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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Chris Magno wrote:
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> in other news. Seriously, wadda do to your RCX? chances are it can be "fixed"
I'm not a whiz where electronics are concerned, but I can put batteries in the
RCX and test voltages across the breadboard...
No, it's pretty much dead.
I took the train wall wart, unsoldered the the adapter off a train controller,
added some wires, took the batteries out of the RCX and attached the wires to
what I considered the proper + and - terminals in the RCX.
Nothing.
Oh, so that didn't work. Put back in the batteries.
Nothing.
Eh, whatever.
Yes I hit the 'on' button. Yes it worked on batteries before I started this
little project.
I'll bring it to dinner in January so the more electronic circuitboard/SMD savvy
amongst us can have a boo...
All this 'cause the 1.5 and the 2.0's don't come with AC adapters!!
Anyway, have another 1.0 with AC on order (or soon to be :) )
Dave K
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