Can Homework Board run props?

Death Wraith

Obviously I'm new here and I'm working through the WAM book. I'm aiming to run some animatronic Halloween displays next fall. Will the Homework Board I'm using now be able to run a part of my display or is it only for practicing and learning?

Thanks for any responses!

Jon Williams

You have to be a bit careful with the Homework board as it has a very small regulator on it and can't source/sink much current.· Still, if you use "silicon steroids" and an appropriate supply as explained by my friend, Scott Edwards, you can control whatever you'd like.

http://www.parallax.com/dl/docs/cols/nv/vol1/col/nv6.pdf

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Jon Williams
Applications Engineer, Parallax

Aristides Alvarez

Well, for props we have specific solutions from Parallax EFX (http://www.parallaxefx.com/).
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You can see detailed products also at the Parallax website (http://www.parallax.com/html_pages/products/boards/efx.asp).
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The hardware is not expensive and we even have a specific forum for EFX related discussions (http://forums.parallax.com/forums/default.aspx?f=22).
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Please check those links for more information.
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Regards,

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Aristides Alvarez
Education and Technical Support Manager
aalvarez@parallax.com
Parallax, Inc. www.parallax.com

Death Wraith

Thanks for the response. I'm looking forward to working with your products. I've purchased the 16 Servo controller to start my project.