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**Krumlink** · 17th October 2007, 03:21 AM

I am sad to announce that the pasta bot series has ended, because the names were kinda silly

.

I wanted to come up with better names, and to start that off I have devised:
the MAX Series! MAX stands for:

Nothing! I just wanted to make it up! SOunds fancy and important

BUWHAHAHA! It is simple! So simple I could create it! Flawless!

MAX1 Will be a solar robot that will charge itself and walk. It will be covered in the solar blankets just to look fancy. I will explain more when I am not so tired.

Wingmax · 17th October 2007, 05:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Krumlink

I wanted to come up with better names, and to start that off I have devised:
the MAX Series! MAX stands for:

Nothing! I just wanted to make it up! SOunds fancy and important

Yes, MAX sounds real good.

ronsimpson · 17th October 2007, 01:56 PM

MAX-1 sounds better than MIN-1

audioguru · 17th October 2007, 06:22 PM

It will charge its battery for a couple of months then it will wake up and take two steps which will discharge its tiny battery. Then it will charge again for a couple of months.

That is outdoors. Indoors it will take years to charge its battery!

**Krumlink** · 17th October 2007, 07:16 PM

No it wouldnt.

1. You dont know what solar panel is charging it
2. You dont know what batteries I will use
3. You dont know what solar engine I will be using

I would wait and see

audioguru · 17th October 2007, 08:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Krumlink

1. You dont know what solar panel is charging it

A huge and heavy one?

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2. You dont know what batteries I will use

Huge and heavy ones?

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3. You dont know what solar engine I will be using

It isn't an engine. It is a switch.

monkeybiter · 17th October 2007, 08:22 PM

perhaps you could mount a light on top which is switched on and pointed at the solar panel when the level of charge drops too low!

**Krumlink** · 17th October 2007, 08:42 PM

1. No, a 3cm by 6cm one

2. Small, Tiny ones with awesome capacity for POWER!!!
3. I know its a switch, sounds more interesting.

blueroomelectronics · 17th October 2007, 08:43 PM

Teeny weeny Solor bots usually use pager motors and spin on the axles.

audioguru · 17th October 2007, 09:05 PM

Two of my solar garden lights have a solar panel exactly twice the size as yours. They have been outside in the sun all day today charging 2 AA Ni-Cad cells which will power the fading 3-colors LED for a couple of hours tonight.

In the middle of summer the LED is bright for about 8 hours.

Outside in the sun, your small solar panel will have a current of about 15mA at noon now in autumn. All day in the sun will produce about 30mAh. Not much to power two motors.

**Nigel Goodwin** · 17th October 2007, 09:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Krumlink

1. No, a 3cm by 6cm one

Too small to provide any decent amount of charge.

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2. Small, Tiny ones with awesome capacity for POWER!!!

No, puny tiny ones, probably enough for what you want? - as long as you charge them from a decent source (not the tiny panel above).

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3. I know its a switch, sounds more interesting.

And provides only a tiny pulse of power to move a tiny pager motor, like Audioguru said.

**Krumlink** · 17th October 2007, 09:34 PM

The calculated current comsumption of the walking robot under no load is 100ma. I was going to use 2 paralleled 3.6V 270mah Batteries (nicad rechargeables) for a total of 540mah. At a low current input of at least 60ma (the solar panels that I have in a very dim room, rated at 3V 50ma, they got 1.15V at 20ma

) that means it would charge the batteries in 9hrs. This is at worst case scenario, as I will have a simple pin connection to plug it in and out, so it will have selective power (AA or solar). This will work.

**Nigel Goodwin** · 17th October 2007, 09:46 PM

Doomed to failure!!!

audioguru · 17th October 2007, 09:50 PM

A solar panel output of only 1.15V won't charge a 3.6V battery.
It is rated for 3V/50mA at noon in the sahara desert pointing directly at the sun, straight up. At other locations and times of the day the current is much less.

