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Mike, My HB does similar things and to fix it I just turn the board of and then on again without leaving ic(shareware v) and it generally sychronises. Joe Martin Email:joema@mpx.com.au ---...--- (...) (27 years ago, 15-Jul-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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I'm currently assemblying a handyboard and came across some literature for Motorola's 68HC12 microcontroller. The one thing that attracted me to it is its built in memory-mapping capabilities. Do people generally find the handboard's 32K limiting? (...) (27 years ago, 14-Jul-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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config should be set to 0x0c, not 0x0d. let us know if that works. -fred (27 years ago, 14-Jul-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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I think i am still having trouble with the memory on my home brewed rug warrior board. I am using a 68hc11a1fn chip. I completely rewired it and i am positive it is wired correctly, however i still cant get the pcode to run. It will downlod (...) (27 years ago, 13-Jul-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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I am trying to wire up a rug warrior board, and i think i have thecomputational hardware all set up correctly. I have been over my wiring as best as i can and cant fina a problem. Here is what it is doing. I can download the p code interperter ok, (...) (27 years ago, 11-Jul-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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I've tried the enable_cheesy_encoders and it doesn't seem to work for me either. What I get is 0 for the portX_shaft_count all the time. Is this what you're getting? I've looked at the code but I couldn't see why it wouldn't work. Were you or anyone (...) (27 years ago, 11-Jul-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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I need help on understanding the motor controller circuit. Looking at the source in the lib_hb librariy it looks like different pulse trains are sent out to increase the average output voltage by poking increasing values of 256 into the rught (...) (27 years ago, 11-Jul-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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James, Thanks for following up. The reason for this behavior should be fairly evident -- there are traces very close to the mounting screw holes. Your metal washers must have shorted them together, affecting wires to the memory. I do mention to use (...) (27 years ago, 11-Jul-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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I've discovered the problem. When I mounted the Handyboard, I used metal standoffs. When the board is mounted, it doesn't work. When it isn't, it does. The solution then I guess is to use nylon washers to isolate the Handyboard from the standoffs. (...) (27 years ago, 11-Jul-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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(...) go to the Software Resources page ... look for link titled "Interactive C Source". -Fred (27 years ago, 11-Jul-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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Hi! I'm looking for the source code of pcode_hb.s19 because I like to replace the motor driver source. Do anybody have or know where to find the source code? Thanks tom (27 years ago, 11-Jul-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: IR connection
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(...) Howdy- I put mine into the analog ports, but not directly- here's how I do it- +Volts o | / R1 \ 47K / \ | "Analog" Out R2 1K | >------\/\/\-------o---...---> | Sensor In --- C1 --- 10uF | | ----- --- - You may discover that you need to alter (...) (27 years ago, 10-Jul-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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(...) Hi, You should plug the detecvtor into a digital port. (...) (27 years ago, 10-Jul-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | IR connection
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Hello, I attached a Radio Shack IR emittter / detector to the handyboard to cure my touch sensor faults I'm using the Legobug. The problem is that chair legs fit between the sensors and don't trigger the switches. The IR sensors are mounted on the (...) (27 years ago, 10-Jul-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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I'm trying to load a short ICB file (compiled using Newton Labs web server). Everytime I try loading it (I am stripping the CR in the file), I get a: Loading timer2a.icb. Fatal internal error: .s19 file was not contiguous What am I doing wrong (I (...) (27 years ago, 10-Jul-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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I have been using the Handyboard successfully for over 6 months. Recently I've decided to mount it on my robot base. After all the dust settled last night, I powered up the Handyboard. Since I put the batteries elsewhere on the robot, I put a keyed (...) (27 years ago, 9-Jul-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Problems with my motors
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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, 8-Jul-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Mars rover
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(...) Well, the wheels are each driven independently by an internal motor. The rocker-bogie suspension is self-evident, but of course it works best if the wheel and motor sit out at the ends of the suspension. That means six motors. (...) I haven't (...) (27 years ago, 8-Jul-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | RE: Mars rover
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just attack it with legos.... once you figure it out with legos, it's pretty easy... having looked at it my self... i would assume that only one of the wheels (per side) or all are driven, but the suspension system is very simplistic... infact, i (...) (27 years ago, 8-Jul-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Mars rover
