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Re: Exploration Mars Camera
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lugnet.robotics
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Sat, 26 Feb 2000 00:44:44 GMT
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I have one. No audio and it still needs 12VDC.
-Peter
"Dean Husby" <nntp@akasa.bc.ca> wrote in message
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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
> >
> > Rich Thompson
> > http://www.marsrobot.com
> >
> > -----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
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > <Whatever!>
> >
> > 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!
> >
> > 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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| (...) 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 (27 years ago, 22-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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