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| Dear Brahm, We know we are not supposed to do this on this forum, but we shall do it anyways because our gratitude towards you is more intense than just a 5 star rating. We have been trying to make our RIS 2.0 software and hardware work for many and (...) (15 years ago, 18-Jan-11, to lugnet.robotics)
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| (...) No, purely resistive. Although it does have a "boot up" time, I think it's just due to heating up the element. I'm not completely sure if the element will respond better to a "dimmer" type set-up (running it at less than normal voltage) or a (...) (15 years ago, 15-Jan-11, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| (...) Interesting thread, even if a bit off topic of LEGO motors. I'm not an expert on power circuits, but a google search turned up this web site with a number of interesting power supply circuits (there is a search option). (URL) Putz (URL) (15 years ago, 13-Jan-11, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| (...) Good thing, the load is not inductive. (...) OK, with a 1 second cycle time, and pure on/off, it is simpler. All you need is a solid state relay. (...) Looks like some people do: (URL) and worse, most of these dimmers work by dissipating and (...) (15 years ago, 13-Jan-11, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| (...) I've been operating outside my personal SOA for years now :) (...) It's actually not a motor - it's a small electric hot water heater element. When plugged in it produces 1300W, but if I want less than that I need to figure out some way to (...) (15 years ago, 13-Jan-11, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.org.us.smart)
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