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RE: Solar panels, capacitor
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lugnet.robotics
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Tue, 18 Sep 2001 20:51:17 GMT
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Tilman Sporkert (webMethods) <tilman@webmethods./saynotospam/com>
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I don't think it's practical to power the RCX with such small solar cells
and capacitors. A device like the RCX does not like input voltage drops -
the program will stop running, and the entire RCX will reset when power
comes back up. Such drops are unavoidable with solar panels. When you use
solar panels to power electric circuits, like a house, you usually use large
batteries as a buffer. The batteries have enough capacity to supply full
power to the load for some time. The solar panels are used to re-charge the
batteries.
Tilman
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 | | Re: Solar panels, capacitor
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| I have performed some experiments using the Lego Solar panels and capacitors to operate the RCX. I used the 5 volt configuration on my site at (URL) two AA batteries in series with the output of the solar capacitors. This resulted in a 7.5 volt (...) (23 years ago, 18-Sep-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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