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    Re: Solar-powered RCX? —Tom Boles
   Sorry, maybe there is to much engineer in me but are you saying the external power supply produces low voltage AC and that it is rectified in the brick to DC to run the system? I can believe it's regulated inside, but it needs DC from the "wall (...) (26 years ago, 10-Nov-98, to lugnet.robotics)
   
        Re: Solar-powered RCX? —Ralph Hempel
     Tom Boles wrote in message <36486EB4.3941EC00@i...ns.com>... (...) Many embedded systems use a bridge to be polarity and AC/DC insensitive on the power inputs. At the very least, you should put a series diode to protect against reverse voltage. By (...) (26 years ago, 10-Nov-98, to lugnet.robotics)
    
         Re: Solar-powered RCX? —Chris Moseley
     Ralph Hempel <rhempel@bmts.com> wrote (...) Someone should tell Sony this - a friend fried my discman by reversing polarity. I had (foolishly) assumed that they would have dne this on the 9V external PS feed. Doh. Moz (26 years ago, 12-Nov-98, to lugnet.robotics)
   
        Re: Solar-powered RCX? —Kekoa Proudfoot
   (...) I believe AC is okay, although most wall warts are DC. Look at the little 9-12 V ~ symbol right near the port :) -Kekoa (26 years ago, 10-Nov-98, to lugnet.robotics)
   
        Re: Solar-powered RCX? —Ralph Hempel
   Kekoa Proudfoot wrote in message <199811101742.JAA037...rd.EDU>... (...) This implies a 9-12V AC adapter. This is a cost reduction, since a DC adapter is generally a transformer, bridge and minimal filtering. The Brick needs reverse voltage (...) (26 years ago, 10-Nov-98, to lugnet.robotics)
   
        Re: Solar-powered RCX? —Michael Gasperi
   I use a big transformer only type wall wart I had laying around. Pure AC output. The wall wart says it is 9VAC @ 3.2A but no load is about 10.5VAC. I'm sure this is more power than I need but it was free. If I look at the normally (battery) 8.2vDC (...) (26 years ago, 10-Nov-98, to lugnet.robotics)
 

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