Hi guys, I have stumbled onto this forum… thats a good thing, looks to be some good people here with a ton of knowledge. I am looking forward to documenting my project here. I am going to start a project tomorrow! but I am having trouble determining what kind of lynx platform …

4WD3 it is ~! Hooyarr! hmmm a combined hexapod and rover… To be honest I figured my hexapod would be an epeditionary vehichle that rode on my rover , kind a like a sea doo on a yacht :laughing: but a combined unit could balance and do cool stunts on 2 wheels . As for advanc…

sadly,no, you cant overvolt a 7.2 volt motor to a beastly 14.4 volts :open_mouth: but im glad you got the stuff so far :smiley: and keep in mind this unwritten rule so to speak, you must post images and updates on your project, when ever you can :laughing:

Great to hear. As Chunga said, you must follow this unwritten rule. Or lightening will kill a kitty :O! You are going to need a power supply for your fancy charger. Most of em are around $50 (GRRRRR!!!). You can go with a $20 wall transformer that can pump out 12v at like 2-4A b…

id have to agree with robodude on this point, these chargers require a DC power supply…i think, so you could get a car battery ( :laughing: ) or possibly a smaller sized 12 volt that you can recharge, if not, you can by a DC power supply that plugs into and AC outlet and convert …

You can get a pretty cheap good supply at Jameco or RadioShack. I seen some really nice $40 supplies. If you have a few extra car batteries around the house, use them.

ok, then check them out there :laughing:

of course! the journey is the fun part. This bot is going to blow my hacked mindstorms kit out of the water. I just need a quality platform. which I may have found… I have a techtronix lab powersupply so if the charge I bought for $100 doesnt come with a power supply I can di…

all of jims platforms are quality :smiley:

It must be true ! it says so in his signature!! :smiley: I am an enterprise solutions architect in OO Java so a Java micro means a lot to me - if its not true OO then its a waste of time and money. I should end up with a pretty sweet Java API. I need to learn about I2C though……

I’m teasing you a bit here, so don’t take offense :wink: ] I did the “true OO” thing for a couple of years, then I slapped myself and came back to the real world. With small CPUs, I don’t think that Java-type OO methodologies are the best choice. I did Java work to run on lar…

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chunga August 23, 2006, 1:36pm 16

all of jims platforms are quality