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Message #05305
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From: "David Perry" davidperry@geocities.com
Date: Sun, 18 Jul 1999 03:29:21 +1000
Subject: [alt-beam] which SE to use?
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ok the dilemna, not to release to many secrets but my caterpliller bot has =
4 motors which draw around 70ma each, plus there is an additional circuit t=
o make it make a cricket sound when dark (it draws 1ma while idle and 8ma w=
hile making annoying noise) plus a microcore w/ LED's (5) , 2 reversers and=
cold start PNC and 4 high power h-bridges and ahhh, thats about it. As you=
can imagine i really need a bigger robot to carry all the circuitry. Now t=
o power it i have 2 24x33 solarcells and a 1farad cap. It hasn't really got=
a very stiff walking gate so losing sync ain't much of a problem. Now what=
sort of solarengine do i use? d1, which i don't want cause i'm impatient o=
r a PM1 SE? For emergencies i also have a .33 gold cap and 2 22x24mm solar =
cells which i might be willing to give up to use on this bot? Please help!
David Perry
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