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SGS-Thomson makes the L293D and L293E: www.st.com/stonline/...s/1330.htm You can also build a custom H-bridge motor driver using the MAXIM 620&621 MOSFET drivers. Search for Maxim in a search engine. jm (...) (27 years ago, 18-Apr-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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(...) Depending on the manufacturer, you might be able to get the specs online, usually in the form of PDF files that are the datasheets for the chip. I know national semiconductor does this, and it's very fast and easy...otherwise, you have to try (...) (27 years ago, 18-Apr-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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By far the best book for all kinds of electronics is "the art of electronics" by Horowitz and Hill. There is not a lot of "what is electricity" (try a good encyclopedia). This book begins with basic network theory and goes from there through just (...) (27 years ago, 18-Apr-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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see the hb suppliers page for dealers who sell the l293d. (URL) your message you said: (...) n. (...) (27 years ago, 18-Apr-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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Hi! I'm very new in this business. So I thought where could I get a good tutorial book about electronic components and the way they work. And most important - what is electricity and how it works. Can anyone advise me? mike (27 years ago, 18-Apr-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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hola, I was planning on using the L293D motor chips in a project that I'm working on. I'm going to use polaroid motors to drive a vehicle. I was wondering: -Does anyone know how I could get specs for this chip? -Are there other motor chips that (...) (27 years ago, 18-Apr-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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Hi, does anyone know when the expansion board will be available? Thanks, Duncan (27 years ago, 18-Apr-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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Did someone already try to program the handy board the way to enable it testing the battery´s status and - if necessary - driving to a "docking station" and reloading the battery? (Self-feeding-automatism) Someone an idea how to solve this problem (...) (27 years ago, 17-Apr-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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Chuck, Chuck, Chuck...not EVERYONE in engineering and robotics is male. I, myself, am quite definitely *not*, nor ever will be, male. Engineering is a co-ed field, and women have made their mark upon it. While there are few of us compared to the (...) (27 years ago, 17-Apr-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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I have had great success with black tape on many different light colored backgrounds but I wasn't using discrete components for the sensors and emitters. Instead, I used Omron EE-SY313 amplified infrared photosensors, and plugged them right into the (...) (27 years ago, 17-Apr-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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