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Having seen pictures of the Mars rover I am intrigued as to the mechanics of it. Does anyone know of where to get any details of such things as drive system and suspension. I don't have a few million dollars to make one but there may be some useful (...) (27 years ago, 7-Jul-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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(...) This is the text-2-speech chip, but it doesn't include the allophone synthesizer (SP0256) so unless you have an allophone synthesizer this won't do you much good. --Chuck (27 years ago, 7-Jul-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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Hello Everyone: I have just finished hooking up my vector2x compass and it seems to work fine thanks to Tom Brusehaver's good work and instructions.The only goof I made was to reverse the input and output lines. After about two hours of inspection (...) (27 years ago, 6-Jul-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Auton. underwater vehicles #2
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Here are more web sites that provide useful underwater vehicle information: Unmanned Underwater Vehicle Society (UUVS) at U of Florida This student group had the only functioning AUV during the 1996 AUVSI Annual Symposium and Exhibition. Although (...) (27 years ago, 6-Jul-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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(...) Eric Olson (robojoc@worldnet.att.net) may be able to help you. He describes his GeneSys-1 robot in the latest Seattle Robotics Society newsletter. It uses ultrasonic rangefinding, IR, and a Vector 2X compass for navigation. Nice machine. (URL) (...) (27 years ago, 6-Jul-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Rules for next years firefighting contest
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Has anyone heard when next years rules will be out for the Trinity firefighting contest? Are there going to be any major changes or are they going to stay about the same? Thanks. Keith Keith Soldavin kas219@email.psu.edu (URL) (27 years ago, 5-Jul-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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Hello Everyone: I have just finished hooking up my vector2x compass and it seems to work fine thanks to Tom Brusehaver's good work and instructions.The only goof I made was to reverse the input and output lines. After about two hours of inspection (...) (27 years ago, 5-Jul-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Unsubscribe
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Unsubscribe Me Please! (27 years ago, 5-Jul-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Backlit screen and external power
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(...) Hi there Joe- (...) Yes, you're gonna like this- just about any "Optrex-compatible" LCD display can be used on the HandyBoard. There are two caveats however, most of these displays have a 14-pin header connection and not the 14-pin inline (...) (27 years ago, 5-Jul-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: voice synthesis
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Jeff, JDR Microdevices sells the General Insturments CTS256AL2 chip (GI8642CAA) for ** $4.95 **. This is (I think) a slightly newer version of the same chip that Radio Shack used to sell. I bought one of those with an order from JDR, but haven't had (...) (27 years ago, 5-Jul-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Auton. underwater vehicles
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Most robot builders work on mobile and walker robots. A few developers, however, have addressed another challenge: autonomous underwater vehicles. This research requires new sensors and special concern to mechanical details. With one major mistake, (...) (27 years ago, 4-Jul-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Backlit screen and external power
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Hi, 1.Does anyone know of a backlit and/or larger compatible LCD screen? 2.Are the problems with using a larger power supply than 500ma related only to battery overcharging and in this case can the battery be replaced with a larger amperage power (...) (27 years ago, 4-Jul-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: voice synthesis
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There used to be a company that made a vowel synthesis kit, but I think they pulled it. Some science catalog company still had a bunch, back in January, and I have one (oh joy of joys). I may still have a scanned image of the schematics from it that (...) (27 years ago, 3-Jul-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Chip Puller
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(...) This is good advice! Their sales number is: (800) 831-4242. I think I saw a similar device in Radio Shack the last time I was there as well. I don't know what the price was but probably comparable. (...) This is NOT good advice! :) It is my (...) (27 years ago, 3-Jul-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Chip Puller
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R> Does anyone know where I can buy a chip puller for the 6811. R> Robin Jameco sells 'em ((URL) Part no 16766 $3.95 If you are careful, and stuff, you can use little screwdrivers to pull chips. Wiggle one corner loose, then the other, then the (...) (27 years ago, 3-Jul-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Chip Puller
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Does anyone know where I can buy a chip puller for the 6811. Robin (27 years ago, 3-Jul-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: voice synthesis
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(...) Wow, impressive board. However, it's a bit out of my price range - I was hoping for a solution just about as cheap as the Radio Shack one used to be. Quality of speech isn't that much of a factor, I'm merely going to try and put this thing on (...) (27 years ago, 3-Jul-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Svar: Trouble shooting 7.2.2 (The digital inputs)
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Hej I'm had the same problem, until i found that I loaded some programs via lib-file, not suitably for HB. (lib_r22.c) It seems you are running some programs for the 6.270. Have You setup IC correct? Try run c:\IC -config. Check out your lib-files. (...) (27 years ago, 3-Jul-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Future versions of handyboard?
