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Hi my handyboard works fine, but i have a big problem with my motors. If i use the "FD(x)" command my motor runs very well. If i use the "motor (x,100)" command my motor haven4t enough power and both led (green + red) flash. It4s a motor from a (...) (27 years ago, 1-Jul-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: voice synthesis
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(...) Actually Radio Shack didn't lie, the chips Jeff are referring to are the SP0256 Allophone synthesizer from General Instrument and the CTS244 text to speech processor, also from GI. The CTS244 was actually a mask programmed PIC chip but it (...) (27 years ago, 1-Jul-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: voice synthesis
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(...) [snip] RC Systems, Inc. makes a low-cost ASCII to voice board that provides far better performance than the now-discontinued General Instrument speech chip set many are familiar with. The RC Systems product is a small board with a CPU and a (...) (27 years ago, 1-Jul-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: voice synthesis
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(...) I think your radio shack lied to you. In just about every radio shack I have been in I have seen voice sythesis chips along with the othe IC's. Maybe they are not exactly the ones you saw in 1988 but they exsist. Ask to see a catalog next time (...) (27 years ago, 1-Jul-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | New Handyboard and Mobile Robot Base Kits Supplier
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Hello All: Great News!! This is the CHEAPEST Handyboard kits on the market/Web!!! Please check with other supplies. As of July, 1997, the Handyboard and Mobile Robot Base kits are in stock and can deliver immediately. We offer HIGH QUALITY (...) (27 years ago, 1-Jul-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Ultimate4.33 layout for 68HC11 CPU board.
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Can anyone send me a ultimate (v 4.33) handyboard cpu-board layout for a double sided print? I'am making disco lights controled by the 68HC11 and can be programmed by 4 cursor keys. The lights are max. 20 A. P.S. I want to connect a 5v lithium (...) (27 years ago, 1-Jul-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Ultimate4.33 layout for 68HC11 CPU board.
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Can anyone send me a ultimate (v 4.33) handyboard cpu-board layout for a double sided print? I'am making disco lights controled by the 68HC11 and can be programmed by 4 cursor keys. The lights are max. 20 A. P.S. I want to connect a 5v lithium (...) (27 years ago, 1-Jul-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | voice synthesis
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Has anyone been able to set up a voice synthesis circuit with their Handy Board? I remember that quite a few years ago, Radio Shack carried a pair of voice synthesis chips that appeared easy to connect to an 8 bit data bus or serial line, but my (...) (27 years ago, 1-Jul-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Ticks for start_process
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Hi Sriram, The "ticks" argument to start_process won't do what you want. The "ticks" argument to start_process is used for fine-tuning the relative amount of time different processes get. The number defines a single time "slice" -- that is, the (...) (27 years ago, 30-Jun-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Memory system problems
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Robin, out team has had the same problem. And after much of the following troubleshooting, we narrowed it down to a faulty 6811. We replaced the chip and everything ran smoothly. Unfortunatly, I couldn't tell you how the chip was damaged, as it did (...) (27 years ago, 30-Jun-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Robot lawnmowers
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<Jim Egbert (MARS list) expressed interest in building a robot lawnmower> I found the easiest way to cut the grass: live in an apartment and let the landlord worry about it :-) Radio Electronics published a very detailed series that showed how to (...) (27 years ago, 30-Jun-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Memory system problems
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Hi, I have been building my first handy board and I've managed to get things working until 6.0.5. My board downloads the pcode_hb.s19 file successfully, but when I reboot the LCD continues to show the single row of blocks and no beep. I have done (...) (27 years ago, 30-Jun-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Future versions of handyboard?
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Are there any plans in the works now for future versions of the handyboard? What new features would people like to see? Keith Keith Soldavin kas219@email.psu.edu (URL) (27 years ago, 30-Jun-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: spi serial port.
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(...) Tom Dickens built a RoboCat using four 68HC11 processors that talk over the SPI bus. He described the project in the JAN-MAR 1997 issue of ROBOTICS DIGEST. You can reach him at tpd6908@yak.ca.boeing.com or (206) 655-7748. Cheers, Michael A. (...) (27 years ago, 30-Jun-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Communication with PC (2)
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REF: TCP/IP & the HandyBoard Hello Mr. Chuck, Thanks for the feedback and sorry for the delay of my own feedback. I inquired about the TCP/IP alternative because we have acquired two Nomadic Technologies Mercury RF TCP/IP modems. They are (...) (27 years ago, 30-Jun-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | IC multitasking
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Hi Everyone, While using the multitasking facilities of IC, is there a limit on the time allowed for each process (# of ticks). for instance can i define start_process(backup(),3000); (3 seconds) assumin that all activities within this process 'll (...) (27 years ago, 29-Jun-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Trouble with DMS
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I also have not recieved my IC manual from Digital Micro Systems, does anyone have any idea what is going on? Any insight would be appreciated. -Peter E. -- Peter Eacmen Boston Latin School E-Mail:Eacmen@postof...et.att.net Home Page: (URL) (27 years ago, 29-Jun-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Robot contest video
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The video of the 1997 Trinity College Fire-fighting Home Robot Contest is now available! This 57 minute VHS video contains highlights of this largest, public, true Robotics competition held in the U.S. that is open to entrants of any age, ability or (...) (27 years ago, 28-Jun-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: No messages since May 5,1997
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(...) Dear Alex, If you have not been receiving messages from the Handy Board list then it is likely to be the simple case of your mailer bouncing a message and my removing you from the list, as per the stated policy. I frequently and without (...) (27 years ago, 28-Jun-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: spi serial port.
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(...) taxonomic (...) Spot" (...) That's an interesting topology. If someone is using Master/Slave principle, he could take some of the master processing time to give voice to each slave, like cycling thru all the nodes. He could even build an (...) (27 years ago, 28-Jun-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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