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Re: Wiring a dancing hamster to the RC

Well, if the thing runs on 3 AA's, I'd say just make a voltage divider for 4.5 volts and solder the leads to where the battery's make contact with the hamster. Then Bammo! Just flick the switch on the OI to activate the relay, and dance-ahoy!
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Re: Wiring a dancing hamster to the RC

ahahahahahahahahahahhhhhh...

I like the relay idea. Just snip the switch in the foot out of the circuit and put the relay in its place. Send video!

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Re: Wiring a dancing hamster to the RC

Well if you are going to do this to the robot for next season, you woudn't necessarily need to use a spike. You could use the SPST reley linked by Mercutio, and hook it to a digital IO pin on the controller, like so:

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+5V-----|    |------    Hampster
        $  \ |
        $   \
IO pin--|    \--------   Hampster battery
Excuse the ASCII art, I'm too lazy to draw it up properly...
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