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(...) I suspect there probably aren't such plans. One of the problems is the amount of infra-structure needed for a successful board. Basically you need a good board and a good development environment, and you have to be as inexpensive as possible (...) (27 years ago, 3-Jul-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | lcd and ds1233-10 supplier
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Just for the record, I was able to get the Hitachi LCD and the Dallas Semi. voltage monitor from Sterling Electronics. Their number is (512)836-1341. This location is in Austin, TX, but I think that they have a 1800 number, though I don't know it. (...) (27 years ago, 3-Jul-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Trouble shooting 7.2.2 (The digital inputs)
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(...) Thanks, that fixed the problem. I am happy to find that the problem was just software. Anthony Oren Loeppert *** (URL) * o* * ***> * * * * * | | * * | / * * |/ * * * * * * **\ (27 years ago, 3-Jul-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Trouble shooting 7.2.2 (The digital inputs)
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you are using the wrong library file. configure IC to use lib_hb.c, not lib_r22.c. -fred In your message you said: (...) (27 years ago, 3-Jul-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: HB and ICC11..
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please post any answers to the board, as I also have ImageCraft's C compiler and have been as yet unable to set it up properly. thanks, -patrick (...) HandyBoard. (...) your (...) using (...) (27 years ago, 3-Jul-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: HB and ICC11..
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Howdy- I saw your posting on the HandyBoard list. I don't know if I have any LCD code laying about or not but I'll look and see. Meanwhile, I noticed in your letter that you indicated you were using ImageCraft-C with the HandyBoard. I was wondering (...) (27 years ago, 2-Jul-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: HB and ICC11..
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(...) The trick is to copy the mode-change/LCD code into the on-chip RAM and execute it from there. This code must change to single-chip mode, write to the LCD, then change back to expanded mode. When in single-chip mode, you lose access to any (...) (27 years ago, 2-Jul-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: HB and ICC11..
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Hi Dale, For this to work a couple of things have to be true, first the Start_LCD, Stop_LCD, and putlcdchar() functions have to be located in the 256 bytes of on-board RAM (or in the 512byte EEPROM) The second thing is that your putchar_LCD doesn't (...) (27 years ago, 2-Jul-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | HB Questions??
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I have a few questions about the HB that I hope somebody can help me with. I'm kind of new to it and I think a few answers to some simple questions could save a lot of time. 1. The pulse modulation of the motor outputs. Is the CPU tied up (...) (27 years ago, 2-Jul-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | HB and ICC11..
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Hi, I am using ImageCraft ICC11 compiler with the Handy Board in order to produce rommable code. I was wondering if anyone has an LCD driver for the hitachi LM052L LCD used on the Handy Board. I have tried using the following code I obtained from (...) (27 years ago, 2-Jul-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Trouble shooting 7.2.2 (The digital inputs)
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I have had no problems assembling the handy board up until now. During the testing of the digital inputs, I am not getting the proper responses. I am getting the press start button message and can successfully move on from there. I can also move on (...) (27 years ago, 2-Jul-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | stepper motor control
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I am planning on useing two stepper motors as the drive motors for a robot that I am entering in the firefighting contest and I need help in interfacing them. I have motor driver chips that need a direction input and a pulse input and I need to know (...) (27 years ago, 2-Jul-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | HTML or Plain Text?
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hi. I just downloaded Internet Explorer 4.0 (Get it, it's awesome!), and it gives me the option of sending mail in either HTML or plain text format. Which format should I use for mailings on this list? Which ones do you guys prefer? Thanks phil (...) (27 years ago, 2-Jul-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Problems with Motors
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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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| | Re: spi serial port.
