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An alternate IR system.... I've been scanning through some of the IR stuff to see if I can't pick out a good solid system for collision avoidance on a short range (approx. 6-10cm) scale, but everything seems like alot of trouble. Some guys at Humber (...) (28 years ago, 28-Mar-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | re: IR frequency
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How do i find out the frequency of the IR signal emanating from the LED? Just by connecting the leads from the LED to a CRO ? (28 years ago, 28-Mar-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Digital Outputs
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I'm interested in finding more on how I might digitally controll more devices from the HB. From my current knowledge I was thinking it is possible (with some asm code) to drive TTL signals to the unused expansion header via A12 and A13 pins of the (...) (28 years ago, 28-Mar-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: IR for bots
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Hi Richard, I believe 50% duty cycle of on/off time is just an arbitary number which is easy to implement. You can change to any other number or even can be some sort of coding at the rate that is less than center freq. or carrier (38Khz here). (...) (28 years ago, 28-Mar-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: IR for bots
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(...) If you don't modulate the signal you run the risk of having another 40kHz signal (a.k.a. remoth control) trigger the reciever. If you modulate it and look only for you modulation code, then the chances of a stray signal are minimal. I have (...) (28 years ago, 28-Mar-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: IR for bots
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(...) Our robot worked well with a dual 555 timer. 38KHz for the IR and combined with a 500 Hz square wave. When the square wave was high, 38K was on, making it a 50% duty cycle transmission. As I understand the receiver circuitry, it was tuned to (...) (28 years ago, 28-Mar-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: IR Subsystem confusions.(Never Mind)
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Oh never mind my questions. I read the other messages after this one and looked it up too. It now makes sense to me. Sorry. ---...--- ericson mar Master of Engineering Candidate Project: Mobile Robotics mar@cooper.edu (212)353-4356 Department of (...) (28 years ago, 28-Mar-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Communicating through serial port
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Hi, I am trying to use the my handy board to communicate with an application on my computer by passing integers through the serial port. From my understanding, a binary subroutine must be called to access the serial port. Is this true? If so, why? (...) (28 years ago, 28-Mar-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: IR Subsystem confusions.
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Does the HB have demodulationg circuitry? According to the diagrams, the Sharp IS1U60 is connected to TIC1 on the HC11. Does this mean that the HC11 is doing the demodulation? Is the Sharp IS1U60 an IR demodulator, or simply and IR receiver? I (...) (28 years ago, 28-Mar-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: IR Subsystem confusions.
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(...) It is a useful for wireless communication (one way), beacon detection (the 6.270 boards used it for this) and for collision detection. (...) The part on the Handyboard has a 'center frequency' of 38Khz whereas the Radio Shack part has a center (...) (28 years ago, 28-Mar-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: IR Subsystem confusions.
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In your message you said: (...) main purpose: allowing HB's to transmit IR codes that can be rec'd by other HB's or circuits. example -> let an HB run an IR beacon that can be found by another HB. sub-purpose: run IR transmitters for reflective IR (...) (28 years ago, 28-Mar-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: IR Subsystem confusions.
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(...) The handyboard consists of an IR transmitter and detector circuits. The purpose of the transmitter (when connected thru the infrared LED) is to produce infrared light waves at particular frequencies. This frequency is controlled by R4 and C6 (...) (28 years ago, 28-Mar-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | IR Subsystem confusions.
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What was/is the purpose of the IR Subsystem on the Handy board. What is the difference between the Sharp Demodulator and the one you get from Radio Shack. How do you use the onboard IR demodulator as a digital input. Are there different kinds of IR (...) (28 years ago, 27-Mar-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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Thanks for the information. By the way, does the LCD output work the same way the parallel port on a P.C. Does? On a P.C., I believe it outputs like this: 1) out the coding for the letter in 1's and 0's in 8 positions (binary) 2) a line (I believe (...) (28 years ago, 27-Mar-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: SPI port config???
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Hi Adam, I am not certain by poking the register 0x1009 (or DDRD reg) alone could provide the clean work. The function of this register is also depending on SPE bit in the register 0x1028 (or SPCR) according to the manual. I believe you could (...) (28 years ago, 27-Mar-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | SPI port config???
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Anyone.... This query pertains to the reconfig of the SPI on the HB done with a poke(0x1009, 0x3c) which turns the MISO, MOSI, SCK and SS into digital outputs. My question is: "What is the reverse poke if I wanted to turn the SPI back from digital (...) (28 years ago, 27-Mar-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Mini Rebound RC
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(...) Just because the motors are small dosn't mean they don't pull a big load. Both Adam Cox and myself have been working with the bulldozer kit (from the robot store) and have found they really heat up the motor driver chips (TI SN754410NE). We do (...) (28 years ago, 26-Mar-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Mini Rebound RC
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check out www.robotstore.com and look under kits. There are gear kits and a bulldozer kit that I used two of for a robot. It is not too fast and it pulls a big load, doesn't pull much current (small motors). You might also try the manufacturers page (...) (28 years ago, 26-Mar-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Analog ports....
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I was aware that IR sensors can only give digital (on/off) information. Using analog ports will not give you any extra information. Perhaps the ON voltage level of your circuit is lower that 5V and that each of your sensor circuits differ in such a (...) (28 years ago, 26-Mar-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Neglection of U8 on Parts List
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Bill is right, U8 is a '374. Peter, where exactly are you looking that you don't see U8 listed? It's there at (URL) post URLs if you're trying to help me maintain the site. Thanks. -Fred In your message you said: (...) (28 years ago, 26-Mar-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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