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Subject: 
Re: DCC for the RCX
Newsgroups: 
lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.trains
Date: 
Fri, 30 May 2003 21:27:20 GMT
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In lugnet.robotics.rcx, Esger Abbink wrote:

<snip>

> Aside from the above there's the power/heat dissipation problem. In the above
> example the resistor can be quite easily damaged since it needs to dissipate
> quite an amount of power and is often undersized in that respect.
> 
> I hope these words were small enough. ;)
> 
> Esger

Perfectly understood.  Thanks!

My problem has always been that I wanted to get into electronics, but all those
resistors 'n such used to have all these coloured stipes to denote the different
resistances and such--

Well I'm colourblind, see, and that made it a little difficult, especially once
the resistors and all the other compnents were spread all over my desk.

So I didn't go into a more fluent understanding of electronic
components--instead I went into programming :)

Anyway, thanks again!

Dave K



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  Re: DCC for the RCX
 
(...) hmm, color codes and being color blind dont really match well indeed... as far as electronic components go, I'm just a hobbyist. My day job is programming ;) Esger (23 years ago, 30-May-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.trains)

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(...) Sorry, my earlier post should have been more clear. I was just commenting on the fact that in general a resistor is _not_ a good way to reduce voltage to a train motor. And you recalled correctly: diode's are "one-way". Thats why you need to (...) (23 years ago, 29-May-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.trains)

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