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RE: lego cap, polarity, etc
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lugnet.robotics
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Date:
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Wed, 28 Mar 2001 18:31:45 GMT
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Original-From:
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Bruce Boyes <bboyes@systronixIHATESPAM.com>
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At 18:58 3/27/2001 -0600, J Kevin McCoy wrote:
> The bridge is able to correctly 'route' the current to the polarized cap so
> that the battery (B) may be connected in either direction, and in this sense
> is able to "correct" the polarity. This is OK since the cap is "floating".
> An inverter would be needed to change the polarity with respect to a common
> ground. Is this what you meant?
Yes, thanks for the sketch.
Bruce
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| (...) Right, what I was trying to say is that a bridge can't 'invert' a DC input of one polarity to make an output of another polarity - it can't "correct" anything, a diode can only conduct or not conduct. All a bridge can do is route the given DC (...) (24 years ago, 27-Mar-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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