====== Power budget/usage ====== The Otter is battery powered, constraining the duration of missions it can perform. A power budget is given in the table below, showing the worst-case power usage for each component. The total capacity of the four batteries is 3660Wh, resulting in a worst-case duration of battery operation of 3660Wh/833.762W= 4.39h. As can be seen in the table, the motors dominate power consumption, and actuation should therefore be limited for long duration missions. ^ Description ^ Hardware ^ Voltage ^ Current ^ Watts ^ | CPU | RPI4 4GB + StratoPi CAN | 12 | 1.4 | 16.8 | | GPS | Hemisphere v104s| 12 | 0.165 | 1.98 | | AirMax | PoE injector + BulletAC IP67 | 24 | 0.3 | 7 | | 4G router | Teltonika RUT950 | 12 | 0.6 | 7 | | SignalLED | Hella Marine NaviLED 360 | 12 | 0.08 | 0.96| | Hydrophone | Thelma TBR700RT | 5 | 0.0044 | 0.022 | | Motors Full | Torqeedo Ultralight 403 | 24-32 | Varies | 2x400 | ^ Total ^ ^ ^ ^ 833.762 ^ Note that the power usage of the hydrophone is based on the TBR700 battery usage of 6 mA at 3.6 V, and the TBR700RT may use a some small amount more.