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Re: latest legOS strangeness
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lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos
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Fri, 17 May 2002 01:05:38 GMT
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> Maybe make this selectable with a build option? The bad thing about brake • is
> that it actually draws current (=reduces battery life)
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> ROSCO
Not really.. braking using the current generated by the motor (acting as a
generator) once the power is removed from it. H-Bridge has what is called
a break bit. The break bit simply shorts the two terminals on the motor
together, generating a magnetic field that "brake's" the motor. This uses
virtually current from the batteries. But I do see the advantage of having
a motor capable of coasting.... so the selectable build option sounds cool.
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| (...) I may be wrong - 'my' RCX is actually my brother's, and is 3 hours drive away - but doesn't the remote control with the official firmware do float when buttons released, but brake if forward and reverse are pressed together? Max (23 years ago, 17-May-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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