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Re: Battery cases + mindstorms?
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lugnet.robotics
Date: 
Thu, 29 Jul 1999 09:15:01 GMT
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S. Crawshaw <sc10003@SPAMLESSeng.cam.ac.uk>
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On Thu, 29 Jul 1999, Jason Brown wrote:

I don't have mindstorms (or that large a collection of Technic stuff,
hopefully Christmas!  ;) ), but I've been looking around, and finding
creations that use both a mindstorms and a battery box.  What does the
battery box run (other than lights that need to be on all the time)?

Compressors for pneumatic stuff, or (if you're sufficiently mechanically
minded to make a good set of switches) you can use the 3 outputs of the
RCX purely to switch power around, and have the power supplied from the
battery box. Sounds like something I ought to try, but it will probably
mean dismantling my Space Shuttle ;-(

Stuart

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Did you check the web site first?: http://www.crynwr.com/lego-robotics



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  Battery cases + mindstorms?
 
I don't have mindstorms (or that large a collection of Technic stuff, hopefully Christmas! ;) ), but I've been looking around, and finding creations that use both a mindstorms and a battery box. What does the battery box run (other than lights that (...) (25 years ago, 29-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics)

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