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| (...) Actually, it's more like standing on the brakes, letting go and then gunning the gas, stepping off the gas and standing on the brakes :-) And yes, that WILL use more gas, and more batteries. Now, if the resolutiion of timing for the brake (...) (20 years ago, 30-Nov-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| (...) :) (...) I'm not sure how the Swan firmware does it, but I have mine set so it cycles every 8 ms. It's on for 0 to 8 ms, then off (brake) for the rest, depending on the speed. That's fast enough to produce a very smooth result. There is no (...) (20 years ago, 30-Nov-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| (...) That's the case too for Swan firmware with standard parameters. (...) And yes, power consumption is much higher using on break. I measured variation of RCX current with one motor, power level 3 (50% duty cycle). Idle RCX current (35mA) is (...) (20 years ago, 1-Dec-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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