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Re: Exploration Mars Camera
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lugnet.robotics
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Tue, 22 Feb 2000 07:41:17 GMT
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Rich wrote:
> I integrated a 9v Lego Power Pack with the earlier X10 model and it worked
> ok. The video was a bit dim. Check it out at
> http://www.marsrobot.com/camerabot/camerbot.htm
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> Rich Thompson
> http://www.marsrobot.com
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: news-gateway@lugnet.com [mailto:news-gateway@lugnet.com]On Behalf
> Of Dennis Clark
> Sent: Monday, February 21, 2000 10:29 PM
> To: lugnet.robotics@lugnet.com
> Subject: Re: Exploration Mars Camera
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> In lugnet.robotics, Mike Burke <allthis@ix.netcom.com> writes:
> > The down side of the X10 camera is that you still need to provide the
> > sending unit with AC power. I contacted them after buying two and asked
> > about batteries. Their response was that the cameras were not designed
> > for battery power and it would void the warranty. Other than that, the
> > camera transmits wirelessly very well.
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> <Whatever!>
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> That's what they say whenever they don't understand what you are talking
> about
> (which is almost all of the time.) Their AC adapters put out 12VDC. Fine.
> You
> will need to supply 12VDC, but they just MIGHT work on 9VDC, and
> undervoltage
> never hurt anything of this nature. Just make sure you get the power
> polarity
> correct, it ain't a LEGO product and it isn't guarded against it!
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> have fun,
> DLC
Have you seen the NEW X-10 camera? the Xcam2 (or GigaCam as it was known for a
short time)
It's camera and sender all in one VERY small package. I'm wondering if the
power req's are smaller too.
Dean
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 | | Re: Exploration Mars Camera
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| Why not run it off the RCX. It has 9V and might work. Adam Dean Husby <nntp@akasa.bc.ca> wrote in message news:38B23D9D.E6458A...a.bc.ca... (...) worked (...) talking (...) Fine. (...) for a (...) (27 years ago, 22-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics)
| | | Re: Exploration Mars Camera
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| I have one. No audio and it still needs 12VDC. -Peter "Dean Husby" <nntp@akasa.bc.ca> wrote in message news:38B23D9D.E6458A...a.bc.ca... (...) worked (...) talking (...) Fine. (...) for a (...) (27 years ago, 26-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | RE: Exploration Mars Camera
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| I integrated a 9v Lego Power Pack with the earlier X10 model and it worked ok. The video was a bit dim. Check it out at (URL) Thompson (URL) Message----- From: news-gateway@lugnet.com [mailto:news-gateway...net.com]On Behalf Of Dennis Clark Sent: (...) (27 years ago, 22-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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