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Can I use 4 motors for nxt?

Postby Faiz555 » Tue Nov 02, 2010 7:38 am

I wish to use 4 motors for my fyp soccer-playing robot
two for control moving robot
one for kick forward
Want add one more for kick left right
Is it possible to use 4 motors?
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Postby mdsmitty » Sat Nov 06, 2010 12:35 am

You can buy a mux.
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Postby Faiz555 » Sat Nov 06, 2010 1:11 pm

mdsmitty wrote:You can buy a mux.


What is mux? How to use it?
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Postby gloomyandy » Sat Nov 06, 2010 6:14 pm

http://www.mindsensors.com/index.php?mo ... AGE_id=134

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Postby ChrisB01 » Sun Nov 07, 2010 9:39 pm

I you dont want to buy a mux you can use rcx cables to chain to motors to one motor port. Or you can use rcx cables to run a motor off of a sensor port. Both should work in theory, but you have to be careful about power consumption and cabling.

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