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Hello, I'm trying to find information on how to implement infrared communication between my PC and my RugWarrior (a 68HC11 board). I want is to use the serial interface of the board (another port would be fine btw), which is normally connected via a (...) (28 years ago, 5-Dec-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | baud rates
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Hi all, I have a question concerning baud rates and the SCI port. I looked in one of the pink books and found the maximum baud rate it shows is 131.072k baud. I need it to be 250k baud. I also noticed that the baud rate is dependant on the crystal (...) (28 years ago, 5-Dec-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: SPI code
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(...) Just to be clear: the code I have promised is 1200 asynchronous serial output from the HB (from a pin other than its built-in RS-232 out :-), *not* SPI code. Mike is correct in stating the place for info is the 6811 "pink book." See the HB (...) (28 years ago, 5-Dec-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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Hi, I get this message attached to some of you guys' mail. Does anyone know what it means? This message contains non-ASCII text, which can only be displayed properly if you are running X11. What follows may be partially unreadable, but the English (...) (28 years ago, 5-Dec-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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(...) Isn't that what the SPI is for? Set one up as master, and all others as slaves. Look in the 'pink' book. I don't know of any existing drivers, but Dr. Fred Martin at MIT has stated he will write some Real Soon Now, maybe January. Keep checking (...) (28 years ago, 5-Dec-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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I am trying to find info on networking HC11's too. If anyone knows where to find example code for networking any type of HC11 board, I'd be interested. (...) (28 years ago, 5-Dec-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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Hi everybody, I already asked information about the SCI bus of the 68HC11. I had like to make a network, but I don't know which one to use: I2C, SCI, CAN, ... Did anybody knows information about this, or wrote some driver for I2C for instance? (...) (28 years ago, 5-Dec-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Received handyboard :-( ... ---> ... :-)
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YES! The handy board 1.2 got another happy user! I received the Handy Board with an American 120/60 adapter instead of an European but except for paying a lot of money for that item being shipped to the bin there are plenty European transform (...) (28 years ago, 5-Dec-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Sonar
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Sorry, no immediate help, but we have two Polaroids and ordered Handyboard today, so we'll be getting the sonar active the rest of this week and hooking up to HB early next week, so we'll share what is happening. (...) (28 years ago, 5-Dec-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | downloading
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Greetings everyone, This is my first message to the Handy Board mailing list, as I am a previous miniboard user finally stepping up. However, my progress is being thwarted by not being able to download pcode_hb.s19. I am using a PC and I have the (...) (28 years ago, 5-Dec-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: frame material
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On Wed, 4 Dec 1996, Scott Sherman wrote: Hi, (...) Suggestion: Printer Circuit board with a thickness suitable. Say 1/8 inch. PVC plastic PC Board card guides for edging and bumper. One can solder to the copper. Two sided also acts as a power buss (...) (28 years ago, 4-Dec-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: frame material
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One good source for mechanical parts and stock material is Small Parts Inc. They have a nice catalog with lots of extra information - a must have for robotics experimenters, IMHO. The address: 13980 NW 58th Court PO Box 4650 Miami Lakes, FL (...) (28 years ago, 4-Dec-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: frame material
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(...) When I used to build aluminum robots I bought it at the hardware store. They usually have racks of metal, steel, aluminium, and sometimes copper and brass. Hobby stores sell small pieces also. I now mostly use plastic (for small robots) or (...) (28 years ago, 4-Dec-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | frame material
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Hi, Does anyone know of a good place to get material for building a frame for a robot - preferably aluminum? This is for a robot who's overall size is app. 12 inches by 12 inches so it needs to be something like 3/4 inch channel with some thickness (...) (28 years ago, 4-Dec-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Black + White Camera
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The Wavecom Jr. from RFLink (~170$ for a xmit/receive pair) does color video and stereo audio in the 2.5Ghz band. Much better than the 900Mhz stuff. Can get it from Sharper Image (1-800 something...call 1800 555 1212 and ask). Can run off 12V (...) (28 years ago, 4-Dec-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: SPI header
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The SPI (synchronous peripheral interface) does not do normal RS-232 (aka "asynchronous serial") in hardware. you must write an assembly language driver to do the timing. at some point in january i plan to release a 1200 baud output driver. if (...) (28 years ago, 3-Dec-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Sonar
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Hi Scott, Check out the readme file in that directory - it contains the info you are looking for. - Prabal (...) (28 years ago, 3-Dec-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Sonar
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Hi, I wrote recently asking information about how to use the Polaroid sonar device with the Handy Board. I got back information on where to look for software but no real information on how to connect the hardware. Could anyone help me out with this? (...) (28 years ago, 3-Dec-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | FW: Black + White Camera
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I have seen these all over - they are simple 900Mhz wireless links for video/audio. I think Radio Shack sells a device like this, as do the two places Mike Ross mentioned, JDR (URL) and Supercircuits (URL)---...--- (...) (28 years ago, 3-Dec-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Black + White Camera
