Digital Cinema cameras require a great deal of power and many users pile on loads of power-hungry accessories such as recorders, monitors and lens controllers. Some of these accessories use more power than the camera itself.

The AbelCine Universal Power Breakout Box (UniBob) distributes lots of power in a small, convenient package. It’s about the size of an Anton Bauer Dionic 90 battery and can connect directly to a standard 3-peg battery mount or can attach using an Accessory Mounting Kit. The UniBob takes in power via a large Lemo-8 connector, which delivers in excess of 300w each in both 28v & 14.4v power. There are three 28v outputs and three 14.4v outputs. In addition, the unit has two Phantom-standard Fischer-4 ports for 14.4v power, two ARRI-standard Fischer-3 ports for 28v accessory power and one Fischer-3 port for 28v power to directly feed the camera.

SPECIFICATIONS:

Outputs:
28v: 1x Medium-sized Fischer-3 (camera or other large amperage draw); 2x ARRI-standard small Fischer-3 (accessories)
14.4v: 1x Anton Bauer Gold mount (camera or large amperage draw, mounting), 2x AbelCine/Phantom-standard small Fischer-4 (accessories)

Input:
1x Large Lemo-8 (Sony/Panavision Digital Cinema standard)

Note: Requires a UniBob power cable that is compatible with your camera system.

While AbelCine is well known for our Sales, Rental and Technical Service departments, you may not know that we also have an in-house product development team. Two of the AbelCine-developed products on display at NAB this year are the UniBob and the Juicebox, which we developed with Frezzi. Mitch Gross walks you through a system that’s capable of powering essentially any camera platform in the video below.