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Hi, Does anyone have any insight to offer on connecting the HB to the scott edwards electronics mini-ssc servo controller? I wanted to connect directly to the HB through the onboard rj12 jack. Looking at the schematics It seems I might be able to (...) (28 years ago, 31-Mar-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | LM2931
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Is it allright if I replace the LM2931 on the Handyboard Interface/Charger Unit with 78L05 (same package)? (28 years ago, 31-Mar-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | re: IR frequency / o'scope adjustments
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(...) You want to trigger off of the signal, or maybe the line; the knobs to turn are generally marked "slope" and "level" or something close to this. I usually use a positive slope, I just like the signal to be going in a positive direction at the (...) (28 years ago, 31-Mar-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Digital Outputs
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(...) Adam, Have you thought about using a some of the Motor Chip driver digital output lines(if you don't need two motor driver chips)? If you pull one of the L293 chips you can free up 4 digital output lines very easily. It would, of course, (...) (28 years ago, 31-Mar-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: AS11
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(...) DW - Define word (intel assembler) FDB - Form Double Byte Constant (motorola assembler) Example: (in HC11 memory order) ORG $100 DW $1234 DW $5678 Memory dump start at address $100, you will find: Address Data $0100 $12 $0101 $34 $0102 $56 (...) (28 years ago, 31-Mar-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: your mail
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(...) The chip you are really interfacing with here is the HD44780 controller on the back of the lcd. It has a character set and a register. You write the register and the controller displays the appr. member from its char. set. There is some (...) (28 years ago, 31-Mar-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | where to get screens
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Does anyone know of a place to order LCD screens? I usually ordered them from Mouser but apparently the manufacter has discontinued that line. A would appreciate any help as to where to order them. Thanks in advance... (28 years ago, 31-Mar-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: AS11
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DB - Define Byte ; allocates one byte of storage with initial value specified DW - Define Word ; allocates two bytes of storage with initial value specified (...) ---...--- Maria Pirsic IEEE Branch Treasurer 96/97 Carleton University (...) (28 years ago, 31-Mar-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Thanks to Chuck and Max
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Thankyou to Chuck and Max for the help with writing this code for reading square wave frequencies.If anyone else can use it here it is.Be careful though it resets the board every few seconds.I think that if this is a problem you could probably (...) (28 years ago, 31-Mar-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | cancel from mail list
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Please remove me from the emailing list. Thank you Nathan Marcantel nathanm@mail.utexas.edu 512-272-8024 6517 Carisbrooke Lane Austin, TX 78754 (28 years ago, 31-Mar-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: AS11
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There is a command "DW" and "DB"? If so, what do they stand for? ---...--- ericson mar Master of Engineering Candidate Project: Mobile Robotics mar@cooper.edu (212)353-4356 Department of Mechanical Engineering The Cooper Union for the Advancement of (...) (28 years ago, 31-Mar-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: AS11
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(...) FDB - Form Double Byte Constant (same as DW) FCB - Form Constant Byte (same as DB) (28 years ago, 31-Mar-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Digital Outputs (fwd)
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I'm interested in finding more on how I might digitally controll more devices from the HB. (...) (with some asm code) to drive TTL signals to the unused expansion header via A12 and A13 pins of the 6811. If this is possible.... What is envolved here (...) (28 years ago, 30-Mar-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Sonar Multi-XDucer Design
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(...) There is currently no occurances of ranging circuits failing due to the use of the multi-xducer circuit. Care should be taken when using the circuit. Before any pings are done check that the mxducer circuit works (ie. SPI signals are (...) (28 years ago, 30-Mar-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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What does FDB and FCB stand for? ---...--- ericson mar Master of Engineering Candidate Project: Mobile Robotics mar@cooper.edu (212)353-4356 Department of Mechanical Engineering The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art ---...--- (28 years ago, 30-Mar-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Sonar Multi-XDucer Design
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Have you ever blown away a ranging circuit using this method? Or has anyone ever blown away their ranginf circuit by not connecting the transducer? ---...--- ericson mar Master of Engineering Candidate Project: Mobile Robotics mar@cooper.edu (...) (28 years ago, 30-Mar-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | QRD1114/QRB1114 Questions
