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    Re: 5VDC Voltage Regulation —Wes Matchett
   (...) This doesn't seem to work. I am trying this first since it is the simplest solution so far and I have a 330hm resistor at hand. Without the resistor the voltage across the coil with he port set to level 7 is 7.17. When I add the resistor in (...) (25 years ago, 27-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics)
   
        Re: 5VDC Voltage Regulation —dave madden
      Michael Gasperi wrote: =>> =>> I would just put a 33Ohm 1/2W resistor in series with the relay coil. ^^^^^ Wes Matchett <wes@augustschell.com> wrote: =>... =>This doesn't seem to work. I am trying this first since it is the simplest =>solution so (...) (25 years ago, 27-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics)
    
         Re: 5VDC Voltage Regulation —Wes Matchett
     Bingo - thanks, I guess I read that a little too fast. -Wes (...) (25 years ago, 27-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics)
   
        RE: 5VDC Voltage Regulation —Ralph Hempel
     (...) Ummmm, I think Michael meant to say 33 Ohm resistor. That's what his calculation says and like soooo many others, I just looked at the answer without checking the math... Cheers, Ralph Hempel - P.Eng ---...--- Outside of a dog, a book is a (...) (25 years ago, 27-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics)
   
        Re: 5VDC Voltage Regulation —Wes Matchett
   This indeed does work fine, with he proper resistor. :) Voltage across the coil is now 4.74VDC. Thanks to all for the input - when I get a working model I'll put it on my web site. -Wes (...) (25 years ago, 27-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics)
   
        Re: 5VDC Voltage Regulation —Jacob Schultz
     Don't forget to apply a reverse biased diode across the relay. If you forget this the coil will generate large voltage spikes when the power is removed. This may hurt your RCX. (25 years ago, 27-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics)
   
        Re: 5VDC Voltage Regulation —Jacob Schultz
   (...) Rubbish. The same happens for motors, and the RCX handles this. (25 years ago, 27-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics)
   
        RE: 5VDC Voltage Regulation —Carl Schaefer
   Man, don't sugar coat it .... Say what you really mean. (...) (25 years ago, 27-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics)
   
        Re: 5VDC Voltage Regulation —Jacob Schultz
   (...) OK. What I was thinking of was that if a current flows through a coil, that be a relay, transformer or motor, the current can't change at an instant. If you break the circuit current will keep running through the coil for a short time. This (...) (25 years ago, 28-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics)
   
        Re: 5VDC Voltage Regulation —Michael Gasperi
    Jacob Schultz <dungeonmaster@get2net.dk> wrote in message news:FIrMLo.H8K@lugnet.com... (...) A "freewheeling" diode is a good idea generally, but the RCX must already have diodes built into the driver IC. It has to turn on and off the motor (...) (25 years ago, 28-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics)
   
        Re: 5VDC Voltage Regulation —Dennis Clark
   (...) You can't have the diodes on the motor because it goes in both directions. If you put a diode out there, you would have a dead short in one of the directions. Such things need to be built into the H-bridge, not the motor leads. So, I seriously (...) (25 years ago, 28-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics)
 

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