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(...) This remote control sounds like a neat little thing. Just currious.. Does the motors float or brake when you release the buttons, and the program doesn't control the output? I don't have a remote myself. Jacob -- Did you check the web site (...) (25 years ago, 11-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Great question. They "brake". As soon as you start a motor on the RCX, it doesn't go into "floating" mode again until you turn off the RCX. I don't know how the braking is accomplished but it's probably just a matter of the motor trying to (...) (25 years ago, 12-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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Robert Munafo writes: > In lugnet.robotics, lego-robotics@crynwr.com (Jacob Schultz) writes: > >This remote control sounds like a neat little thing. > >Just currious.. Does the motors float or brake when you release the > > buttons, and the program (...) (25 years ago, 12-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Not to put too fine a point on it, but it depends which way you connect the motor to itself. Try the experiment with the wires coming out the same side of the connector, and then opposite sides... When it is the same side, the voltage/current (...) (25 years ago, 12-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) The motor only has two wires going to it, but there are four pegs on the connector. Each peg has a connection to each wire to the motor (see the Lego patent for how this works in any orientation). So, depending on exactly which connections you (...) (25 years ago, 12-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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