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  Re: Handy Board and 6 legged bots.
 
I would love to be able to use serial controlled boards with the Handyboard. Given that it only has one serial port which is used for programming, won't this be a problem? (...) (28 years ago, 13-Mar-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
 
  Re: Handy Board and 6 legged bots.
 
Scott Edwards makes a nice board called the mini-ssc which takes a serial RS232 signal and drives 8 servos. You can chain two of these for the capability of driving 16 servos. I've used one and it works quite well and is very small and light. Cost (...) (28 years ago, 13-Mar-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
 
  Handy Board and 6 legged bots.
 
I understand the handy board has motor drivers for wheeled applications, but what about 6 legged robots. These use 12 PWM servos. How can the handy board be used to control a 6 legged critter? (28 years ago, 13-Mar-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
 
  Mailing List
 
Please subscribe me. Thanks. (28 years ago, 13-Mar-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
 
  Newbie
 
Hello! I am a high school senior working on a project for Tech Challenge '97 here in San Jose, California, and my team has decided to use the Handy Board as our processing/control device. I have a few questions With a basic HB, could we run (2) (...) (28 years ago, 13-Mar-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
 
  Re: IR Collision avoidance
 
(...) Resistors in series with LEDs are generally current limiters, meaning that the LED is very low resistance when conducting, so the resistor is the determinant of current flow. With the little colored LEDs I teach my students to hook up a 1K pot (...) (28 years ago, 13-Mar-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
 
  Servos
 
I have tried to use my servo with the HB, but the icb that I have does not reflect the documentation in given in the HB manual that I have. There is reference made to servo_on() and servo_deg() which is not in the icb file that I have of the servo. (...) (28 years ago, 13-Mar-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
 
  Ascii to integer...
 
Is there any function to convert Ascii to integer on the Handyboard? Yours Jon ---...--- Web : (URL) : (URL) jonko@gyda.hiof.no ---...--- (28 years ago, 13-Mar-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
 
  High amperage charge
 
I have read in the HB Manual that people have experienced difficulty when useing high amperage transformers to charge the HB.I am interested in chargeing the HB with a 12 volt automotive circuit.Is this possible. Yours sincerely Joe Martin (...) (28 years ago, 13-Mar-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
 
  Flame detection
 
What are some common methods people use to detect candle flames in a room filled with flourecent and/or halogen lights? THat is, what does one use to differentiate between ambient and flame lights??? Sincerely, Yoni Garbourg << To succeed, Atificial (...) (28 years ago, 13-Mar-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)


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