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Re: Motor power?
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Date: 
Wed, 17 Feb 1999 21:45:33 GMT
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Dave Baum writes:
The firmware does do PWM.  One reason you aren't seeing much difference is
that the motor has an internal flywheel.  When the pulse is "on", the
motor revs up to speed, then this speed is maintained by the flywheel
during the "off" pulse.  If you put a bigger load on the motor (i.e. have
it move something heavy), you'll start to notice some difference in the
power settings.  It still isn't great, but at least there is some
difference.

So is the old 8720(5114) motor more sensitive to the speed setting, due to its
lack of a flywheel?

Hao-yang Wang



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(...) Yes - you can actually "hear" the change in speed as you alter power levels. Dave (25 years ago, 18-Feb-99, to lugnet.robotics)

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  Re: Motor power?
 
The firmware does do PWM. One reason you aren't seeing much difference is that the motor has an internal flywheel. When the pulse is "on", the motor revs up to speed, then this speed is maintained by the flywheel during the "off" pulse. If you put a (...) (25 years ago, 17-Feb-99, to lugnet.robotics)

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