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  hbsonar
 
I am trying to run 4 sonar sensors from the HB, and I'm not sure how to go about doing this. I have a copy of the code from the ftp://cherupakha.med...ntrib/kent directory, but I'm pretty bad with assemby language and I'm not sure what I would need (...) (27 years ago, 19-Apr-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
 
  Stepper motors driver circuit and .s19 compiler...
 
Hi, I heard from fred that there is someone out there who had used stepper motors with the handyboard, I am doing something which need to use stepper motors. Therefore I need your help in this area, please email me how should I go about design the (...) (27 years ago, 19-Apr-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
 
  Stepper motors driver circuit and .s19 compiler...
 
Hi, I heard from fred that there is someone out there who had used stepper motors with the handyboard, I am doing something which need to use stepper motors. Therefore I need your help in this area, please email me how should I go about design the (...) (27 years ago, 19-Apr-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
 
  Re: Stepper motors driver circuit and .s19 compiler...
 
Good Day All, I also would like more info on this. If not too much trouble, could it be posted to the whole board as well? Take care... (27 years ago, 18-Apr-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
 
  Re: Good books about electronics
 
The ISBN is: 0-521-37095-7 I took the class at harvard that the book was written for. It was a good class. I learned a lot. I'm not so good with the analog stuff though... There is a student manual which is pretty helpful too. It's by Hayes and (...) (27 years ago, 18-Apr-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
 
  Re: motor driver chip....
 
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)
 
  Re: motor driver chip....
 
(...) 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)
 
  Re: Good books about electronics
 
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)
 
  Re: motor driver chip....
 
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)
 
  Good books about electronics
 
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)
 
  motor driver chip....
 
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)
 
  When will the expansion board come out?
 
Hi, does anyone know when the expansion board will be available? Thanks, Duncan (27 years ago, 18-Apr-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
 
  battery life and charging
 
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)
 
  Re: line following
 
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)
 
  line following
 
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)
 
  battery life
 
(1) the memory should last about a month if the board is turned off, as several have noted. (2) please be aware that the serial interface will *DRAIN POWER FROM THE HB* if the interface itself is not plugged into power. thus do not expect anywhere (...) (27 years ago, 16-Apr-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
 
  Re: Small gear suppliers?
 
Try. Stock Drive and Sterling. (516) 328-3300 ---...--- 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 (...) (27 years ago, 16-Apr-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
 
  gears
 
Hello all, There is a company called Small Parts Inc. located in Miami Lakes, FL. They have been a good source for me in the past for all kinds of random stuff. I don't know if they have the specific parts you need, but they are a good shot, and at (...) (27 years ago, 16-Apr-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
 
  Small gear suppliers?
 
We need some small gears for a gear train for a small DC motor. Does anyone know of likely vendors? I want decent quality gears, not plastic! Thanks. ***...*** * Greg Starr, Professor and Graduate Advisor * * Department of Mechanical Engineering ph (...) (27 years ago, 16-Apr-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
 
  Re: line following
 
(...) The experience is good, I'm just not sure you took away the right lesson from it. :-) Everything Katt say's is true, when you are following lines detecting the line is sometimes not as straight forward as the description would have you (...) (27 years ago, 16-Apr-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)


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