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| | Re: Question for Fred
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| hello, i use the handyboard for closed loop position control. the handyboard is good for such a task provided that you choose a motor well suited for the task, and an accurate feedback element, such as a (very) linear pot or optical encoder. as for (...) (26 years ago, 9-Dec-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | RE: Question for Fred
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| That's a funny question. I just finished a class on this exact topic. The basic determining factors when deciding whether to use a stepper motor or a DC brush/less servo motor is speed and open/closed loop control. Stepper motors are limited to (...) (26 years ago, 8-Dec-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Miniboard in space.
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| Hi, I realize that this is actually not a miniboard list, but since the miniboard is actually the handyboards little brother, I figured maybe this would be of interest. About a year ago I was asked to help a local high school integrate their (...) (26 years ago, 13-Dec-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | LCD configs (was:Suppliers and rf link)
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| (...) I just wanted to voice a warning of sorts. I ordered the 2 X 16 LCD from them and the pinout is slightly different. Instead of a single line of 14 pins: x x x x x x x x x x x x x x They come with a dual inline 2x7 pin configuration: x x x x x (...) (26 years ago, 12-Dec-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | config download problems
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| Hi I am building a handyboard from scratch after finding it on the net. I actually purchased two pcb's from Douglas Electronics. An aside, they were great to deal with answering all my questions promptly and efficiently. I built the first hb and had (...) (26 years ago, 12-Dec-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Konnichi wa!
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| Fred M. Sloniker wrote: All I've got is the Biker Bob that came with the (...) Hi, Fred! Welcome! You might want to look into a shareware program called lDraw, as well as an add-on for it called LDLITE. Another possibility is to acquire the freeware (...) (26 years ago, 19-Nov-98, to lugnet.build)
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| fred (score: 0.121) |
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| | Re: inquiry
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| probably -- i don't know if there are driver conflicts. you probably have to use the version of the pcode that doesn't hang if it doesn't find an LCD. fred In your message you said: (...) (26 years ago, 23-Oct-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | RE: pcode 3.2 beta with FP divide fix
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| Hi Sargent, I have successfully downloaded the new version of pcode. I received the bootstrap message "IC v3.2 beta 1". I have done the arithmatic operations and got accurate answers. I would like to thank all those you helped me in solving this (...) (26 years ago, 26-Nov-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Basic Sensor Question
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| if a sensor connector row looks like this -- [ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ] [ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ] [ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ] 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 then to connect to sensor 0, you plug the switch into the places marked "[X]": [ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][X] [ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ] [ (...) (26 years ago, 21-Oct-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Hello again Fred Meyer Shoppers!
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| (Better late than never, I guess, & I haven't seen a post on this from anyone else yet, so: The little orange coupons are back this week! 20% off Lego/Duplo, valid through Saturday 21 November 1998. Run, don't walk... Scott (26 years ago, 20-Nov-98, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | HOW TO UNSUBSCRIBE
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| It appears to be time for the periodic unsubscribe reminder. In order to unsubscribe from the HB Mailing List, you must send a request to Fred Martin. He is the only person who can take you off the list. Ha ha ha ha!!! Try to guess his email (...) (26 years ago, 19-Oct-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: motor port problem
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| hi Fred, Why there is 2 holes each for the positive and negative supply on the pin jack (J13)? I thought that just insert one hole each for the positive and negative supply only. I need to know why the J13 is designed for 1x4 holes before i decide (...) (26 years ago, 20-Nov-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Address locations port d and y0
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| it's in the faq, at (URL) you do is write to 0x4000, 0x5000, 0x6000 depending on whether your latch is attached to Y0, Y2, or Y4 (respectively). e.g., "poke(0x4000, 0xff);" will set all the bits of a latch attached to Y0 to 1. Fred In your message (...) (26 years ago, 18-Oct-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: parts
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| the handy board vendor list is at (URL) see the information on this page, and contact the vendors directly regarding their offerings. fred In your message you said: (...) (26 years ago, 13-Oct-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: cannot communicate
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| you are using the wrong kind of RJ11 cable. See the FAQ question (URL) the heading "The R11 on my Interface/Charger board is smoking hot and is turning black! What is wrong?" Always check the FAQ, there is a lot of good stuff in there, Fred In your (...) (26 years ago, 12-Oct-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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