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Solar symet CD

Symet Cdmotor
From the MAKE Flickr photo pool

Flickr user Lewinski used the motor from a CD player in his symmetrical solar-powered bot. Hmmm . . . wonder how it could work with an actual CD incorporated as well.

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Trimet2
Super-symmetrical Symet

In the Maker store:
Solar Cell A
Solarbotics Solarcell_A

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Posted by: Pauly on April 4, 2008 at 8:59 AM

Nice

Nice job Lewinski! Nice reuse of parts.
Check out one of my solarbots at
http://www.robotliving.com/building-robots/

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Posted by: Matthew Lewinski on April 4, 2008 at 12:22 PM

Thanks for the shout out!

Some notes:
- I used a 1381C voltage trigger. I think I would use a higher value next time to allow more charge to accumulate.
- The 4700 uF/16V caps I used are probably too bulky for that motor.

I need to find another old CD player so I can make one with these revisions.

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