BS2 problems
Hey all,
I'm going to sell one of my BS2 and I'm testing it out to see if it
works. I've tried a 9v battery run down to about 5v. I get a "hardware not
responding", then I hooked up two run down 9v up to get 10.5v. I hook that
up and I still get the "hardware not responding" error. The funny thing is
that when I checked the voltage at the "+" and "-" terminals of the stamp,
the DMM showed the voltage go from about 6v and then kept decreasing to
about 3v and I took off the power. What's happening? I really want to sell
this thing! I haven't used it in a while. Also, if any of pins 1 - 4 (sdout
through vss) were shorted together for a short time (1-2 second) would that
do bad things?
-William
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I'm going to sell one of my BS2 and I'm testing it out to see if it
works. I've tried a 9v battery run down to about 5v. I get a "hardware not
responding", then I hooked up two run down 9v up to get 10.5v. I hook that
up and I still get the "hardware not responding" error. The funny thing is
that when I checked the voltage at the "+" and "-" terminals of the stamp,
the DMM showed the voltage go from about 6v and then kept decreasing to
about 3v and I took off the power. What's happening? I really want to sell
this thing! I haven't used it in a while. Also, if any of pins 1 - 4 (sdout
through vss) were shorted together for a short time (1-2 second) would that
do bad things?
-William
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Comments
Try a fresh battery with a full 9-volts, or a well regulated 5 volt supply.
Even though it shows 5-volts on a run-down 9-volt battery, it will quickly
drop to nill once you apply a load.
Regards,
Bruce
http://www.rentron.com
Original Message
From: "William Cox" <william@c...>
To: "Stamps" <basicstamps@egroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, April 12, 2000 4:20 PM
Subject: [noparse][[/noparse]basicstamps] BS2 problems
> Hey all,
> I'm going to sell one of my BS2 and I'm testing it out to see if it
> works. I've tried a 9v battery run down to about 5v. I get a "hardware not
> responding", then I hooked up two run down 9v up to get 10.5v. I hook that
> up and I still get the "hardware not responding" error. The funny thing is
> that when I checked the voltage at the "+" and "-" terminals of the stamp,
> the DMM showed the voltage go from about 6v and then kept decreasing to
> about 3v and I took off the power. What's happening? I really want to sell
> this thing! I haven't used it in a while. Also, if any of pins 1 - 4
(sdout
> through vss) were shorted together for a short time (1-2 second) would
that
> do bad things?
> -William
>
> ____________________________
> http://www.botic.com/users/robotcentral/
> Soon to be at www.GoRobotics.net!
> Robotics books, projects, resources,
> links, news, and more!
>
>
>
>
>