Alt-BEAM Archive
Message #03668
To: beam@corp.sgi.com
From: Terry Newton wtnewton@nc5.infi.net
Date: Tue, 25 May 1999 03:46:56
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: diode
At 09:28 AM 5/25/99 +0200, Wouter Brok wrote:
>Sometime I saw a description of a solarpowered robot, with a microprocessor
>(PIC is guess), on the web. The solarcell charged a huge capacitor via a
>diode (so that the capacitor wouldn't discharge itself through the
>colarcell when there isn't enough light anymore).
Sounds like some of my stuff at:
http://www.nc5.infi.net/~wtnewton/otherwld/
(if not I'd like to see it!)
> The problem is: I forgot the type-number of the
>diode .... 1N58.. or so ... I really don't remember.
The diode is a 1N5820-type, specifically 1N5817 but I think any
in the range will do. I don't know what the leakage current of
a 1N34-type is, if not too bad it might do in a pinch.
Terry Newton
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