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Electronics => Electronics => Topic started by: abh34 on September 14, 2009, 03:11:53 AM

Title: hey there
Post by: abh34 on September 14, 2009, 03:11:53 AM

i was asking that for the $50 bot, it says u have to buy a 220uf capacitor but the value of that capicitor doen not matter
is it ok if i use a 100uf  one or maybe a 1000uf one...................(coz i found those lying around my home)

also for the ceramic capacitr hw do i recognise that it is 0.1uf allright


thnx

Title: Re: hey there
Post by: SmAsH on September 14, 2009, 03:16:10 AM

Those values are fine, anything in that region will do, they are just to reduce current spikes caused by the motors, generally its the bigger the better.

With the ceramics, the should have 104 printed on them for .1uf

Title: Re: hey there
Post by: abh34 on September 15, 2009, 04:21:01 AM

thnx a lot
so i thnk ill use the 1000uf one