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Re: 5225 LEGO 9V Motor
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lugnet.robotics
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Thu, 3 Jun 1999 21:00:05 GMT
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Thanks Kekoa, I'll have a look at what specs I can find, talk to lego to see
if they can offer any add'l info, and perhaps do an experiment or two to see
what happens ... I'll post the results for any who might be interested...
Jim
Kekoa Proudfoot <kekoa@pixel.Stanford.EDU> wrote in message
news:FCrrAs.F3t@lugnet.com...
> Jim Karkanias <jkarkanias@REMOVETHIScoretech.com> wrote:
> > Hello - I think this has been handled in the newsgroup before but a search
> > didn't turn anything up...so just in case someone knows the answer off the
> > top of their head...
> >
> > I understand that the RCX has three motor outputs but how many 5225 LEGO 9V
> > Motors in total can the system drive? Given the way the connectors are
> > shaped it seems possible to stack the connectors and therefore place 2 (or
> > more?) motors on a given output...For example, could the RCX drive six
> > motors at once? How about 9 at once? 12??
>
> I believe somebody did a calculation based on the motor driver specs and
> some motor current measurements and concluded that two motors was a safe
> maximum, possibly under some assumptions that I have forgotten.
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> I would not be surprised, however, if the RCX contained a circuit designed
> to allow any number of motors to be connected without damaging the unit.
> You wouldn't get much power out of each motor, though, if this were the
> case and there were to many motors connected.
>
> -Kekoa
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| (...) I believe somebody did a calculation based on the motor driver specs and some motor current measurements and concluded that two motors was a safe maximum, possibly under some assumptions that I have forgotten. I would not be surprised, (...) (25 years ago, 3-Jun-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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