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This multiple servos thing is reaching FAQ status, and here is how I plan to deal with it. Scott Edwards Electronics sells a cheap ($30 kit, $45 assembled) servo board that drives 8 servos. You can gang them to get 32 servos or even more. The boards (...) (29 years ago, 22-May-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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This would be a very powerful enhancement to the handy-board. It would obviously allow easy communication between the HC11 and PIC boards. Since my application will use 2+ PICs in addition to the Handyboard, it would allow easy networking of all 3 (...) (29 years ago, 22-May-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Expansion interface status
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Does anyone know the current status of the expansion interface? My poor handy is at capacity for some i/o functions ;-( (29 years ago, 22-May-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Expansion interface status
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(...) Yes. The current status is "on hold" while I rethink the feature set. I'm considering doing something more like Scott Edward's little servo board for HB expansion: that is, a collection of small, physically detached boards. For servo's, I (...) (29 years ago, 22-May-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: 6 servos
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(...) Are the digital outputs at 5v high? I think you mentioned on the HB homepage about the serial interface converting RS232 levels at +12 and -12v to TTL levels (5v). I'm not that familiar with the nitty gritty of RS232 so this kinda puzzles me. (...) (29 years ago, 22-May-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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