Lego Technic Powered Up Tutorial 2 - Speed Control
This is my second Lego Technic Powered Up Tutorial that focusses on Lego Technic motor speed control using the Powered Up hub and Powered Up programming interface. The Lego Powered Up App is run on a Samsung Android tablet. I demonstrate how to set and control the power level applied to a motor.
Also shown is how to measure the motor speed using the Powered Up built in speed measurement widget. This speed display does not have clear unit values and I show a method for measuring the RPM (revolutions per minute) using an angular position sampling loop.
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New Flat 12/20 Gear Friction
The Lego Technic set 42140 App-Controlled Transformation Vehicle introduces two new gears - a flat version of the 12 tooth bevel gear and a flat version of the 20 tooth bevel gear. These gears are designed to have less friction.
In this video I measure the difference in gearing efficiency...read more
Measuring Gearbox Efficiency
This video describes a method for measuring the efficiency of a gearbox using the Lego Technic Powered Up hub. Gearbox efficiency is defined as the ratio of the output power to the input power and here I show how to measure each of these values to allow you to calculate the overall efficiency.read more
Gearing Ratio Calculator Tool Help
Lego Technic 3 Speed Automatic Gearbox - FAIL!
This video presents a lego technic 3 speed automatic gearbox design that failed to work as expected. This design is based on an earlier design of a 2 speed automatic gearbox with smooth transmission that worked very well. That technic gearbox was extended by adding another speed to the oran...read more
Lego Technic smoothly switching 2 speed automatic gearbox evolution with instructions
This video presents my latest compact and smoothly switching 2 speed automatic gearbox made out of Lego Technic. It is both smoothly switching and compact.
The MOC gearbox automatically switches down in gearing ratio when the load on the output is sufficiently high by using a new te...read more
Lego Technic 3 Speed Automatic Gearbox
Here a Lego Technic 3 speed automatic gearbox is presented. The gearbox automatically switches between one of 3 gear ratios, namely a ratio of 1, 1/3rd and 1/9th depending on the load on the output. It uses two 2 speed automatic transmissions in series to create the three speed automatic ge...read more
Spirograph Machine
Here I present a Lego Technic Spirograph machine programmed using Powered Up. The powered up controller is used to maintain the desired gearing ratio between the turn table and the inner gear to draw a spirograph that replicates the real original spirograph drawing toy.
...read moreLego Technic RoboDog
A four legged robot dog made out of Lego Technic is demonstrated. The robot is made of 4 powered up medium motors for the legs and one for the balancing mechanism on top. The robot dog can walk forward, backwards and can turn left and right. It is controlled via a Powered Up app program running o...read more
Lego Technic New 12/20 Gear High Speed Friction Test
The Lego Technic set 42140 App-Controlled Transformation Vehicle introduces two new gears - a flat version of the 12 tooth bevel gear and a flat version of the 20 tooth bevel gear. These gears are designed to have less friction.
In this follow up video I measure the high speed difference ...read more
Lego Technic Powered Up Tutorial 1
This tutorial is for beginner Lego Technic Powered Up programmers. It teaches how to turn motors on and off, read and set their axle angles as well as axle calibration using the Powered Up app on the google store or apple store.
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