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Re: A recharge BOT?
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lugnet.robotics
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Tue, 25 Jan 2000 15:41:06 GMT
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Guido Heunen wrote:
> Hi,
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> Did anyone try to build a bot with the capability of recharging its
> rechargable batteries? I wonder if it is possible. Can you recharge the
> batteries when they are still with in the RCX?
> I want to try this without blowing up my RCX. My both should wander around, and
> when its battery status is low it should go to the light source where it
> can recharge its batteries, untill 99%. With this no over-charging would occur.
Sadly, LEGO made the Battery status not avail to the BOT. Only to a PC. Maybe in
the new firmware update they will fix this oversight. That and allow programming of
the Display counter with vars...
Dean
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| (...) The hardware has the battery supply voltage connected to the 4th A/D input port, so using legOS you can definitely get the battery voltage, and I would expect other replacement firmware systems (ie, pbForth) to also offer that capability. If (...) (25 years ago, 25-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| What about making a sensor that is a battery charge meter? ----- Original Message ----- From: Dean Husby <nntp@akasa.bc.ca> To: <lego-robotics@crynwr.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2000 9:41 AM Subject: Re: A recharge BOT? (...) around, and (...) (...) (25 years ago, 26-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | A recharge BOT?
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| Hi, Did anyone try to build a bot with the capability of recharging its rechargable batteries? I wonder if it is possible. Can you recharge the batteries when they are still with in the RCX? I want to try this without blowing up my RCX. My both (...) (25 years ago, 25-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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