Alt-BEAM Archive
Message #06234
To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
From: Phillip A. Ryals phillip@ryals.com
Date: Wednesday, September 29, 1999 10:41 AM
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: master/slave bicore
>Well, I kinda worried about using the full 6V, but it seems to be ok. I
>haven't noticed any heat or anything. The main reason I went there is that
>that at 4.5 it's quite sluggish. I guess it might help if I use another
245
>to bump up the signal.
>
>So is there anyone else that's used 6V for a while? Just wondering if
going
>that high will shorten it's life considerably.
>
>par
In the past, I have used a 9v transistor battery with a 7805 regulator. The
package itself is fairly small and supplies more than enough power to the
walker. I built that one over a year and a half ago and it still scoots
around quite energetically. Another of my walkers uses a 6v camera battery
(again with a 7805 reg.) everything is housed inside an old PC mouse shell.
That one is still chuggin' along after about a year as well.
Good luck, but most of all have fun.
Les Davis
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