Alt-BEAM Archive
Message #05521
To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
From: DENNLILL dennlill@buffnet.net
Date: Mon, 2 Aug 1999 09:44:36 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: head weight
Ok, hello ya'll I've been gone a while, and will be for a while yet, but I
had to answer this. Your problem is the pager motor. You simply need a
stronger gearmotor as your pager motor can't overcome the momentum from
the weight of the robot.
Dennison
On Fri, 30 Jul 1999 Four444@aol.com wrote:
> I just recently made a head, and it is having trouble turning its fat self
> aroung. I'm using a pager motors with gears added on. It is using a PM1
> solorengine and a 74hct biocore. Should I use a motor driver for more power
> or a 74ac240 instead of a HCT? Aren't AC supposed to be better for driving a
> motor directly? Is the pager motor the problem? Thanks for ya'lls help.
>
> Matt
>
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