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Does anyone know where to get a connector that will mate the one provided by Polaroid for the 6500 Ranging Module.? (28 years ago, 20-Nov-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | RE: sonar (fwd)
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(28 years ago, 20-Nov-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Integer -> float
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Oops! That should be: f=(float)i; That's what happens when you stay up too late. :-) - Prabal (...) (28 years ago, 20-Nov-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Integer -> float
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(...) Are you sure about this? In your example, i is the float and f the integer. Silvain (28 years ago, 20-Nov-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Digitals outputs and SPI
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(...) Go to the FAQ. -Fred (28 years ago, 20-Nov-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Digitals outputs and SPI
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Hi, I read something about controlling the SPI bus and about adding digital outputs, but I can't find it anymore. Can anybody help me? Thanks. Regards. -David (28 years ago, 20-Nov-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Integer -> float
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Hi Micah, To convert an int to a float, simply type: i=(float)f; where i is the integer and f is a float. - Prabal (...) (28 years ago, 20-Nov-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Integer -> float
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I know I have seen the answer to this somewhere before, but I can't remember how to convert an integer to a float. Micah D. Krider kmicah@uwf-uf.ee.uwf.edu (28 years ago, 20-Nov-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | RE: IR communication (fwd)
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There will be a lot of IR radiation bouncing around and that can be problematic. Another IR detection technique is to use a camcorder, they are sensitive to IR light. Low light CCD cameras are even better. If you want to hook up 4 IR xmitters from a (...) (28 years ago, 20-Nov-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Polaroid Sonar
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Yeah, mine too! :D But, it works! btw, what kind of message was that? (...) (28 years ago, 20-Nov-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | IR communication (fwd)
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Can someone please attempt to help me out.. second posting??? I want to get five handyboards to talk to each other using infrared transmission... I use infrared transmitter/receiver reflectance sensors for other things... 1) What parts (I need (...) (28 years ago, 20-Nov-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Battery Care
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Hi, What's the best way to care for the NiCd pack of the Handyboard? I understand that NiCd's undergo the "memory effect". Does this mean that you should always use your Handyboard untill the RED LED light comes on...and then recharge it? Is it OK (...) (28 years ago, 20-Nov-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Polaroid Sonar
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Hi, I'm powering my Ranging Module with the 9.6V unregulated motor power header. Does anyone know if there is a danger in doing so? (28 years ago, 19-Nov-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: mode select pins
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(...) The HB runs in special test mode to facilitate control of the LCD screen. Read the Appendix B information in the Tech Docs section for more info. -Fred (28 years ago, 19-Nov-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Uh oh, serial questions
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I am trying to get a handyboard and a miniboard to talk to each other over the serial ports. I am using Randy Sargent's notes, and that all seems fine. Some times, quite randomly, the handyboard "locks up". The heart beat stops, and the board stops (...) (28 years ago, 19-Nov-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | mode select pins
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Can somebody explain to me why the Handyboard MODB pin is hardwired to zero when normal expanded mode requires it to be set high. My book says MODA and MODB should be zero for special bootstrap mode and both high for normal expanded. According to (...) (28 years ago, 19-Nov-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Bug
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(...) Oops. Anytime you find a "fatal internal error", you've found a bug in IC (even if your code happens to be wrong, IC should _never_ give a fatal internal error). Please mail us a copy of the code that causes IC to barf, and we'll fix the bug (...) (28 years ago, 19-Nov-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Error Message
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I am using the IC for windows 95 that I have downloaded from the newtonlabs website and when I tried to download one particular IC file that I wrote, I got the error Fatal internal error: Illegal type -1610612735 in type__name It is probably not (...) (28 years ago, 19-Nov-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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I have similar problems often when my board is low on battery... could it be that your battery is low low... And I turn the board on before hooking it up to the serial board. (...) Sincerely, Yoni Garbourg << To succeed, Atificial Intelligence needs (...) (28 years ago, 19-Nov-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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this could also be a problem with the cable betw the interface/charger and the host computer. does the green led on the interface go on when plugged into the host CPU? if not, this is indicative of such a cable probl. however, the pwr light on the (...) (28 years ago, 19-Nov-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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