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Message #09040



To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
From: Dave Hrynkiw dave@solarbotics.com
Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2000 11:40:50 -0700
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: motors...


At 10:51 AM 1/11/00 , George Rix wrote:
>If they're piezoelectric, I doubt they'd run off a solarengine. No problems
>with voltage or current, but the solarengine requires an inductive load
>(like a pager motor, coil, or speaker), doesn't it?

The older traditional SE's (FLED, original 1381) DID need an inductive
load. That isn't a case anymore with the advent of the "SunEater",
"ChloroPlast", and "Miller" style engines.

Regards,
Dave
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9041 Tue, 11 Jan 2000 13:41:58 -0500 [alt-beam] Self-assembling modular robots article BEAM List Victor Snesarev from EE Times

http://www.eetimes.com/story/OEG20000110S0070

Cheers,

Victor

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