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The v2x compass sounds like a great unit for keeping a mouse centered in a maze corridor. I am looking for some more info on the SPI header pinout, on the HB, and how to connect the v2x to it. I have also seen some .asm code and was wondering if (...) (28 years ago, 7-Mar-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Servo.lis
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Can anyone tell me what servo.lis has in it. I have the servo.c file but not the lis file. I saw in an earlier email that there was an lis file too. When I load servo.c there are undefined functions. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks, Tom (28 years ago, 6-Mar-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: 567 design help needed
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(...) (URL) --Chuck McManis (URL) opinions in this message are those of the author. No warranty as to the suitability or accuracy is stated or implied. Use at your own risk. cmcmanis@netcom.com +1.408.524.4805 (28 years ago, 6-Mar-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Vector2x SPI interrupt driven code
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(...) From my experience, the calibration is only needed if you need absolute heading data. Any non-moving metal in the immediate neighborhood will have a constant effect on the readings. I just care about maintaining the current heading (go (...) (28 years ago, 5-Mar-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Serial Line and Stop Switch
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Hello, I am building a handy board for the first time using the Douglas Electronics boards and parts from various sources. I have been following the assembly instructions with great success but now I'm stuck at the end of section 4.4, Serial Line (...) (28 years ago, 5-Mar-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Vector2x SPI interrupt driven code
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(...) I had troubles with the V2X within 2 inches of some small hobby motors. Lotsa magnet there, but larger motors have more magnet. The calibration is supposed to adjust for "hard iron" disturbances, so just having it bolted to your robot with (...) (28 years ago, 5-Mar-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Help! - Strange Bug.
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(...) Do you recall ever feeling a static electricity shock when you went to press the start button in the past? The bug has all of the earmarks of a static damaged part. If other programs still work then it is probably U5 (the 74HC244) try (...) (28 years ago, 5-Mar-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Vector2x SPI interrupt driven code
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Hey Tom How close is too close? How far away do you have it? Any problems with just pieces of metal, like casters or maybe a gel cel holder. (hint hint) Sounds like a pretty nifty little device. Just wondering if my setup would allow me to use it (...) (28 years ago, 5-Mar-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Help! - Strange Bug.
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Hi All, I have recently completed construction of a Handyboard which passed all it's initial tests with the downloader, pcode and hbtest.c program, thanks to some help from Fred Martin, and I am now enjoying writting some programs for it. However I (...) (28 years ago, 5-Mar-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Handy Board Assembly
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Good morning. I am building a handy board for the first time using the Douglas Electronics boards and parts from various sources. I have been following the assembly instructions with great success up to now: I'm stuck at the end of section 4.4, (...) (28 years ago, 5-Mar-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Serial port and Handyboard.
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This question is answered in the Handy Board FAQ. The FAQ is linked off of the top level Handy Board home page. -Fred -- This message was composed using Articulate Systems' PowerSecretary, a Macintosh-based speech-to-text dictation system. Please (...) (28 years ago, 5-Mar-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Vector-2x
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(...) I'd do a quick web search, or actually call up Precision Navigation first, but we do have copies of fax-back docs from about a year ago online. Check out: (URL) Randy ---...--- Randy Sargent Newton Research Labs Senior Design Engineer Robotic (...) (28 years ago, 5-Mar-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Printed Layouts
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Hello, I want to etch the Handyboard myself (because it's hard to get it here in Germany) and so I am searching for printed circuit board layouts from the Handyboard and the Interface/charger and a part listing (if possible in Germaan). Thank you in (...) (28 years ago, 5-Mar-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Serial port and Handyboard.
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Hi again. I'm wondering if anyone had an example of using the serial interface on the handyboard to recieve signals from the mac/pc, and processing them ? This is essential for my project, as i'm trying to interface it with the httpd on the (...) (28 years ago, 5-Mar-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Servo trouble solved!
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Hi again. Sorry for troubling you with that mail earlier, I finaly figured out what was wrong. I did not have COMMON ground between the two separate powersupplys, and that created the big mess..:( But i'm still interrested in some programs that i (...) (28 years ago, 5-Mar-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Vector2x SPI interrupt driven code
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(...) Tom Brusehaver, formerly tgb@bnr.com. (...) 45degrees sounds more like a dinsmore device (compass mechanism, and 4 hall effect transistors). I have them, and they are useful for some things. (...) The vector2x is a compass made by Precision (...) (28 years ago, 5-Mar-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Servos again.
