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Re: IR Transmitter - where's the "off" switch?
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lugnet.robotics
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Date:
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Fri, 2 Jul 1999 04:42:04 GMT
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Original-From:
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"Keith Miller" <kmiller@talon.net>
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My tower died.. SO I have removed all the parts from the tower..
I have just about most of the components Labled.. Cept for some Capacitors
and some of the smd transistors.
perhaps someone can take the info I have and make a scematic.. I'm gonna
try
eventually.. but I'm not that good at it.
if anyone wants the info I already got.. Email me and I'll send it
Please visit my site for Computers, Supplies, Upgrades,
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Keith Miller,TC# 134916 Independant Consultant for Hand Technologies.
----- Original Message -----
From: Chris Phillips chris.phillips.deathtospam@computerboards.com>
To: <lego-robotics@crynwr.com>
Sent: Thursday, July 01, 1999 12:33 PM
Subject: Re: IR Transmitter - where's the "off" switch?
> Joel Shafer wrote...
> >Wouldn't it be easier to "fix" the tower than to work around it's
> narcolepsy?
>
>
> Yes and no. It would probably be easy for TLG to redesign the ower to
> fix this problem. (While they are at it, they should also supply power o
> the tower from the supply voltage pin available on the RS-232 port nstead
> of requiring a 9V battery, but I digress...)
>
> But it would be a difficult task for somebody to reverse engineer heir
> tower, then design a hardware modification to keep the tower alive, hen
> post instructions on the web that explain how we can all modify our
> microelectronic, surface-mount IR tower boards to get the same esults.
> Better for them to just start selling replacement towers at that point.
>
> I do not think there is a software solution that could keep the tower
> alive without causing it to blast out at least some infrared noise. I
also
> don't think there is a hardware solution (ie: trick cable or adapter or
> something) that will do this without involving a physical, warranty-nding
> modification to the IR tower itself.
>
> I would be delighted to be proven wrong on this score.
> --
> Did you check the web site first?: http://www.crynwr.com/lego-obotics
>
--
Did you check the web site first?: http://www.crynwr.com/lego-robotics
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