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Re: DC adapter
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lugnet.robotics.handyboard
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Fri, 5 Sep 1997 17:23:25 GMT
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Fred G. Martin <FREDM@MEDIA.MIT.EDUnospam>
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a regulated supply would be really nasty when you put the interface
board in ZAP mode -- the supply would try to raise the level of the
battery to 15v or whatever, and that would be bad.
so unless you really know what you are doing, steer clear of
regulated supplies.
-fred
> Isn't this a bit sweeping? Surely the problem is that a 12v regulated
> supply will not have enough headroom with a 9.6V battery. I use a 7.2V
> battery without problems (that I am aware of).It is not the regulation
> that is the actual problem but the voltage I am presuming.
> Of course, I could be wrong ...
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| Hmm... As usual I opened my mouth only to change feet. Naturally, for my own reasons, I disabled zap mode on my board so I did not think about that. (...) -- ===...=== peter.harrison@cannock.ac.uk Cannock Chase Technical College (27 years ago, 8-Sep-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| (...) Isn't this a bit sweeping? Surely the problem is that a 12v regulated supply will not have enough headroom with a 9.6V battery. I use a 7.2V battery without problems (that I am aware of).It is not the regulation that is the actual problem but (...) (27 years ago, 5-Sep-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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