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Re: Anyone know how to build a stall sensor?
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lugnet.robotics.rcx
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Wed, 5 Sep 2001 20:43:30 GMT
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In lugnet.robotics.rcx, Paul Andrews writes:
> Hi,
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> 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.
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> Has anyone done this? Can anyone point me at schematics/build instructions?
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> Regards - Paul.
I suppose you've already considered using the white 24 tooth clutch (looks
like a gear)to limit the torque and prevent motor stalls...
Jerry
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 | | Re: Anyone know how to build a stall sensor?
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| I assume you have already discarded the simple approach of using a rotation sensor and detecting that it has stopped rotating. (This gives you an odometer for free!) Or if you don't have a rotation sensor, you can use the half width six hole pulley (...) (23 years ago, 6-Sep-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Anyone know how to build a stall sensor?
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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 (...) (23 years ago, 5-Sep-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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