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Re: Solar-powered RCX?
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lugnet.robotics
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Date:
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Tue, 10 Nov 1998 17:42:26 GMT
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Kekoa Proudfoot <kekoa@Graphics.Stanford.EDU>
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> 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 wart", not AC.
I believe AC is okay, although most wall warts are DC. Look at the little
9-12 V ~ symbol right near the port :)
-Kekoa
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Message has 1 Reply:
 | | Re: Solar-powered RCX?
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| 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)
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| | Re: Solar-powered RCX?
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| 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)
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