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  • Members: 12
  • Category: Other
  • Founded: Jul 31, 2007
  • Language: English
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Science Central creates an entertaining, informative, interactive and family-oriented environment for children and adults where the inspiration to learn how to do science, math and technology emerges from "hands-on" participation. Specifically, this robotics group is intended to promote robotics related activities in the Fort Wayne area and encourage participation in the Northeastern Indiana Robotics Games.

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Re: Tamiya tip and a question
Rick, OK - Thanks.  That is great information.  -Tracy ... From: Rick Brooks <richardbrooks2@...> To: ScienceCentralRobotics@yahoogroups.com Sent:
Posted - Wed Aug 20, 2008 1:23 am
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Re: Tamiya tip and a question
Tracy, I'd use the 7.4 Volts. Your motor control should drop about a volt or more when it passes a lot of current. Just take it easy on change of speed and
Posted - Tue Aug 19, 2008 3:27 am
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Re: Tamiya tip and a question
Rick, OK - thanks for the warning.  I do not want to damage the motors.  Do you think running the 7.4V through a couple of diodes to bring the voltage down
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Re: Tamiya tip and a question
Tracy, Your meter is intended to measure steady state voltage. It has low pass filters to eliminate any variable voltage. When you try to measure the PWM
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Tamiya tip and a question
I came across a great tip for anyone (like me) who is trying to build a robot around the Tamiya double gearbox. These are great low-cost ($10) motor-gearbox
Posted - Mon Aug 18, 2008 2:09 am
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