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| | When will the expansion board come out?
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| Hi, does anyone know when the expansion board will be available? Thanks, Duncan (27 years ago, 18-Apr-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
| | | | battery life and charging
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| Did someone already try to program the handy board the way to enable it testing the battery´s status and - if necessary - driving to a "docking station" and reloading the battery? (Self-feeding-automatism) Someone an idea how to solve this problem (...) (27 years ago, 17-Apr-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
| | | | Re: line following
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| Chuck, Chuck, Chuck...not EVERYONE in engineering and robotics is male. I, myself, am quite definitely *not*, nor ever will be, male. Engineering is a co-ed field, and women have made their mark upon it. While there are few of us compared to the (...) (27 years ago, 17-Apr-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
| | | | line following
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| I have had great success with black tape on many different light colored backgrounds but I wasn't using discrete components for the sensors and emitters. Instead, I used Omron EE-SY313 amplified infrared photosensors, and plugged them right into the (...) (27 years ago, 17-Apr-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
| | | | battery life
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| (1) the memory should last about a month if the board is turned off, as several have noted. (2) please be aware that the serial interface will *DRAIN POWER FROM THE HB* if the interface itself is not plugged into power. thus do not expect anywhere (...) (27 years ago, 16-Apr-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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