Alt-BEAM Archive
Message #05272
To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
From: SG Sparkyg@seark.net
Date: Mon, 12 Jul 1999 19:33:34 -0400
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: Advice needed!
At 05:17 PM 7/12/99 -0500, you wrote:
>look for the notch or flat side of the LED, or just take 2 AAA >batteries
OK, first of all the LEDs do not have a flat side. i am using small round
Micro LEDs
second, sice one side is positive when it fires, im wundering why i can't
connect one lead to one output, other lead to the other output
(my original question)
(my wires are trimmed, and mounted and it will save taking my circuit/frame
apart)
>READ THE BOOK!!!!
ok, i know you don't mean to offend. but i've had pretty rough day, and
after thinkin about this and your former message i gotta respond.
sorry if i didn't realize resistors were needed for LEDs, my brother and i
rigged up a control panel to his model railroad for two Power Supplies and
used LEDs to tell us which power supply was running what section. We
didn't use Resistors then, and i just "assumed" they didn't draw much power.
as far as getting a $$$ electronic project. THAT IS WHAT I AM DOING WITH
BEAM. (less $ ...although i'm beginng to wunder!) The reason I am tackeling
this is to learn more about electronics HANDS ON >with the book< . If you
take a look at the Solorbotics solaroller manual it talks about two types
of personalities. I'm the kind that learns by doing, asking questions AND
reading. I get a better understanding that way.
Sorry, but its been along day, i've felt so far i've done rather well on
this walker. Just wanted to say how much i appericiate the ability to ask
questions and i hope this service is not revoked on the list.
>you also realize you need a PNC to reduce the microcore from >Saturation
actually its a master-slave Bicore.
-Sparky
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