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Re: Smart Motor
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lugnet.robotics
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Date:
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Thu, 9 Sep 2004 17:47:05 GMT
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Russell Nelson <nelson@crynwr.ANTISPAMcom>
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Joe Strout writes:
> Of course I suppose that power would become a problem if you hung
> more than a few motors off one RCX output. Any thoughts on what to
> do about that? E.g., would it be possible to rig it so that the
> motors draw their power from another source (an RC car battery for
> example), and just get the command signals from the RCX? Or is
> this not an important issue?
Not an important issue unless you want to turn multiple motors at the
same time. The DCC electronics consumes a minimal amount of power
compared to turning the motor.
Now if we can only persuade Lego to create DCC motors! W00t w00t!
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| (...) Well, you rock! That's exceedingly cool. Please build more! Indeed, you might consider building a largish batch of them -- if you set yourself up assembly-line style, you could probably knock off a couple dozen of them in a few evenings and (...) (20 years ago, 9-Sep-04, to lugnet.robotics, FTX)
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