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Re: 5225 LEGO 9V Motor
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Date: 
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.

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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  Re: 5225 LEGO 9V Motor
 
(...) 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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