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| | | (...) 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 (...) (23 years ago, 11-Feb-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | | | | Re: Power to RCX —Matthias Jetleb
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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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| | | | | | Re: Power to RCX —Juergen Stuber
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| | | | | (...) Putting a regulator in front of the motor controllers would be utter nonsense IMHO. (...) Plus the data sheet of the motor controllers. Jürgen (23 years ago, 13-Feb-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | | | | | | Re: Power to RCX —Matthias Jetleb
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| | | | | | (...) Utter nonsense until you destroy the controller itself. Remember, while the Lego motors can take a fairly substantial voltage without being destroyed, the same is not true of the motor controller within the RCX. There is a voltage limit for (...) (23 years ago, 14-Feb-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Power to RCX —Juergen Stuber
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| | | | | | (...) Yes, but any regulator would convert power uselessly into heat, probably too much if you use a much higher voltage and draw some current. It would be better to use higher voltage motor controllers directly (if they exist). And of course this (...) (23 years ago, 14-Feb-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | | | | | Re: Power to RCX —Robert Seifert
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| | | | (...) Yeah!!! That's exactly what I wanted to know! (Aka "How to connect RCX for dummies" (that's what I am - electronics isn't hobby of mine) Thanks a lot! Have a nice day Rob (23 years ago, 13-Feb-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | | | | | Re: Power to RCX —Istvan Takats
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| | | | Hi every one, Thanks for all your help on my previous inquiery. My other idea is, to power my newly acquired Scout with a Solar panel. The Solar panel (car battery saver) is 12V at ~70mA; which I intend to connect a Voltage converter (ready made (...) (23 years ago, 27-Feb-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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