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Re: MOC: Working solar powered rover and geiger counter
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lugnet.robotics
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Mon, 20 Feb 2006 21:18:44 GMT
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Measurements:
normal RCX (no sensors, no motors, IR-off, no sound): 33mA
in snooze mode : 25mA
Not famous, but with solar panels to have or not have 8mA is the question. :)
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 | | Re: MOC: Working solar powered rover and geiger counter
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| (...) Well I'm certainly impressed that you were able to get a (not insignificant) saving through software alone. (I use NQC and the lego firmware, so I doubt I could implement this - I think I'll wait for NXT before learning a new system :-). OTOH, (...) (19 years ago, 21-Feb-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: MOC: Working solar powered rover and geiger counter
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| (...) Hey, your RCX power-on electronics challenged me to try to wake up the RCX by software. This is quite difficult, because if powered down, the RCX not only shuts down all its peripherical devices, but also sends the H8 micro-controller to (...) (19 years ago, 20-Feb-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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