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| | | I have an RCX 1.0 (w/ power jack) and an RCX 2.0 (w/o power jack). I will be using both in my rtl10 entry. Here's my problem: For my bot to work properly, I need both RCXen to be powered from an adapter. Since the 2.0 has no jack, I have thrown (...) (23 years ago, 1-Feb-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | Re: Does this offend anyone's sense of lego purity? —Iain Hendry
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| | | | | "Trevyn Watson" <4tee2@rogers.com> wrote in message news:3C59EA17.808010...ers.com... (...) Yep! As long as I can screw my robot to my module base. :-D What's the chip in the middle? It looks familiar... Iain (who finally got Tijs to run properly - (...) (23 years ago, 1-Feb-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | Re: Does this offend anyone's sense of lego purity? —Benjamin Medinets
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| | | | | (...) I think it doesn't look eye-friendly but if it works, more power to you... I think the rules clearly say lego items, but in the "spirit of the game", I think this would be considered not essential enough for you to get an advantage, because it (...) (23 years ago, 1-Feb-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | | | Re: Does this offend anyone's sense of lego purity? —Trevyn Watson
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| | | | | | (...) Well, its all inside the battery box. the only thing coming out is the ribbon cable on the left side of the photo. And for Iain, that's a 7809 Positive 9 Volt Voltage Regulator. It looks like most other voltage regulators (except the really (...) (23 years ago, 1-Feb-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Does this offend anyone's sense of lego purity? —Iain Hendry
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| | | | | | "Trevyn Watson" <4tee2@rogers.com> wrote in message news:3C59F3EC.409080...ers.com... (...) supplies. Oh cool! Okay, I remember I bought one of those for a project once, but never used it. It's siting in my electronics bin downstairs, I just (...) (23 years ago, 1-Feb-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Does this offend anyone's sense of lego purity? —Trevyn Watson
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| | | | | | Rebel Transcanner wrote: > (...) As long as it has a voltage that is at least 1.7 volts above its output voltage (and below some upper voltage), it will give its output voltage. You can get voltage regulators for many voltages, like 3v (7803), 6v (...) (23 years ago, 1-Feb-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Does this offend anyone's sense of lego purity? —Chris Magno
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| | | | | | (...) i disagree!! sorry, this is a bit of a sore point. the smallest 78xx series i ever found was a 05. I really wanted a 7803 to try to play with some small pneumatic solenoids but none existed. electronsonic has 2 3vdc regulators NONE in stock. (...) (23 years ago, 1-Feb-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Does this offend anyone's sense of lego purity? —Oliver Giesen
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| | | | | | | G'Day True enough, never could find a 7x03 either, usually just dumped the output thru a couple or three diodes, or a light bulb until 3v came out. Cheers Oliver Also never discount a car headlight as a high wattage resistor in low voltage (...) (23 years ago, 2-Feb-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: Does this offend anyone's sense of lego purity? —Chris Magno
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| | | | | | | | (...) truth be told it was during my experimenting with some VERY small pneumatic solenoids that came from here: (URL) was offered a sample so i was given 2 3vdc 3 Way 2 Position and as we all know to duplicate a lego pneumatic switch you need a 4 (...) (23 years ago, 2-Feb-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Does this offend anyone's sense of lego purity? —Matthias Jetleb
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| | | | | | | (...) Don't you just LOVE Electrosonic? You should have checked out Sayal Electronics while you were there. (S/E corner of the Victoria Park and Gordon Baker Rd.) The are also a good source for parts in the area. You could have just used a 7805 with (...) (23 years ago, 2-Feb-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Does this offend anyone's sense of lego purity? —Trevyn Watson
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| | | | | | Hmm. I'm reasonably sure I saw one at my local Active store, but I could be wrong. Ill check next time i'm there and tell you if i find any. On the Future Active web site: (URL) a part is available from Future Active, I think that means it's (...) (23 years ago, 4-Feb-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Does this offend anyone's sense of lego purity? —Matthias Jetleb
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| | | | | | Active Components is *NOT* the same as Active Surplus. Matthias Jetleb (23 years ago, 6-Feb-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | Re: Does this offend anyone's sense of lego purity? —Calum Tsang
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| | | | | (...) I can't see how that's a problem. Don't worry about it. Unless you're feeding more than the usual 9-12VAC into it, I think it's fair. Beats sucking down the batteries. Calum (23 years ago, 1-Feb-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | Re: Does this offend anyone's sense of lego purity? —Chris Magno
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| | | | (...) Well, it does offend me on a ewweeeeee level, but on a practical level its fine. as a guy who'd electric bill went up because of all the wall warts powering the rcx's..... sure its fine. :) BTW a question to the group. Is there a FOR SURE (...) (23 years ago, 1-Feb-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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