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Anyone know how to build a stall sensor?
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lugnet.robotics.rcx
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Wed, 5 Sep 2001 19:52:44 GMT
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Hi,
I'd like to be able to monitor the current being drawn by a motor using the
RCX (not the CyberMaster :-( ), so that I can detect stalls and possibly
spins. I can't believe that this is particularly hard but I can't find any
references to one on the web and I'm not a hardware kind of guy so I don't
really know where to start.
Has anyone done this? Can anyone point me at schematics/build instructions?
Regards - Paul.
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Message has 3 Replies:
 | | Re: Anyone know how to build a stall sensor?
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| (...) Hi Paul, I was interested in doing the very same thing a while ago. It sure would save on sensors if the motors had their own feedback! I know (as you are probably aware also) that the current can be monitored using the cybermaster. I saw how (...) (23 years ago, 6-Sep-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
| | | Re: Anyone know how to build a stall sensor?
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| Paul, If you put a small lamp in serie with the motor , you can monitor the current drawn by thr motor through a lightsensor. The more current the more the light, there is only one thing you have less motorpower. Gretings, Rik "Paul Andrews" (...) (23 years ago, 7-Sep-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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