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e. crispell wagner spake unto the ether: (...) Please don't laugh at me, folks, you may not believe it, but this problem was solved in 1982 by the ill-fated Coleco ADAM computer. The ADAM's peripherals (disk drive, tape drive, printer, (...) (27 years ago, 27-Jun-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | spi serial port.
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Has anyone done any work on 'networking protocol' using the spi port on the handy board to communicate with other 6811's/handy boards/mini-boards? Any information regarding the spi for serial communications or a simple network would be appreciated. (...) (27 years ago, 27-Jun-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: No messages since May 5,1997
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(...) have caused problems for more people. A year and a half ago Ultra-Res ordered from DMSC a HB based PID temperature controller. We have a policy here to order non-critical things from young engineering companies. We were helped when we were (...) (27 years ago, 26-Jun-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | No messages since May 5,1997
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Dear Fred: I have not received any messages from [handyboard] since May5, (exactly the date when my credit card was charged $100 for the professional copy of IC3.1). I also have not received any printed manuals (promised just after May 5th) and my (...) (27 years ago, 26-Jun-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: IR?
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(...) SEE THE FAQ regarding ICB files at (URL) -Fred (27 years ago, 26-Jun-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re:DC generator
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Maybe try a lego motor or similar electric motor .The electrical inputs become the outputs.I've only tried this once with a 9 volt motor by lego and it generated about 9 volts when spun at the same revs as it would have run when used as a nine volt (...) (27 years ago, 26-Jun-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Music??
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load the file music.c then type the function at the prompt. i.e. c>pp(); ---...--- ericson mar Master of Engineering Candidate Project: Mobile Robotics mar@cooper.edu (212)353-4356 Department of Mechanical Engineering The Cooper Union for the (...) (27 years ago, 26-Jun-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: 6811 Suppliers
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(...) I buy quite a few 'E2FN chips for Miniboards - and I know why small quantity suppliers want $25-30. I pay between $15-20 each in quantities of 100. Add a bit to get them to me, a bit to ship them to you, and $25 doesn't leave much profit for a (...) (27 years ago, 26-Jun-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: 6811 Suppliers
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(...) Hey Cris- If you're willing to sacrifice 4 analog ports you can buy Jameco's part number 116960 which is a MC68HC11A1P controller chip in a 48-pin DIP package. They used to sell for $16.95 but have just recently dropped to $13.95 in their last (...) (27 years ago, 25-Jun-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | IR?
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I tried to load the Onboard (sony-ir.icb) file and the computer ====C>Fatal Internal Error = = Illegal line in .s19 ==== The words "fatal" & "error" kinda worry me! P.S.___...___ I loaded up the music.C file Man! that's pretty cool I had no idea it (...) (27 years ago, 25-Jun-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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Does anyone know of any reseller of the 68HC11E2FN that is reasonable. All the major suppliers tend keep their prices around 25-30 dollars a chip. Any information would be helpful. Thanks. -Cris ---...--- E. Crispell Wagner Department of Computer (...) (27 years ago, 25-Jun-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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I saw a file in my File Manager that was titled [MUSIC.C]can you include this in a code to play the songs that were listed on it?? THX, RANDY (27 years ago, 25-Jun-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Sonar
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Hi All, In Kent's sonartst.c (interfacing polaroid sonar to HB) the range in inches is given as sonar_time = sonar_time/150; could anyone explain why that factor 150 ? Thanks Sriram (27 years ago, 25-Jun-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Handy Board for sale
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(...) and >I purchased IC version 3.1 Just curious - what is this "motor and sensor kit"? I've never heard of it before, what's in it, and who sells it? ---...--- Jeff Keyzer UCSD EE Major jkeyzer@ucsd.edu (URL) (27 years ago, 24-Jun-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Parts?????
