Inventor 2040 W battery question

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Justwanted to ask a quick question.

I’m looking to get the Inventor board, seems to be a good blend between the two other motorised boards, to do some tinkering and testing.

I see that it has a battery connector and can auto-switch between it and USB but I juat wanted to ask if it has any charging capability when both are connected?

Thanks.

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From what I can see on the schematic, no battery charger.
robot-board.sch (shopify.com)

3

Dang.

Thanks for checking.

4

We didn’t include charging on Inventor because we wanted folks to be able to use alkaline batteries as well as LiPos, but you could plug in your battery via a LiPo Amigo Pro if you wanted to add LiPo charging?

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Thanks @hel. I’ll see about getting one of them with it possibly.

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Might want to also get one of these.
JST-PH 2-pin Jumper Cable - 100mm long - Pimoroni
Makes connecting to the battery connector easier. I have several Lipo Amigo Pro’s. Very satisfied with how they work. =)