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Re: LEGO cuts the price of the RCX Brick
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lugnet.robotics.rcx
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Fri, 14 Jun 2002 21:48:50 GMT
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In lugnet.robotics.rcx, Scott Davis writes:
> The RCX Bricks on sale are the 1.0 version.
Hallelujah!
> I think that they are just geting rid of them to make space in their
> warehouses for other lego sets. The only diffference is 1.0 have a plug
> so you can use an adapter and use your outlets instead of the batteries.
> The 1.0 does accept the 2.0 firmware.
A couple questions for someone with a multimeter:
Does the 1.0 power adapter output a clean 9v DC? Or does it overcompensate --
at, say, 9.3v -- like other cheap wall adapters? Does the voltage drop by
more than 1% while powering a couple motors? Does the output voltage depend
on your wall voltage (e.g., 110v/115v/120v) or does the adapter contain a
power regulator circuit outputting a known voltage regardless of the accuracy
of the input voltage?
How many mA can a cicruit external to the RCX safely draw through the RCX at
9v? Is the RCX capable of modulating voltage directly or does it use
exclusively pulse-width modulation?
Thanks,
--Todd
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| (...) Um, are you asking about the power adapter that you might take off the 9V train regulator, for example? My expectation is that this item being discounted is the brick only, and the brick takes in power at its input plug but does not come with (...) (22 years ago, 14-Jun-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| "Todd Lehman" <todd@lugnet.com> schreef in bericht news:GxptxE.CA5@lugnet.com... (...) overcompensate -- (...) If the LEGO US 110v adapter is similair to the Europe 220v adapter in terms of output : it outputs around 9.2-11.4v AC (note the AC, DC (...) (22 years ago, 14-Jun-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| (...) The RCX Bricks on sale are the 1.0 version. I think that they are just geting rid of them to make space in their warehouses for other lego sets. The only diffference is 1.0 have a plug so you can use an adapter and use your outlets instead of (...) (22 years ago, 14-Jun-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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