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Hi. I'm still having problems with my servos and the board. I got the servos connected to the port 9 and the fourth port from the right on the handyboards expansion bus. (Think this is correct) But when i enable ONE of the servos (Only loading the (...) (28 years ago, 5-Mar-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re[4]: phone cord length
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Ooops, You're right of course! Richard ___...___ Reply Separator ___...___ Subject: Re: Re[2]: phone cord length Author: tomb@netperceptions.com at Internet-Mail Date: 04/03/97 13:03 > TTL does NOT go down that line, it is RS232 which is commonly (...) (28 years ago, 5-Mar-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: IR collision avoidance
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(...) Someone could probably give some very good reasons why 45 degrees is a good choice. For me it was common sense and experiment. Less than 45 degrees from ahead and the angle the IR is hitting the wall is too "shallow" and I don't get a return. (...) (28 years ago, 5-Mar-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | 567 design help needed
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I am designing a circuit that requires a 567 tone decoder to detect a 500hz signal and I need some help. I don't have any technical manuals available with that chip in it and I need to know how to wire it up. If someone could post a design or send (...) (28 years ago, 5-Mar-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Vector2x SPI interrupt driven code
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Not sure who you are? tomb? Anyways, I noticed mention of a compass.... I once looked into the idea of using a flux gate compass to obtain heading info. After finding that the inexpensive (affordable) models would only obtain info at a resolution of (...) (28 years ago, 5-Mar-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Re[4]: IR Collision avoidance
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Richard, Thank you for your response. I must admit that my electronics knowledge is limited to basic theory and some practice. I depend on others, such as yourself, who have had more experience. Furthermore, I would greatly appreciate any thoughts (...) (28 years ago, 5-Mar-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: IR Collision avoidance
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Matt, You mentioned an IR device from Digi-key. Can you expand (part no.) tel phone no. for Digi. Process analog info from IRs to digital data for HB? What IRs are compatible and where might I get this stuff. Your info into this would be greatly (...) (28 years ago, 5-Mar-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Vector2x SPI interrupt driven code
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Well it works. A couple people have asked for it. Turns out the stupid V2X docs are wrong again! Like the product, but bad docs will kill it! Even if you don't have a V2X, I have seen enough traffic asking about using the SPI for things on the HB, (...) (28 years ago, 5-Mar-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Re[2]: phone cord length
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Don't those tend to have swapped conductors too? I thought that the receiver cords were slightly different from the other cords. You might have to crimp new connectors on the end. -Jeremy (...) ___...___ Jeremy Green jag@world.std.com (...) (28 years ago, 5-Mar-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Re[2]: phone cord length
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Speaking of noisy lines, I was thinking of getting one of those telephone cords that's coiled helix-like to colapse the wire. Now that we're discussing this topic, I am wondering if this cord would effect the electronics. The thought came up to me (...) (28 years ago, 5-Mar-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Handy Board Users Near Milwaukee?
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Are there any Handy Board users near Milwaukee (Wisconsin)? Any one interested in getting together to discuss "war" stories? Drop me a line, please. -- Clint *** ROBOTIC SYSTEMS, INC. Clint Laskowski, President 10437 Innovation Drive, Ste. 314 (...) (28 years ago, 4-Mar-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Re[2]: phone cord length
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(...) One could consider plastic optical fibre for that length. The diameter is small. It is flexible. No shielding required. You could have one for each direction of signal. Motorola had a plastic optical fibre kit years ago. Have fun. ---...--- Ed (...) (28 years ago, 4-Mar-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Re[2]: phone cord length
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(...) No, that is wrong; the RS232 is converted to TTL at the serial interface board, so you do have TTL on the phone cord. In any event, I would guess that 50 ft. would not be a problem; we're talking about 9600 baud here which is pretty slow. BTW, (...) (28 years ago, 4-Mar-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Re[2]: phone cord length
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(...) No, the MAX232 chip on the charger board converts from 12V RS232 coming out of the serial port to TTL level RS232. What goes down the line to the Handyboard is 5V RS232, which goes straight into the HC11 and at only 5V levels is more (...) (28 years ago, 4-Mar-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Re[2]: phone cord length
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(...) On the phone cord between the handy board and the charger/interface card, the signal voltage is TTL levels. There is also charge voltage, and ground in the other wires. RS232 level conversion is done by the MAX232 on this card. (28 years ago, 4-Mar-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re[2]: phone cord length
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TTL does NOT go down that line, it is RS232 which is commonly used at up to 50 feet. However, you might need to use a shielded cable if you use a lead longer than about 10 feet. Richard (28 years ago, 4-Mar-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re[4]: IR Collision avoidance
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Adam, I don't use -5v, I just use a single 5v supply. You have to choose your op-amp carefully - I am currently trying ICL7612 but I'm looking at another sort which might turn out to be better. With a single supply, you have to bias things around (...) (28 years ago, 4-Mar-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: IR Collision avoidance
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The part number on the device from Radio Shack is "GP1U52X". In our earlier discussions, I thought I made it clear that I was using "the Radio Shack IR detector module", although I may not have quoted the number. If Sharp makes a module without the (...) (28 years ago, 4-Mar-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | IR xmitter/receiver idea.
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Heres a IR xmitter/receiver idea for you; I've seen this approach used in equipment and it works very well, I'm not sure how well it will work for robotics but believe it can be adapted. This is difficult to explain but easy to build, so hang with (...) (28 years ago, 3-Mar-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | serial comm
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Good morning, I am building a handy board for the first time using the Douglas Electronics boards and parts from various sources. I have been following the assembly instructions to the letter but am now stuck at the end of section 4.4, Serial Line (...) (28 years ago, 3-Mar-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: IR Collision avoidance
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Actually, I built the (...) This is exactly the same scheme I use. I'm using an IR module from Digi-key that has a side view, and five IR LED's spread around the front of the module at different angles. I have quite a few outputs, thanks to a little (...) (28 years ago, 3-Mar-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: IR Collision avoidance
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(...) The Sharp IR modules are not being used to detect distance, they are being used simply as non-contact bumpers. This allows one to inexpensively put an arbitrarily long 'whisker' on your robot. The advantage to these things are that they are (...) (28 years ago, 3-Mar-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: IR Collision avoidance
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At any point are you making an effort to detect your 40kHz IR signal? If you use the sharp IR detector to receive your 40kHz signal you are going to get an initial burst when the thing first turns on and then it will average out to zero just like (...) (28 years ago, 3-Mar-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Re[2]: IR Collision avoidance
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(...) Richard, In my case there are two reasons. First, I'm not trying to find the actual distance. I just want to know if there is something within a particular range. I don't care if it's an inch away or a foot. The second reason is that I can get (...) (28 years ago, 3-Mar-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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