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Subject: 
Re: rcx power circuit
Newsgroups: 
lugnet.robotics
Date: 
Fri, 7 Dec 2001 15:15:04 GMT
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Rob Syvertsen wrote:
> 
> On Thu, 2001-12-06 at 12:15, Mathias Uhr wrote:
> <snip>
> >   * instead, there's a big cap (1000uF) and a ferrite "ring"
> >     on the battery input (probably for some kind of filtering
> >     if someone still connects an external power source).
> 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 source and is overcome
> through filtering the power supply.

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
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  Re: rcx power circuit
 
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 (...) (25 years ago, 7-Dec-01, to lugnet.robotics)

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