Battery setup / polarity

RodRod Bristol. UK
edited May 2021 in Cyton

About to take the plunge and plugin my Cyton and headset and hoping someone can confirm that using 4xAA batteries in the supplied holder (see pic) is ok. The info on the battery set up in the OpenBCI docs is a bit sketchy and the recommended adafruit options are not available in the UK.

Thanks!

Comments

  • wjcroftwjcroft Mount Shasta, CA

    Rod, yes the AA battery holder works just fine.

    William

  • RodRod Bristol. UK

    Thank you! fingers crossed. Thanks for the speedy reply :smile:

  • RodRod Bristol. UK

    Headset up and running, amazing!

  • retiututretiutut Louisiana, USA

    @Rod Awesome! Happy hacking!

  • RodRod Bristol. UK

    @retiutut thank you!

  • TZRTZR China


    When I use such a lithium battery, is there any problem that the board doesn't work

  • wjcroftwjcroft Mount Shasta, CA
    edited May 2021

    If it is not working, check the polarity of your white plug. It's NOT an international standard, which of the two pins is positive. You could reverse polarity by cutting and splicing the wires. OpenBCI uses the same pin polarity as Adafruit batteries.

    https://www.adafruit.com/product/328

    The technical name for this plug is JST-PH. Notice how your OpenBCI AA holder is wired.

    Regards, William

  • TZRTZR China

    @wjcroft said:
    If it is not working, check the polarity of your white plug. It's NOT an international standard, which of the two pins is positive. You could reverse polarity by cutting and splicing the wires. OpenBCI uses the same pin polarity as Adafruit batteries.

    https://www.adafruit.com/product/328

    The technical name for this plug is JST-PH. Notice how your OpenBCI AA holder is wired.

    Regards, William

    Thank you very much. The problem has been solved. It's the problem of the positive and negative poles of the power supply

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