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In your message you said: (...) Sorry, testbrd.c and diag.c have nothing to do with the Handy Board. They are part of the older 6.270 board distribution. Get the hbtest.c program from the Handy Board software pages. -Fred (28 years ago, 31-Dec-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | RE: Using RC cars for robot
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(...) Chicago Models International "M1A1 Abrams" tank Radio Shack "Wild Cougar" (Nikko America 'Shredder") Radio Shack "Scorpion Tracks" (...) Conveniently :-) I pick only RC cars where I can drive them with differential steering. (...) I've built (...) (28 years ago, 31-Dec-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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Hi everyone, Beleated merry christmas and happy new year.... I would like to find out from those of you who have recently or are presently using RC cars with their handy boards for robots. 1. What type of vehicle did you use? 2. How did you handle (...) (28 years ago, 31-Dec-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | HELP! Handyboard ALMOST works.
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Stuff that works: IC loads fine 1+2; returns 3 printf("Hello World!"); works LOAD MUSIC.C works {looney_tunes();} plays the tune but then.... LOAD TESTBRD.C Gives a page full of undefined functions. LOAD DIAG.C Gives several pages of undefined (...) (28 years ago, 31-Dec-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Assembling the handyboard - ic3b1
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We have completed building the board. As mentioned in an earlier note, we are using the beta version of Randy Sargent's IC. Here is some experiences: - extremely easy to use. Fun. - thanks for a great product. Some things are not that smooth - may (...) (28 years ago, 28-Dec-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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(...) Andrew, I've putzed around a bit with the system you've discribed. Its called X-10 power line carrier transmission. (P.L.C.) The codes format was setup back in 1978 for Sears and Radio Shacks Plug 'n Power system. Since then X10 Powerhouse has (...) (28 years ago, 28-Dec-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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I forgot who...someone over here said that they put up scans of the Docs on his hompage or somthing like that. Anyonre remeber something like this? (...) (28 years ago, 27-Dec-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: sending signals over power lines
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(...) Whether the signal is traveling over AC or DC does not matter. What type of current is running through the wires is unimportant. What is important is that your electical wires *already run all over your house*. What these devices are (...) (28 years ago, 27-Dec-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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(...) There are a bunch of proposals along these lines (eia standards, and future standards) CeBus, LonWorks. X-10 is most prevelant, somewhat limited, and some of the stuff sold is of marginal quality, although some is really good. X-10 is what you (...) (28 years ago, 27-Dec-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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There is a good write up on this in one of Steve Ciarcia's columns in BYTE magazine some time in the early 80's. A quick stop at the periodicals desk of a technical library might help you here. --Chuck ---...--- From: Andrew S. (...) (28 years ago, 27-Dec-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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hello. While this question doesn't pertain directly to the handyboard, I thought I would post it here since I am using the handyboard in my project. Some of you may have heard of this product: There are devices on the market (radio shack and a few (...) (28 years ago, 27-Dec-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Hey, it works!
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I can hardly contain my glee! After 3 weeks of fun-yet-obsessive, marriage-threatening, Xmas-be-damned behavior, I've got all four IC and OC interrupts going, receiving/processing/outputting 4 RC PWM signals. This is only a side-note for Handyboard (...) (28 years ago, 27-Dec-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Assembling the Handyboard
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Hello all: We saw the recent message, same sub. We got our handyboard from Digital Micro a couple of days before the holidays. We had a great time building the boards. The kit is excellent. The instructions are great - even for novices like us. (...) (28 years ago, 27-Dec-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Assembling the HandyBoard
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(...) The whole issue of null (inverted) connections vs. straight-through is incredibly confusing, because you must take into account the gender of the connector (male pins or female pin sockets) in determining whether it is a null connection. Start (...) (28 years ago, 27-Dec-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Thanks, Fred
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Fred, Thanks for giving us this great design. I appreciate it and I enjoyed building my Handy Board from a kit. I do have two corrections, though. No big deal, just typos. In the on-line assembly instructions, J15 is referred to as J14 at one point, (...) (28 years ago, 27-Dec-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Assembling the HandyBoard
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(...) I was getting similar behavior with my board. It wasn't clear to me that pins 2 and 3 in the serial cable from the PC to the interface board should be switched. Credit goes to Mike Ross for helping me figure this out. Once I switched these two (...) (28 years ago, 27-Dec-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Assembling the HandyBoard
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(...) You need that resistor to stabilize the crystal frequency. Try Radio Shack if it is missing from the kit. It doesn't have to be 1/8 watt, 1/4 or 1/2 watt is fine, just make sure it is 2.2 megaohm. (...) So far so good. (...) There is probably (...) (28 years ago, 26-Dec-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Assembling the HandyBoard
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Hello all: We got the handyboard assembly kit from Digital Micro Systems. We are putting it together now. Everything has gone well. Thanks, the instructions are really good. A couple of things have not worked quite right: 1. Couldn't find the 2.2M (...) (28 years ago, 25-Dec-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | E-mail Address
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My e-mail is going psycho. just to make sure, my email address is:: ameba@mcleod.net -thanx (28 years ago, 24-Dec-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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Sorry, my E-mail address is realy: ameba@email.mcleod.net -thanx (28 years ago, 24-Dec-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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