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Hi all, I am looking at the small description of these part in Digikey cat., it indicates that they have optimum sensing distance at .15". Does this mean that these parts are not suitable for avoidance detection ? Does any one use the parts for such (...) (28 years ago, 30-Mar-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: IR concept
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Chuck, If you have the scematics for the IR sensor that uses the 555 and opamp, Iw oudl be interested in looking them over. I understand your theory, but the scematics would save me some time in ironing out the nitty gritty stuff. Thanks. (...) (28 years ago, 30-Mar-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Q1 on HB PCB
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HI, The Q1 (ztx614) is the last part i need to complete the board, i don't plan on using an IR Tx so do I really need Q1 the complete the board? also we have been using the 6811 EVM/EVB and UDLP in our lab classes and would like to know if i can (...) (28 years ago, 30-Mar-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Frequency counting
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I am having trouble getting my frequency counting code to work.The version I am posting is a sort of test and should print out a frequency integer in Hz after approximately one second of processing.Instead what it does is print out all the values of (...) (28 years ago, 30-Mar-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | re: IR frequency (fwd)
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Connect the ground from the oscilloscope to the HB ground (anyone). Connect the V from the oscilloscope to the + end of the LED driver (or the annode of the LED if it's connected). Adjust the oscilloscope until you get a visible square wave (...) (28 years ago, 30-Mar-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | (no subject)
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Hello! I would like to know something: Does anyone know how the LCD screen on the Handyboard opreates? More specifically: 1) does it have 8 in ports (kinda like the opposite of a P.C.'s parallel port?) 2) does it have a strobe (or respond pin ) that (...) (28 years ago, 30-Mar-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Q1 : ztx614
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hi, I have been working on the handy board for a couple of weeks now and I'm having problems finding the ZTX614 NPN darlington transistor, Digikey has them on back order until mid april. I was wondering if there is reason that it should be placed on (...) (28 years ago, 29-Mar-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | my HB project
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Well, I just finished putting together my handyboard project. I thought maybe people would be interested in checking it out. It is a robotic camera moving thingy that is mounted on the front of my fish tank. It can move the camera horizontally so (...) (28 years ago, 29-Mar-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | re: IR frequency (fwd)
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(...) signals at exactly 38KHz? somebody had suggested using an oscilloscope..but how do i go about it? (28 years ago, 29-Mar-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Sonar Transducer Multiplexor
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(...) The OC is simply a protective buffer to the SPI pins. When the SPI feeds a low with a pullup resistor it must be able to sink the current drawn by the resistor. I read some of the docs on the SPI pinouts and ("M68HC11 Reference Manual" Serial (...) (28 years ago, 29-Mar-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Sonar Transducer Multiplexor
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In your BMP circuit diagram that you posted recently, why did you use an open collector to feed the base of the transistor? Would it work if you connected the digital signal directly to the base? ---...--- ericson mar Master of Engineering Candidate (...) (28 years ago, 29-Mar-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: IR concept
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(...) [Digitize the output from an IR LED with and without a signal present to achieve some common mode noise rejection.] This type of system is susceptible to being 'blinded' by high intensity IR sources (try it outside :-) I used a similar (...) (28 years ago, 29-Mar-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | u14
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I had trouble finding u14(LM 2931Z-5.0). I thought I might be able to use the 78LO5A that was suggested as a replacement on the mini board. When I try to test the voltage on pin 28 of U2 as described in part 2 of the assembly manual I get 6.3 volts. (...) (28 years ago, 28-Mar-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: IR concept
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In addition.... Perhaps I could use the on board IR header to turn on the 4 IR diode array with each diode in series with a current limit resistor and in parallel with the IR output header..?? (I think this has been suggested before.) (...) (28 years ago, 28-Mar-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | IR concept
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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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