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  External Motor Power and the Expansion board.
 
Greetings all! I just got the kit for the expansion board in the mail, and I realized something: I modified my handy board to accept external power for the motors through the power expansion header, using the instructions at: (URL) and now I don't (...) (26 years ago, 24-Feb-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
 
  Re: External Motor Power and the Expansion board.
 
ahah, good question. the exp bd grabs the 9v motor power for the servos, sonar, and 9v lego sensors. if you're not using any of these, you could leave connector off the exp bd and you'll have no probs. if these are important, you need to reconnect (...) (26 years ago, 24-Feb-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
 
  RE: External Motor Power and the Expansion board.
 
I noticed this to when I built mine, I just bridged the gap I had cut with solder and now use an H-bridge to control the motors. Clancy (...) (26 years ago, 24-Feb-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)

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