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Subject: 
RE: Fwd: new products (Remote Control)
Newsgroups: 
lugnet.robotics
Date: 
Thu, 12 Aug 1999 17:56:38 GMT
Original-From: 
John A. Tamplin <JAT@ihatespamLIVEONTHENET.COM>
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On Thu, 12 Aug 1999, Ralph Hempel wrote:

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 you generate opposes the motor
rotation and the motor tries to brake. In other words, you are loading the motor.

When the wires are out opposite sides, there is no apparent braking because
the current is not opposing itself.

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 make you are just connecting one wire to itself --
that is why it has no effect.

John A. Tamplin Traveller Information Services
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  RE: Fwd: new products (Remote Control)
 
(...) 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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