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Re: RCX motor voltage
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lugnet.robotics.rcx
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Tue, 9 Nov 1999 16:26:09 GMT
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Terry King wrote:
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> The simple thing would be to do the short delay in the
> software. Identical relays usually 'make' faster than
> they 'break' due to energy stored in the magnetic circuit.
> It's hard to do this without active components. If you
> use a typical small 4-pole double-throw relay, you can
> guarantee no cross-connection by using one normally-
> closed contact in each relay in series with the coil of
> the OTHER relay. So a relay MUST be off for the other relay
> to be able to be turned on.
That sounds like a good approach.
> Again, what kind of motors are you using?
As I stated before - I'm using the motors that came with the RCX.
-Wes
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 | | Re: RCX motor voltage
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| Wes, I'm sorry; I missed the Rcx Motor info... If the Rcx Motors start/run with 6V but don't work with the Rcx Outputs, something is 'Funny'. The Rcx, with decent batteries, puts out about 7 volts to a running Rcx motor (full power setting). I'm not (...) (25 years ago, 10-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: RCX motor voltage
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| The simple thing would be to do the short delay in the software. Identical relays usually 'make' faster than they 'break' due to energy stored in the magnetic circuit. It's hard to do this without active components. If you use a typical small (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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