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Re: Power inlet to RCX 1.5?
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lugnet.robotics
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Tue, 2 Jan 2001 13:27:17 GMT
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> My main concerns are related to voltage variation. The external outlet at
> RCX 1.0 accepted an input from 9-12V, so it had probably a kind of voltage
> regulator internally. The battery case probably don't have such regulator.
> If you use a 9.6V NiCd pack, a single diode in series would reduce the
> voltage to 8.9-9V, which is acceptable.
Since it works fine with 1.2V recharable batteries I guess a little
less then 9V is also OK. Also it should handle a tad above 9V w/o
problems.
I got a very nice transformator with both an analouge voltage and
ampere meter but I'll hook it up to my multimeter to be sure.
Alligator clips might work but I still think a dummy battery pack
would be better, at least safer. Don't want those clips to come loose
while driving what ever one creates.
To make a small slip in the RCX plastic is a good idea. Think I'll
look into this when I come home...
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 | | Re: Power inlet to RCX 1.5?
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| (...) Wow, it's a little later in the year, and no additional posts have been made on the subject (right?). I just want to add, that connecting a 6 or 9.6 Volt DC via alligator clips hasn't yielded any reaction from the RCX (not even with the (...) (23 years ago, 24-Jul-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Power inlet to RCX 1.5?
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| Some people already discussed it in the past but I don't remember nobody saying that it was already done. I'm very interested in this matter also. One idea was do use a wire with aligator clips connected to the internal baterry connectors. You may (...) (24 years ago, 29-Dec-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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