Piccoboard plus a Question?!?!?!?!

[Picconewbie]

Hi guys!
My instructions tell me to "run in" the motor, but when I connect ONLY my motor and my battery to the piccoboard the red LED never comes on?

Any ideas why?
Will it only come on when the servo's etc are connected, and if so how do I "run in" this motor.

Probably a silly question I know! but hey im new.
Thanks!
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I think the easiest way to break in a motor (actually forming the brushes to the commutator) is to run it with no load and a low voltage source for about a half hour to an hour. Usually about 1 volt is good for this. You could use one "C" or "D" cell for this or better yet would be an adjustable power supply set to just get the motor to run with nothing connected to it. I don't think anything will be gained by doing this to the tail motor -- you will probably just shorten its already limited life.

[aymenpicc]

hi there, <font color="red"> for the piccoboard plus question: </font color> <font color="blue"> you must switch the radio on before you you connect the piccoboard to the battery </font color> <font color="green"> and then if you did this, a normal piccoboard plus should light the LED red light as you connect the battery to it then the light comes off then comes on after a phew seconds </font color>
thanks

[Picconewbie]

Thanks Guys!! Its ok its working, I overlooked the fact that it takes around 5-7 seconds for the LED to come on. Duhh!!

Watch this space for my next stoopid question [img]/ubbthreads/images/icons/blush.gif[/img]

Thanks again! I appreciate it.

[aymenpicc]

<font color="green"> no rpoblem picconewbie </font color>
thanks

I think that if you move the gyro around a lot before the LED has come on it will not come on at all. Let it sit perfectly still those 5-7 seconds.