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Hi - Has anyone ever tried using "muscle wire" (nitinol) with the Handyboard? When you pass an electirc current through it, it heats up and rapidly contracts. The wire has a fairly low resistance - would it still be OK to drive it with the motor (...) (27 years ago, 18-Aug-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Lcd
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(...) there are 3 kinds of backlighting * LED * electro-luminescent (EL) * cold cathode florescent tube LED and EL are thin panels behind the LCD glass (tho they do add thickness to the final unit). florescent is miniature lamps that go along one or (...) (27 years ago, 18-Aug-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Lcd
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The backlit LCD uses lamp behind the display instead of the reflective light. U may check with the following LCD FAQs. All of these introduce you the technology used, pinouts, and programming of LCD. (URL) it helps. Patrick --00---...--- Low cost (...) (27 years ago, 18-Aug-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Lcd
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Can anyone tell me the relevent information for choosing an LCD?I want to change mine for a backlit one and would like to make as few modifications as possible so I think I need to know pin outs(is that all?) and I may have to supply an extra +5v (...) (27 years ago, 18-Aug-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | H-bridge stuff on-line
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I've created a MOSFET version of my H-bridge that is pretty general purpose and with the addition of a small mezzanine board becomes an electronic speed control. There is a web page that describes the PIC servo code at: : (URL) above paper describes (...) (27 years ago, 17-Aug-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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