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Pandit, As far as I know I can only read system time as along integer or floating point number(both cannot be used in conditionals).I do not know what casting is.One idea I came up with is creating process which runs for one millisecond and putting (...) (28 years ago, 17-Mar-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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Bill Conroy wrote: I am having an extremely difficult time finding a source for the Hitachi 16x2 LCD panel. I am wondering what an appropriate substitute would be. I am looking at the following part from page 53 of the Mouser Electronics Purchasing (...) (28 years ago, 17-Mar-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | RE: Newbie
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I suppose that if you got the HB and write in this mail list you know the HB web. Just in case get http: //el.www.media.mit.e...ndy-board. There you have the a complete guide that how assembly, check, etc.. is a file in Acrobat PDF format with more (...) (28 years ago, 16-Mar-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | RE: Ascii to integer...
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When I make programs with IC manipulating chars or char arrays, I have used pointers and after I get the memory addresses as reference. In your case you can get the address of the char with & and the content with peek and after subtract till the (...) (28 years ago, 16-Mar-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | RE: ztx614
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Hi this is Rick Hormigo from Southern Mississippi University, and I'm new in this list and this is my answer for the question about ZTX614. I'm foreigner, so I'm sorry for my English !!! The only one very famous darlinton for medium power that I (...) (28 years ago, 16-Mar-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: sonar help..
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There is an OEM kit which includes 2 ranging units and an instrument grade sonar transducer. Instrument grade meaning no protective enclosure. This kit has an order no. 606783 Just phone Polaroid Customer Service at 800 225 1618 and I'm sure they'll (...) (28 years ago, 16-Mar-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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Sriram, It looks as though the diagram you have is correct. I should warn you that I have a sonar board in which the cable was put on backward by Polaroid manufacturing. There is a manual that you should have for the ranging unit. In the manual (pg (...) (28 years ago, 16-Mar-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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where can i purchase a soner unit everyone talks about or is anyone done with thiers and would like to sell it please e-mail me with info. thank you in advance bryan wiabel offrds2@aol.com (28 years ago, 16-Mar-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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Hi, unlike most handyboard subscribers, I am not using the handyboard for robotics, but for music: my HB is an interface between gesture sensors a macintosh based multimedia system running Opcode Max and Macromedia Director with MIDI equipment and (...) (28 years ago, 16-Mar-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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When I try to use the system time as part of an expression in an if-else statement I get an error message while trying to download to the board.Goes something like : type <float> cannot be used in a conditional Is there any way of getting system (...) (28 years ago, 16-Mar-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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Is the $290 for an assembled board from Gleasons a reasonable price. Just want to make sure that I havent overlooked any better deals. (28 years ago, 16-Mar-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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(...) Hi everyone, Iam having some problems connecting my polaroid sonar to the handyboard. Any help will be greatly appreciated. According to the application notes (from polaroid) i've connected the flexible cable to the J1 connector as illustrated (...) (28 years ago, 15-Mar-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Never Mind!
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Sorry, ignore my last message about the over-voltage problem I was having. The reading was caused by a low battery in my multimeter. Oops! :) (...) everything >seems to check out. Help! (28 years ago, 15-Mar-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Handy Board Assembly Problem
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Hi! Thanks all for your input on the HB, puchased one and have started to assemble it, but have run into a problem. On the first step, the measured voltage across C14 is 5.8V. I've run through the debug steps and everything seems to check out. Help! (28 years ago, 15-Mar-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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Hello, All! Long time listener, first time caller. Hello. Does anyone hve any info. on how to control the direction of a motor while having it seperated from the H.B. by an optoisolator? (the motors run at 3.0- volts) I figured out how-to, if I use (...) (28 years ago, 15-Mar-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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Hey all! I just got my handyboard in the mail today, and am ready to start playing! Can any of you tell me if there is a reference somewhere that explains how to get started (ie sample programs)? Thanx Charlie (28 years ago, 15-Mar-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Handyboard Serial Communications
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After parsing the Handyboard mail archive, it sounds like what I need is the SPI port. Unless someone has other advice, I'll research this path. At this point, my overall plans are to construct my 'Bot as follows: 1. Use the Handyboard for motor (...) (28 years ago, 14-Mar-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Handy Board and 6 legged bots.
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(...) No problem at all. You connect two boards to the same serial line and there is a jumper on the SSC which configures it for either servos 0-7 or servos 8-15. When you send a command to set servo 15 to position 87 it "does the right thing". The (...) (28 years ago, 14-Mar-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Handy Board serial routines
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(...) /* ---...--- SENDING AND RECEIVING THROUGH THE SERIAL LINE ---...--- the IC program must be stopped in order for this to work ! the code is from the handybaord FAQ by Fred Martin or ?? Randy Sargent ?? added by Xavier Chabot, 3-3-97: (...) (28 years ago, 14-Mar-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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Greetings, The serial port could be used after downloading the program code into memory for other purposes (such as controlling the mini-ssc board). However, I have not found any reference to RS-232C port IC commands, so one would have to build (...) (28 years ago, 13-Mar-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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