a 9 volt with a voltage regulator to power the motors only and the 4.5 to run the circuit and servo or is there a better way? I know you guys out there are way ahead of the curve with electronics and I can think of no one better to get a good answer from. I will post my first robot soon. Still tweaking the code a little. Thanks in advance!!!!
Here you go...
Be sure to thankFritz for this!
http://letsmakerobots.com/node/75
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Thanks Chris and Fritsl
Both power sources
Both power sources ground/black goes to board ground.
Small power (max 3-6V) goes to V1 to control logic
Heavy power (not so much it fries Motor driver etc, perhaps 7,2V or 12V to a stepper motor) goes to V2
/ Fritsl
i am considering to use 2