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Re: Yeeee Haaaa! and Will this motor work?
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lugnet.robotics.handyboard
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Date:
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Mon, 5 Oct 1998 18:20:21 GMT
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Fred G. Martin <fredm@media./Spamcake/mit.edu>
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the "correct" way is to measure their resistance with an ohmmeter. if
it's less than 5 ohms, it might be a problem.
the "other" way is to just plug them in and turn on the motor
outputs. as long as you use full power (not any of the
software-reduced power modes), the chips have thermal protection
against overloading.
if the motor chips get so hot they'll burn you, that is bad. if the
HB immediately resets and beeps when you try to turn on the motor,
that is also bad.
fred
In your message you said:
> Hi all,
>
> Yeeee Haaaw! I just got my HB in from Gleason Research Friday and started
> figuring it out this weekend. WOW! What a blast! It was worth eating peanu • t
> butter sandwiches for 3 months to save up for! ;-) This is EXACTLY what I'v • e
> needed to get started.
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> Thanks Fred and all others who designed this system and made it and IC
> available to hobbiests!!!!
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> I've just started playing around with programming and am now thinking of how
> to attach some wheels to motors. Here's my first Q, that I didn't find an
> answer for yet.
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> I have these 2 unmarked motors that seem to work off a 9v battery.
> They are unmarked, so I don't know what they are 'rated'.
>
> Q: How can I tell if I can run them directly off the motor control line?
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> Thanks!
> GDF.
>
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| Hi all, Yeeee Haaaw! I just got my HB in from Gleason Research Friday and started figuring it out this weekend. WOW! What a blast! It was worth eating peanut butter sandwiches for 3 months to save up for! ;-) This is EXACTLY what I've needed to get (...) (26 years ago, 5-Oct-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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