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I need help locating a few of the "hard to find parts" for the HB. I still need the; Sharp IR demod. IS1U60 and the 16x2 LCD display. I can't find either of them. Are there any crosses for the IR demod's or the LCD that would do the trick? Thanks in (...) (27 years ago, 24-Jun-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Handy Board for sale
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Hey all... I have a handy board kit that I order from gleason research about 3 months ago. I turned it on once to see what I could do, downloaded the sample code, and it has been packed away ever since. I just don't have the time to play around with (...) (27 years ago, 24-Jun-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Help : Using Sonar and Encoders on Digital port 0
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Sorry, for sending this out again, but I am not sure whether everyone got it, my mail server has been down, and I hadn't received any replies so I thought that it may not have not gotten out Cheers Michael To: handyboard @ media.mit.edu @ internet (...) (27 years ago, 24-Jun-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | RE: dc generator
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thanks... i suspected that, but i wasn't sure.... i'll have to find something with a bigger shaft though (sounds kinky!!) ---...--- From: Joe Martin Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 1997 8:28 PM To: killkie Subject: Re: dc generator Maybe try a lego motor (...) (27 years ago, 23-Jun-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | dc generator
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looking for a small generator that pumps 6-15 volts dc at a shaft speed of 1,000 to 5,000 rpm or 10,000 to 20,000rpm.... 12v is the key... but it is to be driven by a .12ci gas motor with a throtle, so maintaining the voltage will have to be left up (...) (27 years ago, 22-Jun-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Help : Using Sonar and Encoders on Digital port 0
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Hi All, I am a student in Sydney, Australia, and I have successfully got the Polaroid sonar working as well as two quad encoders, however, they both use the digital 0 (rightmose digital pin), has anyone got some code which implements both of these (...) (27 years ago, 22-Jun-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Resistor size
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(...) is >there? I don't think so, but I am not an EE major. No, there isn't any harm in using a 1/4 watt in place of a 1/8 watt resistor. The 1/4 watt can handle more power than the 1/8 watt. It's just that the 1/4 is a little larger physically (...) (27 years ago, 20-Jun-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Substitute processor question
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I was looking at the page (URL) instructions on starting the handy board as I just completed the interface. From the parts list, either the MC68HC11A1FN or the MC68HC11E1FN are acceptable, but on this page, the picture of the handy board has an A0FN (...) (27 years ago, 20-Jun-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Magnetic Card Readers again...
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I have found the code from dave negro, but i'm can make work this with my handy... Nothing more has tried this with interactive C(code in C). ===...=== Obtenga su e-mail GRATUITO para toda la vida en: (URL) (27 years ago, 20-Jun-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Photocell problems
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I was wondering if someone could check out this code. I got it to work w/ just the touch sensors and motors. But I added photocells to it and added the code in for that and now the LCD panel reads....231>Press START after I press start it says... (...) (27 years ago, 19-Jun-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: I'm happy !!!
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---...--- (...) use (...) My (...) the (...) (27 years ago, 19-Jun-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Trouble with MAX232
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Just starting with the HB and already problems Im having problems getting the 9 to 10 volts out of pins 3-7 of J9 (the RS232 connector) when pins 6 and 10 of the MAX232 are shorted in the last paragraph of step 3.2.2. Everything else up to this poit (...) (27 years ago, 18-Jun-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Sonar Connection - Confirmation Please
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MAR> I never used a resistor. I don't remeber what the reason for MAR> using one is. Perhaps someone can repeat it. I've never used a MAR> capacitor either. MAR> I've achieve 7" but not lower. Has anyone seen otherwise? I have seen the thing not (...) (27 years ago, 18-Jun-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Sonar Connection - Confirmation Please
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Remover the motor chip closest to you. The pins are correct. I never used a resistor. I don't remeber what the reason for using one is. Perhaps someone can repeat it. I've never used a capacitor either. I've achieve 7" but not lower. Has anyone seen (...) (27 years ago, 18-Jun-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Sonar Connection - Confirmation Please
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Hi All, I have just purchased the Polaroid Sonar board, and I have some questions before I blow up my Handyboard, I have read the instructions on the Web page put I would just like to confirm some points. Can you please verify with me a few (...) (27 years ago, 18-Jun-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | servo modification
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Hi, After going through various files about servos and how to modify them into dc motor with gear head, there seem to be in general three ways to modify them. One of them was to take out the pot and replace it with two 2.7k resistor in series; (...) (27 years ago, 18-Jun-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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