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So, I saw the Scientific American show on PBS and I was completelly geeked! It was too short. I was most impressed by the tennis ball capturing contest and by Newton Lab's Vision Car entry. Cognachrome is very cool. After seeing the show I logged on (...) (27 years ago, 11-Apr-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Parts substitution
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(...) I believe the wattage just tells you how much power the resistor can reasonable dissipate. Therefore using a transistor which can dissipate more power than what the design calls for is alright, but using one that dissipates less power is bad. (...) (27 years ago, 10-Apr-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Parts substitution
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I have a question on the replacement of the a specific resistor. On the handyboard there is a 3.83K 1/8W resistor. I just received in the mail the last pieces for the board and was shipped a 3.83K 1/4W resistor. Is the wattage citical on this (...) (27 years ago, 10-Apr-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Looking for a good microcontroller.....
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Hi, This question doesn't really belong to this mailing list, but since some of you know quite a lot about microcontrollers I thought maybe someone could help me. I'm working on a project about A Management System for an Optical network. Therefore (...) (27 years ago, 10-Apr-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: IR in programs
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(...) Here is a simple example of how to do 'different things' when you press various buttons on your remote. If you press digits, they are displayed on the LCD. If you press rewind, the LCD is cleared. When you press stop, the program ends. If you (...) (27 years ago, 10-Apr-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | NOTE 04/10/97 10:50:15
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Hi, Can someone help me understand encoders.asm? This is what I deduced from the code and I'm wondering if my guess is correct. 1. When TIC3 and TIC2 inputs are changed, an "interrupt" in execution occurs and and execution immediately jumps to the (...) (27 years ago, 10-Apr-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | voltage divider
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could the voltage divider circuit shown in the Mobil Robots book (page 116 fig5.20b) be implemented as is OR does the built in pulldown resistors cause it to be modified. Thanks for all the brain dumps, victor (27 years ago, 10-Apr-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | IR in programs
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How would I use an if/then statement if I used the onboard IR reciever? Earlier, I downloaded a program that Max Davies wrote to determine the different variables for my remote. In the readme file, it says that the rules are set by a command like (...) (27 years ago, 10-Apr-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Somewhat C challenged.
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Victor, The peek(0x1000) statement returns the byte at memory location 1000 (hex). In C, the '&' operator is a bitwise AND. So, what you are doing is ANDing 4 and the contents of 0x1000. What's really going on is you are interested in only bit 3 (...) (27 years ago, 10-Apr-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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Hello! Just 1 thing today: 1. Is there any sort of chip that can be wired up to the HB's motor ports, and then convert it to 16 (or less, maybe) outputs? phil thehahns@nconnect.net PS: does anyone know of any robot designs that will allow a robot to (...) (27 years ago, 10-Apr-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | hb_ir.c
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In the hb_ir.c and the hb2_ir.icb Regaring ir_counts(4) what ports is this using. digital(?), analog(?)? What is it counting? (27 years ago, 9-Apr-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: sonar hookup
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If I recall correctly, I think the BINH in the sonar software is set high for the entire duration of the ping. This way, ECHO will never trigger. If you tie your BINH to GND, it will enable ONLY the internel blanking. ---...--- ericson mar Master of (...) (27 years ago, 9-Apr-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | MORE IR
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I am going blind reading the archives for the solution to this problem so I will just ask. Ive got a Radio Shack tin can IR reciever plugged into digital(7). An High output IR LED w/ current limiter resistor in series (LED was getting quite warm) (...) (27 years ago, 9-Apr-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Somewhat C challenged.
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Please excuse my bitwise ignorance. Could someone explain this statement to me. if (4 & peek(0x1000)) what does peek(0x1000) return? what is the 4 for ? and what does the "&" compare? thanks victor (27 years ago, 9-Apr-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: sonar hookup
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Keith> Just to fill all of you in, I followed Tom's advice and it is Keith> working now. I am going to install the resistor on BINH Keith> tonight so I will get the extended range. By the way, what Keith> value resistor is best for this signal? I (...) (27 years ago, 9-Apr-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: sonar hookup
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(...) Remove the BINH and check the sonar readings...the minimum distance it can read will be about 16-17" (this is with an internal blanking OF 2.38millisec) this time can be modified by adding a resistor to the BINH. Also the ECHO goes into the (...) (27 years ago, 9-Apr-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: sonar hookup
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(...) Just to fill all of you in, I followed Tom's advice and it is working now. I am going to install the resistor on BINH tonight so I will get the extended range. By the way, what value resistor is best for this signal? I know that the suggested (...) (27 years ago, 9-Apr-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: sonar hookup
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K> I finally got the code loaded into my handyboard to test the unit K> but I am having some problems. When the program runs I hear K> ticking from the transducer but the reading on the LCD stays at 0" K> no matter where it points. I want to make (...) (27 years ago, 9-Apr-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | sonar hookup [DAT]
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I finally got the code loaded into my handyboard to test the unit but I am having some problems. When the program runs I hear ticking from the transducer but the reading on the LCD stays at 0" no matter where it points. I want to make sure that I (...) (27 years ago, 9-Apr-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: running 2 IR
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If the IR LEDs both add up to a current requirement of 800ma (the spec on the ztx614) then yes you should be able to. You may want to add a resistor to supply that assures you don't get more than 800ma from supply (if that is Imax for those LEDs). (...) (27 years ago, 9-Apr-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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