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Message #13357



To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
From: SkavenArmy@cs.com
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2000 16:42:33 EDT
Subject: Re: Magbot butterfly


nitinol isnt it?





jayz



13358 Tue, 11 Apr 2000 22:57:13 +0200 RE: m/s bicore walker "Thomas Pilgaard" Will it make any difference where you put the cap - I mean I seem to have
grasped that it has to be as physically close to the actual motor as
possible. Is this the case? And if so - why is this?

Thanks

Thomas

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-beam@sgiblab.sgi.com [mailto:owner-beam@sgiblab.sgi.com]On
> Behalf Of Ben Hitchcock
> Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2000 2:53 AM
> To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
> Subject: Re: m/s bicore walker
>
>
> It doesn't really matter what value you use. I have a heap of 0.22 uF
> caps in my BEAM parts box, so I use those.
>
> 0.01 should work equally as well at smoothing out those nasty power supply
> ripples. I wouldn't go lower than 0.001 or so though.
>
> Ben
>
> > It's a m/s bicore.
> >
> > I thought it should be just .01uF. Was I mistaken?
> >
> > -phillip
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Ben Hitchcock
> > To:
> > Sent: Monday, April 10, 2000 5:46 PM
> > Subject: Re: m/s bicore walker
> >
> >
> > > You could try a 0.01 or 0.022 uF cap - something across the motor
> > > terminals with about that sort of value should do the job.
> > >
> > > You _did_ put a 0.22 uF cap across the power pins on your
> microcore didn't
> > > you?
> > >
> > > Ben
> >
>
>
> --
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>

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