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Re: Using the Motor as a Tachometer
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Date: 
Mon, 9 Aug 1999 13:31:12 GMT
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In lugnet.robotics, Todd Lehman writes:
On Wed, 17 Feb 1999, in lugnet.robotics, David Chen wrote:
[...]
I was reading about hooking up 2 motors A + B and arriving at a
dynometer arrangement.  ie. Turning A causes B to rotate.


SNIP

Dave, this use of a motor as an input is fascinating!  (How safe is it?
Looking at some older threads, there seems to be a difference of opinions,
or at least a non-consensus that it's safe...)


SNIP


--Todd

p.s.  A couple of related threads:
http://www.lugnet.com/robotics/?n=3309&t=i&v=b  (Jan 99)
http://www.lugnet.com/robotics/?n=3371&t=i&v=b  (Feb 99)
http://www.lugnet.com/robotics/?n=5240&t=i&v=b  (Jun 99)
http://www.lugnet.com/robotics/?n=5254&t=i&v=b  (Jun 99)
 

Todd,

The danger as I see it is not electrical but physical. If the sensor mode of
the input port is "active" the port will provide power to the motor (sensor).
Thus you could have 2 motors either working together or opposing. This could
be too mutch force for the model to handle...

Rich



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  Re: Using the Motor as a Tachometer
 
(...) Dave, this use of a motor as an input is fascinating! (How safe is it? Looking at some older threads, there seems to be a difference of opinions, or at least a non-consensus that it's safe...) I just hooked an 1x2 LEGO incandescent lamp up to (...) (25 years ago, 8-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)

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