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| I'm curious - can I limit the voltage to a motor by putting a resistor in series with it? What are the pros and cons of this solution? I have a bunch of low voltage (3V) motors that I'd like to be able to use with the handy board, but giving them (...) (29 years ago, 4-Feb-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
| | | | | Re: hmph
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| (...) That's a definite possibility. However, I'm looking more for something that has a tread-type drive system, though two independently driven wheels is fine. That allows me to simplify steering the robot, so that I can rotate it at a point. (...) (29 years ago, 4-Feb-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
| | | | | Re: hmph
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| (...) How about buying a $15 RC car from radio shack and adding a $15 servo to do the front steering? I haven't tried it. I'm using RC-10 cars and they're GREAT. Independent suspension, hispeed, good traction... but several hundred dollars. -- (...) (29 years ago, 4-Feb-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
| | | | | Re: HB died - HELP
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| Keith, You may have shorted something out while connecting up the battery. I've seen this before, and parts do fry if you connect them to 9.6v. If while you had the battery ground lead connected, you just brushed the +v lead onto some pins, that (...) (29 years ago, 4-Feb-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
| | | | | HB died - HELP
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| HELP . . . My HB has stopped going into bootstrap mode. Hope someone out there can help!!! The HB had been working fine. I was having fun with IC, and I finally got around to the Fuse and Battery final assembly (Part 6 of the assembly instructions). (...) (29 years ago, 4-Feb-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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