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| I almost fear suggesting our fearless leader might be mistaken, but what the heck: Todd Lehman <lehman@javanet.com> wrote in message news:FMsIKp.BBJ@lugnet.com... (...) time. (...) studs[3] (...) than (...) up (...) the (...) Well, they didn't. They (...) (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Questions, questions, questions......
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| Hi I've just built my first HandyBoard (thanks for the great service Prabal), and have a few questions (that I can't find in the FAQ). What are the hardware-imposed software differences between the HandyBoard and the 6.270/Rug Warrior boards ? ie it (...) (28 years ago, 10-Jul-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: motor routines in lib_hb.c
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| If I'm not mistaken, (someone please corect) those speeds represent the actual shape of the waveform. Let's list some details. 1. Each bit 0 or 1 represents 0V or 9.6V. (or whatever external source) 2. Each bit represents the above voltage for a (...) (27 years ago, 15-Apr-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | 7787 Bat-Tank 50% off at LEGO brand store (Oregon)
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| I just got Set 7787: The Bat-Tank: The Riddler and Bane's Hideout for 50% off at my local LEGO brand store near Portland, Oregon. I love 50% off. It's my favorite price. This set originally retailed for 49.99, so I got it for $24.99. The brand store (...) (17 years ago, 5-Jan-08, to lugnet.market.shopping, FTX)
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| | RE: expansion board schematic posted
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| I've got one comment "balance". The expansion board adds 24 new inputs and only 6 new outputs. Perhaps I'm atypical but I don't need any more inputs to the handy board, I've got those aplenty, but I'm screaming for outputs to control other parts of (...) (28 years ago, 7-Feb-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Sonar Sensor Problems
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| (...) The dual sonar interface board is simply a small (1.5" sq. or so) experimenter's PC board from Ripoff Shack with the six power diodes, the one resistor, and three header plugs soldered onto it. One plug goes to the HB and the other two go to (...) (26 years ago, 30-Oct-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: The Handyboard (was Re: RCX 2.0 -- ideas.)
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| There are two very easy methods of making LEGO compatible 9V connectors. 1. Use Dacta #779897 9V Connecting Leads (3 pieces) @ $12.25. Cut the leads to the appropriate length for your use. Break a male 0.100" strip header (DigiKey #929834-01-36-ND) (...) (26 years ago, 4-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Interactive C-OS8 Downloading Problems
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| I have nearly teared my hair out trying to get my HB to to DL on a my OS8 6500 Mac. I though there might be someting wrong with the HB and replaced 5 chips. Today I took my HB over to a friends house who has a Performa 475 and hand had no problems. (...) (26 years ago, 24-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | RE: New user Needs Help from Any one who will....
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| (...) Wow, what a cool challenge. It certainly would be an interesting challenge to develop some software to emit spoken directions, and I could imagine a few ways of starting out on such a problem. Don't know if I could actually _finish_ such a (...) (25 years ago, 4-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: show setup (wasThanks PNWLTC/dp
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| Hi Paul, the short answer to the setup question is that, at least for all current members, everything is broken down and packed in boxes or stacked; no modules are transported as a setup affair. What follows is the long answer. I'll also try to (...) (26 years ago, 7-Apr-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Connected Radioshack truck
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| like Ram, I connected successfully a radio shack RC truck (4WS) to the handy board. for the DC motor controlling forward and backward speed, I found the 2 entries of the h bridge connecting the motor. I replaced the cheap front end steering servo (...) (29 years ago, 6-Feb-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Interactive C
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| Dear Bob, I have been using IC for a couple of years, with no prior experience in C. IC is a very small subset of C, as I've learned by studying ANSI C in the last few weeks. The full bore language is a challenge to learn, although you can do it on (...) (25 years ago, 17-May-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Blue Hopper Car Mania...
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| (...) I'm not so sure of that. Once you've got the sets that you're (hypothetically) planning on holding for a year, there's nothing anyone who wants to buy the sets earlier than that can do. This redistribution may have been instigated by a private (...) (25 years ago, 18-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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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: IR proximity detectors
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| (...) [snip] Andrew, Take a peek at (URL) and bonk on the IRPD project. Getting IR demodulators to work reliably is a bit more tricky that just looking for a bounce. I have done a LOT of work in that area and have found that you really need to take (...) (25 years ago, 7-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | plywood train tables
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| The first batch of modular train tables I made some years back have served us (PNLTC) very well. And over the years, I've gotton feedback and suggestions from a lot of people along with a wealth of direct experience using them over and over again. (...) (23 years ago, 6-Jul-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Help needed!
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| Hi, I have assembled my recently bought Handy Board kit and have run into major problems: In paragraph 6.0.5 of the assembly manual, the Handy Board is tested for the microprocessor and memory circuits. After powering up the board and running IC (...) (26 years ago, 28-Mar-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Was I Psychic or What?
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| (...) Not bad Sean...who would have thought that Lego would put out a My own Train series, that Hogwarts would follow the style of....(actually M.O.T. and Hogwarts can be adapted to 9V...(well if you decided to remove the "decorator" wheels...) I'm (...) (23 years ago, 4-Jul-01, to lugnet.harrypotter)
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| | Re: Slim Pickings at Target
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| West Michigan fared no better. The first Target I stopped at in Kalamazoo had 4 or 5 clearance sets left on the shelves. The second Target store had a bit more: a MindStorms Robotics Discovery Set (bought it even though I just got one before (...) (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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