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| Hi Fred, I noticed the To Do list on the HB page and just wanted to mention a couple of things: 1) The shaft encoders from the IC distribution work without modification. I've been using encoders.icb and encoders.c successfully. I haven't tested (...) (28 years ago, 17-Apr-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Battery level monitoring?
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| (...) For anyone else interested, I came across a description by Fred of a modification to the Miniboard that describes how to cut a track on the board to allow analog battery level monitoring. Unfortunately, the picture is missing from the page: (...) (28 years ago, 16-Apr-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | RE: High current motors
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| Jeff is correct, after looking at the schematics for the motor driver my circuit won't work. You will have to wire two sides of the motor driver output to the 2907's with back to back diodes. I'll draw up a schematic and post it. (In my original (...) (28 years ago, 15-Apr-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | HB design
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| I got my handyboard on Saturday, and followed the assembly instructions that Fred did, and was thoughoughly impressed. Fred, you did great work, and have really done a great service to all of us. Thanks. (28 years ago, 8-Apr-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | RE: Sonar
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| The Robotics Practitioner is a magazine about robotics targeted more for students and hobbyists than many of the professional Journals. Their email address is: trp@footfalls.com. Other two email addresses in the previous messge are the articlel's (...) (28 years ago, 9-Apr-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | more address lines on expansion board
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| Hi Brian, When Fred and I designed the Rev 2.0 6.270 controller, we consciously made the expansion bus small and simple. For most expansion devices, the pre-decoded chip selects make more sense than sending all the address lines, since the latter (...) (28 years ago, 8-Apr-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: PA7
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| (...) no,this is wrong. The servo output is J2 - 9, not J2 - 15. (...) you need a 5 volt source to power the servo. The Handy Board 5 volt supply can be used, but this will put a lot of stress on the system regulator. It would be better to get a (...) (29 years ago, 30-Mar-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: two servo code
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| (...) Actually, none of the default functions in pcode_hb.s19 actually use the IR transmit line -- you have to load in someone's ir transmit icb file. so that line is completely up for grabs. mike, it shouldn't be too ahrd to work from Randy's (...) (29 years ago, 29-Mar-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | two servo code
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| (...) Hey Randy, it would be cool if you could modify that code to use TOC3, which is free and available on the expansion bus, rather than disabling the piezo. Maybe somebody else wants to do this. -Fred (29 years ago, 29-Mar-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: expansion board
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| the code has not yet been written. My hope was that some people who got expansion boards might want to do some of the work themselves. For example, the code for dealing with the analog ports can be taken from previous code for the 6.270 board and (...) (29 years ago, 29-Mar-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Miniboard/Handyboard.
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| it is only a difference in software. The Handy Board software does eight levels; the mini board software---which is different---does 16. -Fred -- This message was composed using Articulate Systems' PowerSecretary, a Macintosh-based speech-to-text (...) (29 years ago, 28-Mar-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: 600 mA Limit
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| (...) from the L293D ground? yes, this would be correct. Well, there would be 2.4 amps running through the chip's power source, into the motors, and into ground. ...totaling 4.8 A runniing throught the entire chip fro m a power dissipation (...) (29 years ago, 29-Mar-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: 1050mA Dc Motor
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| If you use the Texas Instruments replacement for the L293D chip, you should be in business. Also, mini board questions should go to the robot board mailing list (see enclosed). -Fred -- This message was composed using Articulate Systems' (...) (29 years ago, 28-Mar-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: 600 mA Limit
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| I just realized that getting 1200 milliamps running two motors bi-directionally is equivalent to running four motors uni-directionally at 2400 from a total power dissipation standpoint. I.e., there are still 600 milliamps running through each (...) (29 years ago, 28-Mar-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: 600 mA Limit
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| The 600 milliamp limit is per channel, but for a given motor, two channels are wired in series. So you don't get 1200 milliamps per motor but only 600. This would still yield 1200 milliamps per chip, since there are drivers for two motors. Also, if (...) (29 years ago, 28-Mar-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: High current motors
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| I think the question on how to run higher current motors has got to be the most asked question here. Maybe we should add more info to the FAQ or something. Anyway, here is Chuck McManis' solution from a while back. I hate to send out something that (...) (29 years ago, 5-Apr-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | problems with ICB files
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| oh come on, Randy, you're acting too much like a big software company! "Don't worry that that feature is broken, it will be fixed in our new version!"Most of the time, people would rather hear a workaround than be told to upgrade! Regarding the (...) (29 years ago, 26-Mar-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: High current motors
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| Do you have to choose a transistor that will switch somewhere near and below 9 volts? Cause Fred mentioned that the handyboard is rated for 9V motors. But, does this mean that the pulse generator make 9V square waves? (...) (29 years ago, 4-Apr-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: unsubscribe
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| In order to be removed from the Handy Board mailing list, please send e-mail directly to me, Fred Martin. There is no need to announce your request to the entire list. Enclosed are instructions from the mailing list page on the web site. -Fred -- (...) (29 years ago, 25-Mar-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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