Alt-BEAM Archive
Message #01503
To: BEAM beam@corp.sgi.com
From: Zulu 35 zulu35@singnet.com.sg
Date: March 12, 1999 9:20 PM
Subject: FLED solarengine
>hello all..i'm back Muaahah
>
> i was bumming around once when i thought of how the photodiode functions.
>correct me fi i am wrong, but the photodiode conducts when it is in low
>light conditions, am i right?
>
>so i was thinking.. if one is to construct a photovore using 2 1831 or FLED
>solar engines, then, instead of using 2 solar cells, attach 2 photodiodes
>instead, (perhaps to one of the motor's power lines).. would the photovore
>still work as it is supposed to? well.. gotta wait till i get more
>photodiodes before i try this out.. meanwhile.. has anyone tried this
>before? and.. in the first place... is this workable?
>
>
>rdgs
>zulu
>
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