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hi list again! thanks a lot for all your replies to my postings about accu pack and power plugs! since i already got my ordered 1.0 rcx's today (thanks rob!) and now own all versions of the rcx, i disassembled them all to have a look at the power (...) (23 years ago, 6-Dec-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) FYI - I ran my RCX1.0 for a while with a 12V DC adapter. The RCX has "9-12V" printed above the plug. One day I thought I check my DC adapter and found it was actually putting out 18V! Needless to say I stopped using it, but I had been running (...) (23 years ago, 6-Dec-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) I'm pretty sure that the 2.0 firmware will work on a 1.0 or 1.5 brick. - Jacob (23 years ago, 6-Dec-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) It does. 100% Dean (23 years ago, 6-Dec-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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On Thu, 2001-12-06 at 12:15, Mathias Uhr wrote: <snip> (...) This is more likely to act as a buffer to prevent the voltage from sagging on the CPU when you're running the motors. This is always a pronlem when motors and CPU are run off a common (...) (23 years ago, 7-Dec-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Did you check it with a load (such as the RCX) on it? Some power supplies can only regulate the voltage when there is some kind of load. If you just measure the voltage with nothing except a meter on the end, it may well be insanely high but (...) (23 years ago, 7-Dec-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) It's the delay you get when changing batteries so you don't lose your firmware... (the 1000uF Cap) the ring should be for filtering power. Dean (23 years ago, 7-Dec-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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