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Hi handyboarders! I'm currently controlling my camcorder pan (left-right) and tilt (up-down). My camera is a Nikon VN-310. I have a small (very small!) remote control to make it zoom, record, play, stop, etc. Now the thing is I want to use those (...) (27 years ago, 2-Aug-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Exp Board ETA?
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Dear all, I must apologize for the long delay and stringing everyone along waiting for the Expansion Board. Even now I hesitate to answer for it is not pleasant to have nothing to show presently. Currently, I am working on the "Advanced Sensing" (...) (27 years ago, 2-Aug-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | RV: What is the better way to comunicate handyboard???
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---...--- (...) the (...) help (...) (27 years ago, 2-Aug-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: int/float to string routines?%nu
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[Jeff Keyzer] spake unto the ether: (...) Look at my serial I/O routines (Fred has them on the HB ftp/website with the other user-contributed software), specifically the functions in conio.c and serialio.c. I have both float-to-ASCII and (...) (27 years ago, 2-Aug-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | int/float to string routines?
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Are there any int/float to string conversion routines available for the handy board? I'm sending data over the HB's serial port to my PC, and I need to be able to send data in string format. (I was originally sending data in its actual byte value, (...) (27 years ago, 2-Aug-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | RC bot base
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Hello All, I have just purchased a new TYCO 9.6V Zig Zag car. It seems to have a fairly good base w/treads. I connected it to the handyboard (after gutting it and extending the wires ). Next I gave the motors a test and they both ran way too fast. (...) (27 years ago, 1-Aug-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Voltage problem
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Well, further experimentation revealed that the chips are working, but with a quirk: If the the input of the '232 (pin 10) is tied to ground (pin 15), then the output (pin 7 of the '232, or pin 3 of J9) goes to the expected value of ~+10 volts. If, (...) (27 years ago, 1-Aug-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | RE: servos?
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The best places are the mail order hobby stores. They have the widest selection of servos and very good prices. The two I recommend are Tower Hobbies (www.towerhobbies.com) and Hobby Shack (www.hobbyshack.com). Either of these sells servos cheaper (...) (27 years ago, 1-Aug-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: servos?
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(...) Phil, Have you tried this site: www.robotstore.com ? They have servos in discount packs as well as serial controllers for them. Cheers Massimo Piccoli -only wanting to know something new puts you a step forward- (27 years ago, 1-Aug-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | servos?
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hi! Does anyone know of a good (prefferably cheap) source for servos? The hobby shops nearby seem to be pretty steep in their pricing. Does anyone know of a good, cheap source for new or used servos? Thanks a million! phil thehahns@nconnect.net (27 years ago, 1-Aug-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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