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Hi All, In the 3.1beta of the Mac version of IC was a board simulator. Is this still supported in the release version for the Mac? Will there be a port to the PC platforms? I find the simulator very helpful in a lot of situations. But since I do my (...) (26 years ago, 8-Apr-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: SPI ram
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Anthony, A easier way to get 8K of EEPROM memory is to use Microchip Technology 25C640 Serial SPI EEPROM Memory. This is a 8 pin DIP device with a built in SPI interface. Cost is about $3 each. I wrote a simple application note to connect to a HB (...) (26 years ago, 8-Apr-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | SPI ram
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If anyone cares, I have posted my SPI ram card design to the web at (URL) is probably laughable, but I thought it was a good effort for not knowing too much about electronics. Anthony Oren Loeppert *** (URL) * o* * ***> * * * * * | | * * | / * * |/ (...) (26 years ago, 8-Apr-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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Hey! We've built a play pen for our robot and plan on showing it to everyone who wanders past our display at the Adventures in Super Computing expo on the 22nd. It will be vooming around the box preferably from like 7:30 to 9. My problem is that our (...) (26 years ago, 8-Apr-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Radio communication page
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Thanks for all the (mostly personal) replies to my message. I'll put a page up on the radio communication between the Handy Board and a PC. At the end of the week there will be a first version up and running. It will be accessible from (URL) Sipke (...) (26 years ago, 7-Apr-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: servos
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Generally, you can get cheaper servos from just about anywhere else than Tower hobbies. The cheapest, but good enough, is Hitec or Cirrus. Tower's Hitec price is not good. Cirrus line(Hobby Shack's line) is cheaper than Hitec. Check (...) (26 years ago, 7-Apr-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: servos
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(...) >Im looking to find 6 servos. >thanks alot! >phil >phil@rent-a-nerd.com >www.rent-a-nerd.com >> Phil, Try Tower Hobbies (800) 637-4989 PO BOX 9078, Champaign, IIinois 61826 or Tammies Hobbies (800) 521-5614 12024 SW Canyon Rd., Beaverton OR (...) (26 years ago, 7-Apr-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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Does anyone know of a good place to get good servos for cheap? Im looking to find 6 servos. thanks alot! phil phil@rent-a-nerd.com www.rent-a-nerd.com (26 years ago, 7-Apr-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | help with sonar
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I emailed fred martin directly and he told me to respond to this address. Fred: does the sonar click indicating transmit? pls. follow up to the HB mail list. My response: yes, the sonar does click. I have also connectd it to a scope and both the (...) (26 years ago, 6-Apr-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Machine code PRINT routine
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Hello All, I have been able to get a machine code print routine to work. The code that will print two lines to the LCD screen follows. Fred Martin had requested I send the code to the HandyBoard list. Note that No interrupts have been set up. The (...) (26 years ago, 6-Apr-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Multitasking (fwd)
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I forgot to mention... The process has a while(1){...} loop in it. ...if that does anything. ---...--- ericson mar Master of Engineering Candidate Project: Mobile Robotics mar@cooper.edu (212)353-4356 Department of Mechanical Engineering The Cooper (...) (26 years ago, 5-Apr-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Locomotion questions
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Im trying to build a segmented centipede-type robot. There are several sections, each self-locomoting, connected together by a rod that will allow the other segment to swivel up, down, left and right by about 20 degrees each (hypothetically). Lets (...) (26 years ago, 5-Apr-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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Does anyone know if you can call a process from within another process? I keep getting a RUNTIME ERROR 01 when trying this. Even calling it from a function, other than main(), gives me this error. Thanks for any help. :) ---...--- ericson mar Master (...) (26 years ago, 5-Apr-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: About the first 64 cycles
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Note that the Handyboard runs in 'special test mode' which has as a benefit a lifting of the 64 cycle limit. Specifically you can switch in and out of single chip mode at will, which is essential for driving the LCD display. --Chuck (26 years ago, 5-Apr-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | FW: Update and question
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I would be extremely interested to see both the schematics and software for how you were able to accomplish this! -----Original Message----- From: Jan Sipke van der Veen [mailto:j.s.vanderve...twente.nl] Sent: Saturday, April 04, 1998 1:59 AM To: (...) (26 years ago, 5-Apr-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | About the first 64 cycles
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From adrian's msg I see that setting the config must be done in the first 64 cycles, my question is how do u do this?? what program will set this chip??could someone plz explain just the steps we need to take to achive this, ---...--- Hi.. I try to (...) (26 years ago, 5-Apr-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | force sensing resistors
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I was wondering if anyone on the list has had any experience with or has a good cheap source for small force sensing resistors. I want to use them on the feet of a small walker and cant seem to find a good source for them. (26 years ago, 4-Apr-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Update and question
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At 11:58 AM 4/4/98 +0200, Jan wrote: <snip> (...) I, for one, would be very much interested to see your technique documented on a web page. That's a page I would definitely save for future reference. Please let us all know when you have it ready. (...) (26 years ago, 4-Apr-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | test
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have not recieved a message from this list in close to a month... i apologize for the spam but i wanted to make sure it was still active ===...=== = coreyfro@cwws.net | "If we aren't sposed ta eat animals, | then why are they made out of meat?" ICQ (...) (26 years ago, 4-Apr-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Update and question
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Hello everybody, It's been a while since my last e-mail. Thanks for all the help so far. I've managed to connect a RadioMetrix ((URL) radio transceiver to the Handy Board. My mobile robot (using a HB) can now communicate with a remote PC using the (...) (26 years ago, 4-Apr-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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