Turtle bot secondary power source

Support Product Questions
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Hi there,

I am building a Turtle bot of sorts and am looking for the right gear to create a secondary power source.
So all this is just so I dont have to unplug/plug a second power source into the jetson.
Looking at adding a rechargeable lipo to power a Jetson and would like to charge it when the roomba is docked.
I could rig up something dangerous that gets it done but am looking for a solution that offers simplicity and practicality and quite honestly have ran out of ideas.

3 potentials are:
Using the brush power out
Using an attachment on the power that flows through the serial between the roomba and the jetson.
&
Other genius idea you may have…

so would be happy with suggestions and a bill of materials that will achieve this
thanks in advance…

Aza

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Hi Aaron,
All of the connections and wiring will be up to you, but if you want to provide a secondary power source, you could use a LiPo, along with the charging circuitry connected up to your wall power source.