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Re: RCX convert from AA to Wall power.
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lugnet.robotics.rcx
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Fri, 15 Aug 2003 15:43:14 GMT
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I did more or less that, but I put in a 7809 voltage regulator to make
sure that I did no damage to my RCX (wall warts sometimes output as much
as 5 volts above the printed voltage).
See http://members.rogers.com/4tee2/rcxpower.jpg
A post of mine with more details: http://news.lugnet.com/robotics/?n=17939
And another thread about it: http://news.lugnet.com/robotics/?n=20717
If you have any other questions about this, I'll be happy to answer them.
(Disclaimer: I'm not responsible if you break your RCX or injure
yourself or your dog, cat, or parrot, burn down your house, etc etc)
Randall Lee Crabtree wrote:
> all the Batterys are in RCX are like this. I think don't have mine around to
> look at right now
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> + + + + + +
> _ _ _ _ _ _
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> So what if you moded the set up useing some wires and a fitting from radio
> shack to accept a 9.0vdc power jack?
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> attach a wire to the + and one to the - and hook them up to a Plug Jack any
> ideas how to do this this is just a idea.
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> Randall Lee Crabtree
> www.hardlug.org
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| Wow, I'm sure glad I have the RCX 1.0 with the power jack... I didn't even know the newer ones didn't have it until I started to visit LUGNET...It's something I couldn't live without, not to mention the battery contacts are unreliable... (...) (21 years ago, 21-Aug-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| all the Batterys are in RCX are like this. I think don't have mine around to look at right now + + + + + + _ _ _ _ _ _ So what if you moded the set up useing some wires and a fitting from radio shack to accept a 9.0vdc power jack? attach a wire to (...) (21 years ago, 15-Aug-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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