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    RCX output ratings —Steve Burmaster
   A student of mine has created a robotic arm that uses almost every piece of hardware I have to do a simple repitive pick and place routine. (2 RCX's, 4 motors, two touch sensors, two pumps, two cylinders, two valves, one light sensor, one rotation (...) (25 years ago, 13-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
   
        Re: RCX output ratings —Michael Gasperi
   Steve Burmaster <burmaster@sympatico.ca> wrote in message news:FL5Ayn.4o8@lugnet.com... (...) It won't come close to 1.5A at 12V that is for sure. It will probably push some thing around 450mA at 8.5V. As for damage, I don't think you would hurt the (...) (25 years ago, 13-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
   
        Re: RCX output ratings —Andy Gombos
   Why don't you make a brick with a push-pull amplifier in it? It would need an external power supply, but if you wanted to control someting that used more than 8.5 volts you would have to anyway. This way, you could keep the characteristics of the (...) (25 years ago, 13-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
 

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