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| greetings all, this is the periodic reminder to please NOT send unsubscribe requests to the list en masse. to unsubscribe, write DIRECTLY to me, Fred Martin, fredm@media.mit.edu. regards, fred (27 years ago, 13-Aug-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| did you perchance use a different telephone cable when plugging in your HB? if so, please see the FAQ for an answer. if not, there was some kind of short, either at the rj11 connectors or on the HB. -fred In your message you said: (...) (27 years ago, 12-Aug-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | re: magnetic card readers
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| dear german, i think what's going on is that you are asking very open-ended questions that require a lot of work to compose a helpful response. if i remember right, your earlier question was with regard to networking using the spi port of long (...) (27 years ago, 10-Aug-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | IC version 3.1
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| It has recently come to my attention that IC version 3.1 has been released. I have been using (actually struggling with) the earlier version that came with my purchase of an assembled Handyboard from Gleason Research. Does the new version work (...) (27 years ago, 29-Aug-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: IR output on HB
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| No, don't use a transistor! The HB's IR out already has one. But the parallel-with-a-sepa...r-for-each method is correct. -Fred In your message you said: (...) (27 years ago, 5-Aug-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Handyboard Expansion Board
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| Actually, unless Fred has changed the way the sensor connectors work he was quite clever in that the spacing of the I/O connectors is exactly dip switch width. Basically you can plug in a DIP switch into the I/O header and get as many switches as (...) (27 years ago, 22-Aug-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Exp Board ETA?
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| Dear all, I must apologize for the long delay and stringing everyone along waiting for the Expansion Board. Even now I hesitate to answer for it is not pleasant to have nothing to show presently. Currently, I am working on the "Advanced Sensing" (...) (27 years ago, 2-Aug-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | DLM and Mini Board
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| Billy, (...) Make sure your defaults are right. Type "DLM" with no args to see the possibilities. You want -256 and -mb. In the future, please use the robot-board list, *not* the handyboard list, for Mini Board questions. See below for info. -Fred (...) (27 years ago, 28-Jul-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Which 68HC11x1xx
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| 'a0 is an earlier and discontinued version of the 'a1. 'e1 has some different features than the 'a1 but is almost identical for HB purposes. 'e1 has a little more internal RAM (which isn't really used by Interactive C) and some more flexibility on (...) (27 years ago, 24-Jul-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Smoking serial/charger board...!!!
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| make sure you have a telephone-style and not network-style RJ11 cable. Here is how you tell if you have a telephone-style or network-style RJ11 cable. Hold the two ends together, metal contact side up, as if you were trying to plug them into each (...) (27 years ago, 24-Jul-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| (...) Yep. You used the wrong phone cord between the HB and the serial interface board. Fred recently answered that question on this group, I'd direct you to the archives of this list but I don't know where that is. The phone cord, I *think*, is (...) (27 years ago, 12-Aug-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| Mike -- Doesn't the Mini SSC have a TTL-levels mode, making the MAX232 unnecessary? Please send your serial output code, though. that would be good to distribute. -Fred In your message you said: (...) (27 years ago, 21-Jul-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Voltage
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| Hello all, Fred Martin may have said something to this list about 12v being ok as a battery voltage.If so does the motor drive voltage go up accordingly? Thank you for your help, Joe Martin Email:joema@mpx.com.au (27 years ago, 9-Aug-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Geting Started?
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| Why don't you start by perusing the web site... pretty much all of your questions are answered there. The site's home URL is (URL) in particular: * the FAQ * the "get your hands on a handy board" * the software resources page * the tech docs page (...) (27 years ago, 21-Jul-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Thanks fro the reply...
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| Well, so thanks fro your reply, you make feel live. You are rigth , Fred are right and so chuck are rigth.I'm very obsesive and may be not exist a answer short to my questions , sorry for my self. Your answer is very useful for my, but i don't know (...) (27 years ago, 11-Aug-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| (...) 12v is fine. you could up go to 18v or so w/o problems. you might not even need to change the adapter. if the yellow charge LEDs light, then the batt is charging ok. it will be slower than the original pack but maybe that is not a problem for (...) (27 years ago, 20-Jul-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: assembling I/C board
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| (...) Well, if the power LED didn't light, then you don't have power to the MAX232 chip (unless the LED is installed backward or broken). It sounds like you've already skipped ahead without passing the first set of tests, which I've copied from the (...) (27 years ago, 19-Jul-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Magnetic card readers
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| Thanks for don't replly to none of my e-mail!!! All it's cool , but i can accept nobody know wath i answer??? Well i really want somebody tell me: "well i don't want to reply you" . I can do work the reader with code in c , and i want to know how i (...) (27 years ago, 9-Aug-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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