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Dear Phet & fellow Handy Board users, I am the person responsible for Digital Micro Systems operations and accept full responsibilty for the delay in processing your order(s). As many of you know, Digital Micro Systems is a very small company, and (...) (27 years ago, 2-Jun-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | I can obtain RPACKs
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I'm live in Argentina, and i can't get the RPACKS(sound incredible , or not???). I want to know how can replace this for resistances(is that posible???). Thanks for all!!!! ===...=== Obtenga su e-mail GRATUITO para toda la vida en: (URL) (27 years ago, 2-Jun-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Robotics contest program
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FIRST, THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT THE FIRE FIGHTING HOME ROBOT CONTEST. Since it's inception in 1992, the Fire Fighting Home Robot Contest has been a huge success. Each year increasing numbers of people from throughout the United States and Canada have (...) (27 years ago, 1-Jun-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | buying HB from dmsc
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Has anyone ordered a handyboard kit from digital micro systems in the past week. I've made an order from their website and have yet to recieve any response about wether my order has been made. Are there any other sources for the handyboard kit? I (...) (27 years ago, 1-Jun-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | number conversions
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Is there any way to convert from an integer to a floating point and vice versa in IC? Please someone tell me there is a way! Thanks. Keith Keith Soldavin kas219@email.psu.edu (URL) (27 years ago, 1-Jun-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Has anyone built this homebrew sonar ranging board?
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(...) I have :) (...) What would you like to know about it? (...) Here are the essential pros and cons (note that I have NOT ever actually had a Polaroid to mess with so my comments are based on what I've read about it and other people's comments): (...) (27 years ago, 1-Jun-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | problem starting IC
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Hello, Sorry to bother you all. I 've build a small version of the Rug Warrior board. I use a 68hc11A1 with 32K RAM at $8000 to $FFFF accoording to the book of "Jones and Flynn, Mobile robots Inspiration to Implementation". I tried to use IC ver. (...) (27 years ago, 31-May-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Polaroid 6500
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Hi all, Did anybody see my previous questions about polaroid 6500 ? (except for Will, thanks): (...) Can I use the motor(3,75) statement to create enough voltage ? I think my polaroid board is damaged, how can I know for sure ? How can I repair it ? (...) (27 years ago, 31-May-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Vector 2X Compass
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Well, I finally got my Vector2X compass module running this evening. Looks great- thanks Tom Brusehaver for your nice code- it works well! Ok- call me simple, but I'm tickled pink :) Its cool to watch it spit out the headings. Anyway, on a related (...) (27 years ago, 30-May-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: A few questions
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DVM or Oscilloscope: Most DVM will indicate the RMS or True RMS value of a sinewave with in the frequency range of the meter. Some functions to consider: Function DVM Oscilloscope Frequency Some via time for a period (or half period) RMS Sinewave (...) (27 years ago, 30-May-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: A few questions
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(...) I'm not personally familiar with that particular model, but I use a FLUKE with similar features. The frequency measuring is a nice addition. The inclusion of a bar graph in the LCD can be handy in looking at fluctuations. If I could have only (...) (27 years ago, 29-May-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | A few questions
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Hi all, I'm about to build a few handyboards, and I have a few questions. 1. I don't have convenient access to an o'scope so I'm hoping to get by without one. I am in the market for a new DMM (my birthday's coming up :->), and I've located one that (...) (27 years ago, 29-May-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Vector 2x giving me lots of trouble...
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F> Hi all, I am having lots of trouble with the vector 2x F> compass. Sometimes it seems to work fine. Other times it just F> ouputs zeros (like someone else was saying...). I checked all F> the physical wiring, and that seems to be fine. The (...) (27 years ago, 29-May-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Polaroid 6500 sonar and HB...
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(...) Here are some starting points: Handy Board Software: Sonar Routines by Kent Farnsworth (URL) URL was clipped on my printout) Polaroid Sonar Interfacing to HC11 (URL) and Robotics Great background info once you get your sonar working (URL) A. (...) (27 years ago, 29-May-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Minor Correction to 'Makefile'
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Minor change to Makefile just posted- Change the '$' signs to '\$$' signs to get around interpretation as shell variables: --- begin Makefile --- # # Generic Interactive-C *.ICB Assembly Makefile # Brat Wizard - 06/28/97 # # General CAT = /bin/cat # (...) (27 years ago, 29-May-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Some (hopefully) useful information-
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Hi there- As I recently posted, I was having trouble figuring out how to assemble both *.icb files and the pcode itself. Well, thanks to a nice respondant (Max Davies- Thanks Max :) I finally got it all figured out. I made up a Unix style Makefile (...) (27 years ago, 29-May-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Vision for Robots
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I am thinking about interfacing a color CCD camera to the handyboard. BGmicro has some for $59, so I was thinking about how to experiment in this area Does anyone have any experiance on this, or know of any good web pages I could look up? I realize (...) (27 years ago, 29-May-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | remove
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please remove me from the mailing list - thanks for your help (27 years ago, 28-May-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Richard Drushel's improved serial and math libraries
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Fred G Martin spake unto the ether: (...) out, please let me know any bug reports, especially in the serial console input routines in conio.c (which have been tested with a serial port emulator library, but not with a real serial input). *Rich* -- (...) (27 years ago, 28-May-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Shaft encoder software
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I have downloaded the shaft encoder software drivers that are on the web page and I would like to say they work great. I need help in writing software to monitor wheel speed and keep my robot running in a strait line. The program has to run in the (...) (27 years ago, 28-May-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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