[Tinyos-help] Turn off AVcc pin on Telosb

2012-03-23 Thread Imene Boudellioua
Hi, Is there a ways to set the AVcc pin in Telosb (Pin 1 in the 10-[in expansion connector U2) to low, or clear it? I want to be able to turn it on and off to control a DC motor. I need this for my project to control a small DC motor. I tried connecting the DC motor to pin 9 (Gnd) and any pin set

Re: [Tinyos-help] Turn off AVcc pin on Telosb

2012-03-23 Thread Mubashir Rehmani
Hi, Please look at the following link, it may help you: http://anwarmamat.blogspot.fr/2009_04_01_archive.html Kind Regards On 18 March 2012 12:18, Imene Boudellioua imene.boudelli...@kaust.edu.sawrote: Hi, Is there a ways to set the AVcc pin in Telosb (Pin 1 in the 10-[in expansion

Re: [Tinyos-help] Turn off AVcc pin on Telosb

2012-03-23 Thread Michael Schippling
AVcc is, unfortunately, exactly what it says: the Vcc power supply pin. So, nope. Can't shut it off without shutting off the whole telos board. You will need to use one of the other digital I/O pins. Your problem is that a motor draws more current than can be supplied by a regular output pin. If