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Re: LEGO Electro-magnet
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lugnet.robotics
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Thu, 19 Apr 2001 09:41:47 GMT
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There is a description of a magnet actuator at Andreas Peter's site:
http://www.inchlab.com/ (see Elect.Actuator)
But two modifications IMHO are needed to this design :
- Use heavier duty diodes than 1N4148 indicated in Andreas shematics. 1N4148
is rated 20mA and is probably fried by now... I'd use cheap 1N400x (4001 to
4007) 1000 mA diodes for that.
- use another 1N400x connected in series to prevent reverse connection.
Philo
http://www.philohome.com
In lugnet.robotics, <jmatthews@generation5.org> writes:
> Hi there,
>
> Being a *complete* dufus when it comes to things like electronics, I've no
> idea how to start creating my own sensors, but I feel I have to start
> somewhere.
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> I've thought about creating a LEGO Electromagnet (uses the motor connectors
> to be turned on and off) so you can create robots that pick up things. Any
> ideas how I might go about doing this?
>
> Regards,
>
> James.
>
> - James Matthews
> Generation5: http://www.generation5.org/
> "...At the forefront of Artificial Intelligence..."
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| (...) Hi Philippe, you're right, but you don't need this flyback diode, as Philip Taylor mentioned here : (URL) you don't need a flyback diode, you also don't a diode in series. Rainer P.S.: I had the same ideas than you mentioned above ;-) (23 years ago, 19-Apr-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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| Hi there, Being a *complete* dufus when it comes to things like electronics, I've no idea how to start creating my own sensors, but I feel I have to start somewhere. I've thought about creating a LEGO Electromagnet (uses the motor connectors to be (...) (23 years ago, 14-Apr-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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