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| Given the extensive traffic concerning robot platforms, I thought I'd add my two cents: For my senior project at Cal Poly I made a robot that had three wheels, two of which were independently driven and one which was a small caster. The chassis and (...) (29 years ago, 7-Feb-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
| | | | | Re: battery voltages
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| (...) Yes, and the current capacity would be the same, since excess voltage gets dissipated in the HB's voltage regulator. -Fred (29 years ago, 6-Feb-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| Regarding the use of a 6V ni-cad pack to solve my over-voltage problem in driving small motors, could I still use my current 9.6V pack, but simply insert a tap into the battery at somewhere close to 6V? Seems nicer than buying another battery pack, (...) (29 years ago, 6-Feb-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
| | | | | RE: Connected Radioshack truck
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| (...) You know what makes REALLY good REALLY cheap shaft encoders? Mice! Get an old mouse that has a broken button (that's usually what goes on mice) and pull it appart. Sometimes, depending upon the kind of mouse, you can get really luckey, and be (...) (29 years ago, 6-Feb-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
| | | | | Re: Connected Radioshack truck
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| (...) (snip) (...) I also have one of the Radio Shack RC trucks. A good solution for shaft encoding would be to glue a couple (or 4) magnets to the inside rim of the rear tires. Then glue a hall effect sensor to the axle. When the wheel spins, the (...) (29 years ago, 6-Feb-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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