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Re: Interfacing Sharp's GP2D02 Distance Sensor to the RCX
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Date: 
Mon, 22 Jan 2001 07:51:21 GMT
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In lugnet.robotics, Michael Gasperi writes:
Ralf Krause <lego-robotics@crynwr.com> wrote in message
news:B691251F.ED3%nospam.krause.ralf@web.de...
Michael, please tell me how you can write that the power can " ... provide
30 mA of power to operate other sensor electronics." As I 've tested it
seems that you can't do so ... or I am totally wrong ...??

Nice work!!

I agree !

I guess I don't know where I got the 30mA right now.  Most of
this is based on the fact that I thought there was a 120 ohms in series with
the 8V.  At light loads (where I originally measured) this it is the case.
However when you really load the sensor output down, it looks more like the
resistor is 220 or maybe even 330 ohms.  I just played with my RCX and can
get about 15mA at 5V with new batteries.

How depressing. :-(

The circuit in the RCX is
obviously not a simple resistor anyway.  Sorry to have mislead you.  I think
I'll tinker around with the wording of my web pages.  Too bad you need to
use an output to power the sensor.

Of course !
But, it's possible to drive more then one of these sharps with one output.  And
shouldn't it be possible (without large effort) to use the input-power to
multiplex some of the GP2D12 ?
(AKAIK this input-power is 3ms high then 0.1ms low, right michael ?)

Could your MUX be used for that, Michael ??
http://www.plazaearth.com/usr/gasperi/mux.htm

Rainer



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"Rainer BalzerowskI" <balze2@gmx.net> wrote in message news:G7K0HL.724@lugnet.com... (...) work out the power supply part. Probably taking all the power from the Motor Output or a 9V battery box so you wouldn't need D3 and D4. (24 years ago, 22-Jan-01, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx)

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Ralf Krause <lego-robotics@crynwr.com> wrote in message news:B691251F.ED3%no...@web.de... Michael, please tell me how you can write that the power can " ... provide 30 mA of power to operate other sensor electronics." As I 've tested it seems that (...) (24 years ago, 22-Jan-01, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx)

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