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Message #10986
To: alt-beam@egroups.com
From: Ben A Micklin kcimb@juno.com
Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2000 20:08:57 -0600
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: The better RJP
Hehe.
I have an RJP, fairly small, an older aquariium I used to use for my fish
I had.
Mine is only 1ft wide, 2 ft long. DOn't have any bots to try it out
though!
~ben~
On Sun, 27 Feb 2000 20:10:45 -0500 David Simmons
writes:
> What I was trying to say, is that if Kyle wants an RJP in his room
> the only
> space left would be his bed so he would have to sleep in the
> bathtub. He
> didn't think it was as funny as I did.
>
> Regards,
> ave
>
> Senior wrote:
>
> > With all that talk about RJPs... A bathtub would work very well!
> IT's
> > got the perfect sruface, and nice, curved edges so your bots can't
> get
> > stuck! Of course, lighting is bad in most bathrooms, so build your
> RJP
> > like a bathtub and your set.
> >
> > -Kyle
>
>
>
>
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10987 Sun, 27 Feb 2000 20:35:14 -0600 [alt-beam] Re: Re:Diskette Drives alt-beam@egroups.com Ben A Micklin Mark Tilden used Stepper motors on one of his Turbots. Purely
experimental.
There is a site that shows you how to make a 'bot from a drive-
www.ohmslaw.com
~ben~
On Sun, 27 Feb 2000 20:48:38 -0500 David Simmons
writes:
> Most use a pair of stepper motors, a small 5v for the reader head and
> a larger
> wieghted 5v motor for the main driver. There are plans on the
> internet,
> somewhere, to turn a floppy drive into a small robot. Remember the
> motors are
> steppers, they need a driver IC to run and draw a fair amount of
> amps. I haven't
> seen any steppers used in BEAM so far--There is no motor feedback
> loop like what
> is created with geared DC motors. However the small motors are great
> for CPU
> robots or other projects.Often the main drive motor is part of the
> PCB and can
> not be removed with out damage to the motor.
>
> Regards,
> Dave
>
> BUDSCOTT@aol.com wrote:
>
> > I was wondering if 3.5 in floppy drives used geared motors, i'm
> assuming they
> > do, but i wanted to be sure before i destroyed something!
> >
> > -Spencer
> >
> >
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10988 Mon, 28 Feb 2000 14:11:56 +1100 [alt-beam] Re: Combining Solar Cells beam@sgiblab.sgi.com Elmo On this topic.....
If you have one solar cell that outputs heaps of _current_ but not much
voltage and another that outputs heaps of _voltage_ but very little
current, is there anyway to wire them up so as to get the best of both
worlds?
Elmo
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