**Krumlink** · 17th October 2007, 09:52 PM

I know, I was going to put those 4 small ones in series and the bigger more ma one in parallel for more milliamps. Do you think it will work though?

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17th October 2007, 03:21 AM	(permalink)
Krumlink	In the works: MAX1 I am sad to announce that the pasta bot series has ended, because the names were kinda silly . I wanted to come up with better names, and to start that off I have devised: the MAX Series! MAX stands for: Nothing! I just wanted to make it up! SOunds fancy and important BUWHAHAHA! It is simple! So simple I could create it! Flawless! MAX1 Will be a solar robot that will charge itself and walk. It will be covered in the solar blankets just to look fancy. I will explain more when I am not so tired. __________________ MechTronics World of Warcraft is a disease

17th October 2007, 01:56 PM	(permalink)
ronsimpson	MAX-1 sounds better than MIN-1

17th October 2007, 06:22 PM	(permalink)
audioguru	It will charge its battery for a couple of months then it will wake up and take two steps which will discharge its tiny battery. Then it will charge again for a couple of months. That is outdoors. Indoors it will take years to charge its battery! __________________ Uncle $crooge

17th October 2007, 07:16 PM	(permalink)
Krumlink	No it wouldnt. 1. You dont know what solar panel is charging it 2. You dont know what batteries I will use 3. You dont know what solar engine I will be using I would wait and see __________________ MechTronics World of Warcraft is a disease

17th October 2007, 08:22 PM	(permalink)
monkeybiter	perhaps you could mount a light on top which is switched on and pointed at the solar panel when the level of charge drops too low!

17th October 2007, 08:42 PM	(permalink)
Krumlink	1. No, a 3cm by 6cm one 2. Small, Tiny ones with awesome capacity for POWER!!! 3. I know its a switch, sounds more interesting. __________________ MechTronics World of Warcraft is a disease

17th October 2007, 08:43 PM	(permalink)
blueroomelectronics	Teeny weeny Solor bots usually use pager motors and spin on the axles. __________________ Bill Smart Kits build Smart People http://www.blueroomelectronics.com

17th October 2007, 09:05 PM	(permalink)
audioguru	Two of my solar garden lights have a solar panel exactly twice the size as yours. They have been outside in the sun all day today charging 2 AA Ni-Cad cells which will power the fading 3-colors LED for a couple of hours tonight. In the middle of summer the LED is bright for about 8 hours. Outside in the sun, your small solar panel will have a current of about 15mA at noon now in autumn. All day in the sun will produce about 30mAh. Not much to power two motors. __________________ Uncle $crooge

17th October 2007, 09:34 PM	(permalink)
Krumlink	The calculated current comsumption of the walking robot under no load is 100ma. I was going to use 2 paralleled 3.6V 270mah Batteries (nicad rechargeables) for a total of 540mah. At a low current input of at least 60ma (the solar panels that I have in a very dim room, rated at 3V 50ma, they got 1.15V at 20ma ) that means it would charge the batteries in 9hrs. This is at worst case scenario, as I will have a simple pin connection to plug it in and out, so it will have selective power (AA or solar). This will work. __________________ MechTronics World of Warcraft is a disease

17th October 2007, 09:46 PM	(permalink)
Nigel Goodwin	Doomed to failure!!! __________________ PIC programmer software, and PIC Tutorials at: http://www.winpicprog.co.uk

17th October 2007, 09:50 PM	(permalink)
audioguru	A solar panel output of only 1.15V won't charge a 3.6V battery. It is rated for 3V/50mA at noon in the sahara desert pointing directly at the sun, straight up. At other locations and times of the day the current is much less. __________________ Uncle $crooge

17th October 2007, 09:52 PM	(permalink)
Krumlink	I know, I was going to put those 4 small ones in series and the bigger more ma one in parallel for more milliamps. Do you think it will work though? __________________ MechTronics World of Warcraft is a disease