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Re: Power to RCX
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lugnet.robotics.rcx
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Mon, 11 Feb 2002 16:13:00 GMT
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In lugnet.robotics.rcx, Matthias Jetleb writes:
> I investigated this issue a while back an have taken apart all four of
> my RCX's (1.0 w. adapter, 1.0 w/o adapter, and 2 2.0's from an RIS1.5
> and and RIS2.0). They all have internal voltage regulators.
Sorry, I am little confused. Does it mean that everything LEGO did was
REMOVING DC adaptor hole to make difference between 1.0 and 1.5 version ?
(talking about RCX hardware) and therefore i can connect my wall AC/DC
adaptor directly to that funny metal things where usually batteries are
connected?
thanks rob
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| There is a difference between a voltage regulator (which limits the maximum voltage applied to a circuit) and a rectifier (which turns AC into pulsed DC - to be smothed out by a capacitor - it also ensures that you can't connect a DC power source (...) (23 years ago, 12-Feb-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| I investigated this issue a while back an have taken apart all four of my RCX's (1.0 w. adapter, 1.0 w/o adapter, and 2 2.0's from an RIS1.5 and and RIS2.0). They all have internal voltage regulators. I've written the number down somewhere on this (...) (23 years ago, 2-Feb-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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