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Re: Moving NXT motors by hand
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lugnet.robotics.nxt
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Mon, 28 May 2007 20:59:54 GMT
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In lugnet.robotics.nxt, John Watson wrote:
> Hi:
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> Sometimes my son and I move the NXT motors by hand, for instance, by attaching
> something to the holes in the orange hubs to act as a crank. We wonder if that's
> bad for the motors. Does anyone have an opinion?
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> Regards,
> John and Will
John, there are a lot of people using the NXT motors this way, just to get the
feedback from the built-in rotation sensors. The best example would be the
MDPers who built one joystick with a NXT kit to control a moving vehicle made
with another.
So if these guys do it, I assume it's pretty safe to say that it's no problem
for the motors, as long of course as you make sure they are in "float" mode;
that is, the NXT isn't trying to force them in a particular position.
Then again, maybe said MDPers will have a more qualified advice; maybe they
fried their motors already :-/
Jean-Marc
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Message has 3 Replies:
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| (...) Well, I don't want to claim to be an expert, but I'll tell you what I've done. I have a couple remotes that I've been using for over a year, and I haven't had problems with them. One not only uses the rotation sensors, but also uses the motors (...) (18 years ago, 29-May-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
| | | Re: Moving NXT motors by hand
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| (...) Well, if by "more qualified" you mean "have abused their hardware harder than average, yes :-). Since day 1 I've back-driven the NXT motors by hand, including the magic motor demo (not as efficient with the NXT motors, but it does work), using (...) (18 years ago, 29-May-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| Hi: Sometimes my son and I move the NXT motors by hand, for instance, by attaching something to the holes in the orange hubs to act as a crank. We wonder if that's bad for the motors. Does anyone have an opinion? Regards, John and Will (18 years ago, 28-May-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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