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(...) I put one on my project. Expect video dropouts from Rabbit type (i.e. 900 MHz) devices, when the robot goes behind trees, dense walls, and other areas. If you're using the video to drive the robot remotely, you'll have to back out of such (...) (28 years ago, 3-Dec-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Black + White Camera
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Sean, Where can I find out more about this "Rabbit"? Jun Nolasco (...) (28 years ago, 3-Dec-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Black + White Camera
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I would like to add a B+W Camera to my robot, and send the signal over a wireless RF connection. I understand the RF part is fairly easy, with a number of solutions, including the commercially available 'Rabbit' doing a fine job. However, I have no (...) (28 years ago, 3-Dec-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Low voltage at digital ports 7 & 8
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I have been using the Handyboard on an R/C vehicle platform with Hall Effect sensors as the wheel shaft encoders. I've succesfully used the encoders.c routine which requires hooking the Hall Effects to Digital Ports 7&8 for about six months now. The (...) (28 years ago, 2-Dec-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | lead acid battery
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I would like to replace the battery used on my handyboard with a 12V Lead Acid Battery, either 1.3 ah or 2.2ah. Would I need to make any modifications to the power regulator or charging circuity for this to work? Since the HB charges at 50 mah, I (...) (28 years ago, 2-Dec-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Handyboard stuff
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I read pretty much every message in the mailing list archive this weekend to catch up on stuff. Things that seemed exciting were: SPI connections to other Handyboards SPI connections to PIC / Stamp boards Serial connections from handy-board to other (...) (28 years ago, 2-Dec-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | rj12
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Hello I am asking for RJ12 connectors in electronic components shop in Spain,and they does not know what is that. My question is: What is the difference between RJ11 and R12?, is it mechanical?, just only pin configuration? (28 years ago, 2-Dec-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | re: Re: Polaroid sonar transducers (fwd)
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I don't have a browser at hand at this moment. Maybe someone else can pick this one up. Forwarded message: (...) (28 years ago, 1-Dec-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | RJ12
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Hello I am asking for RJ12 connectors in electronic components shop in Spain,and they does not know what is that. My question is: What is the difference between RJ11 and R12?, is it mechanical?, just only pin configuration? (28 years ago, 1-Dec-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Polaroid sonar transducers
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Someone has already taken the neccessary steps to relieve us of most of the work. Go to the HandyBoard HP's Software contributions and look into the directory of "kent". From there, you can download the source code that Kent wrote for the HB sonar (...) (28 years ago, 1-Dec-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Polaroid sonar transducers
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HI, I would like to connect my Polaroid transducer to my Handy Board in such a way that I can determine if there are objects in front of me and how far away the object(s) are. I have been trying to watch for notes by others who might have already (...) (28 years ago, 30-Nov-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Holiday Tunes for Interactive-C
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Happy Holidays Everyone! I have a collection of several different holiday tunes (Jingle Bells, etc...) which can be played using Interactive-C on a Handyboard (or 6.270 board). If your Hanyboard or 6.270 board is just sitting in the corner (...) (28 years ago, 29-Nov-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Polariod Sonar
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I think you're right. I used a transistor to drive the INIT with its emmiter and feed the TTL signal to the base. It seems to work fine now. :) You know what's funny, I tried using a CMOS chip (HCT) and it was able to drive the INIT signal. I figure (...) (28 years ago, 28-Nov-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Assembler for the HB
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Is there a good book for Assembler for the HB? (28 years ago, 27-Nov-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | photocells
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Hi, In the book "Mobile robotics -Inspiration to Implementation" the addition of a logarthmic amplifier to the o/p of a photocell is discussed. This logarithmic mapping is supposed to make the sensor more sensitive in dark rooms. Has anyone tried (...) (28 years ago, 27-Nov-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Using a Radio Shack Fast Track
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Has anyone used the Fast Track as a base for a robot and used the H-bridge in it to control the motors ?? Any link where I could find information about it ?? Thanks Oriol (28 years ago, 27-Nov-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Test.
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Test (28 years ago, 26-Nov-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Polariod Sonar
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(...) Although I teach a digital electronics class based on the 74xx series, I'm certainly no expert, but here goes anyway... TTLs seem to have a very low ability to drive anything but minimal loads. Look up "drivers" in the TTL Data Book. They (...) (28 years ago, 24-Nov-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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subscribe thanks. (a spare time Rug Warrior 'user') (28 years ago, 24-Nov-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Polaroid & Handyboard
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I hooked up the sonar to the +5 and GND on the HB and it wroked fine. I used TIC3 for Echo and pin 9 of 2nd Motor driver for INIT and GND for BINH I also hooked up the sonar power leads to the 9.6V unregulated motor power header! It also worked! (...) (28 years ago, 24-Nov-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Polariod Sonar
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Hi, I'm stuck. I'm trying to use TTL output of 74 series IC's to signal to INIT. I can't get it to work properly. Here's the deal. When I touch INIT to the 5V bus, the transducer "chirps". But when I touch INIT to a high level TTL output, it doesn't (...) (28 years ago, 23-Nov-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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