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Re: Resets
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lugnet.robotics.handyboard
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Date:
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Fri, 22 Mar 1996 19:40:07 GMT
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Fred G. Martin <fredm@media.mit.edu/stopspam/>
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> I traced my reset problem down to the fact that there is a ton of
> electrical noise in the chip power (+5V). The noise is there only when
> motors are running. After a minute or so of running the motors, I'll get
> a runtime error or the board will just hang. These are the same motors
> that I used to run for hours. Any ideas? TIA (again...:)
I can't say that I have an explanation of why the motors would work at
first and then cause problems later, but I can say that:
Not all motors work with the Handy Board. In particular, motors that
want to draw too much current (e.g., more than 1A) will cause
problems.
If the L293's are getting too hot to touch when running the motors,
the motors are probably going to be a problem.
-Fred
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 | | Re: Resets
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| I have a few suggestions, these are all things that I have seen before to help reduce noise from motors I think that the problem might be due to crap getting back to the power line... thereby causing the DS1233 to say, time to reset... - try a (...) (29 years ago, 23-Mar-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| I traced my reset problem down to the fact that there is a ton of electrical noise in the chip power (+5V). The noise is there only when motors are running. After a minute or so of running the motors, I'll get a runtime error or the board will just (...) (29 years ago, 21-Mar-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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