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I am going to guess this is a software problem on the PC side. If you can boot your computer in DOS mode, try running IC then. Or find an older box :-(. Freeware DOS IC is known to have serial line comms bugs with some fast machines. NT can't be (...) (27 years ago, 27-Aug-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Size Conversions
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I apologize in advance as this question is completely of the list topics but I hope that somebody will have the answer. I am currently building a six legged walker using the Handyboard as the main CPU and using a modified Miniboard using the Servo16 (...) (27 years ago, 27-Aug-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Microphone on a Handyboard
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If you need more than a +200 gain, try an LM358 in single supply mode and use +5v. These are fantastic op-amps and widely available (Digikey). jm (...) (27 years ago, 27-Aug-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: digital ins
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If you want to exaggerate the response, perhaps a LM339 +5v single supply comparator will do. Set up your circuit to go high(+5v) above your 2-3v range of operation. This solves all your input problems. Loads of manufactures make this thing. Data (...) (27 years ago, 27-Aug-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Microphone on a Handyboard
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(...) Assuming you've hooked the LM386's ground to ground and the + voltage to 5v, you should be set hooking the output of the LM386 to the analog input. Do not insert a capacitor in series, as might be shown for hooking up the LM386 to a speaker. (...) (27 years ago, 27-Aug-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | microphone as a sound sensor?
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Hi all, has anyone interfaced a microphone to an analog input of the HB? I've amplified the signal with an op-amp (LM386) but can't figure how to integrate the (AC) signal into a usable voltage range for the HB. I don't think that just rectifying (...) (27 years ago, 27-Aug-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Manipulate the LCD in assembler
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I have write a code for manipulate the LCD in the handy board. Because i can't use a battery backed RAM, i need to write in assembler. Well , i'm really read all the FAQ for LCD and for Handy board (including the apendix B for the 6270) .I'm using (...) (27 years ago, 27-Aug-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Help!!!! Handy Board Problem
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Hi! I'm currently assembling the handy board, and i got to the stage where i have the bare minimum to run IC. The problem starts when I try to send commands from IC (ver 2.851) to the handy board (running v 2.81). About 85% of the time i get the (...) (27 years ago, 27-Aug-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | 68HC11's inputs
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John, Thanks for the excerpt. Ouch. On first read, it looked like the 6811's input pin was beefier than I had originally thought. On my second reading, I realized that my hack probably is in fact outside the specs for the chip, so if you're trying (...) (27 years ago, 27-Aug-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: digital ins
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(...) From the pink book (rev 3): pp. 2-24,25 "2.4.3 Internal Circuitry - Digital Input-Only Pin ...When the pin current is increased to very high levels (typically more than 100mA, specified limit is 25mA), physical damage can result. [...] As (...) (27 years ago, 26-Aug-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: digital ins
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(...) ... (...) Chuck is right about the correct solutions. For a less correct solution, you can take advantage of the fact that HC parts (including the 6811) have built in voltage limiters that are only good for fractional milliamps (in some cases (...) (27 years ago, 26-Aug-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: digital ins
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(...) 5.12 volts (...) Yes. (...) 5.12 volts max, 0 volts minimum (...) The correct solution to your problem is to use an op-amp signal conditioner, possibly feeding into a schmidt trigger if you need some hysteresis. (sp?) You can also rig a zener (...) (27 years ago, 26-Aug-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Adding to the data bus
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After looking at the addressing scheme on the handyboard and determining it is possible to add a number of more outputs and inputs by extending the data lines to another board and using the free lines comming from the 74hc138. I built a robot arm (...) (27 years ago, 26-Aug-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | digital ins
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Hi all, At what voltage on the digital ins does one risk damaging the HB? I want to feed an amplified signal to the digital ins on my HB to exaggerate the response of a photosensor in the 2-3V range of its operation. Unfortunately, this means that (...) (27 years ago, 26-Aug-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | IC memory usage
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(...) IC 3.1's pcode is structured the same way. -- Randy ---...--- Randy Sargent Newton Research Labs Senior Design Engineer Robotic Systems and Software rsargent@newtonlabs.com (URL) (27 years ago, 26-Aug-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: free memory
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(...) Hi, I've just been working on the p-code interpreter. I've been working with the Version 2.861, not the HandyBoard version. But I did a "diff" and there doesn't seem to be much difference. At any rate, here's the map I made for Version 2.861: (...) (27 years ago, 26-Aug-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: free memory
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I don't remember exactly, but the memory map for IC is something like: pcode itself: 8K used user compiled code + global program data: 16K available user process stacks and runtime locals: 8K available ---...--- 32K total memory this is ball park. (...) (27 years ago, 26-Aug-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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No, there is not. We built printf to the LCD as a special case. Sorry! -Fred In your message you said: (...) (27 years ago, 25-Aug-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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Hello, Does anyone know how I can get a sprintf function with IC ? Since there is a printf function, the code must be somewhere in the system. (Unfortunately, the printf outputs only to the LCD !). Thanks ! Laurent VARTANIAN. (27 years ago, 25-Aug-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | free memory
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Ther is a way to tell how much free RAM I have on the HB with IC? or how much memory does pcode take? regards stefano nardone || || tel.: +39 81 7142222 (work) | fax: +39 81 645130 || e-mail: stefanon@promos.it | stefanon@synapsis.it || web: (URL) (27 years ago, 25-Aug-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: more help, please!
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It all depends on how much you want to spend and how you want to drive them. 1) The piggy back method works, but is difficult to manage mechanically and the chips weren't designed for it. (Generally it works ok however) 2) Using a separate H-bridge (...) (27 years ago, 24-Aug-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: DIP switches
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you can use dip switches in the standard digital in ports if you either (a) solder them to male header first, or (b) insert them in a wire-wrap socket and then insert the wire-wrap socket pins into the HB sensor ports. both of these methods get (...) (27 years ago, 24-Aug-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: connecting (LEGO) motors
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all 9v LEGO motors are fine with the Handy Board. -Fred In your message you said: (...) (27 years ago, 24-Aug-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Books on bots
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A really good reference on the Motorola MC68HC11 family and microcontrollers in general is "Design with Microcontrollers" by John Peatman (ISBN 0-07-049238-7). It provides an excellent overview of the HC11 and covers the hardware and software (...) (27 years ago, 23-Aug-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | more help, please!
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hello Ok, i have a question. First of all, thanks to all who helped me with my h-bridge problems. You know who you are:thanx! ok, here is my question: i have 2 motors that draw 2amps apiece. I also have a 6v 7amp lead battery. Which of these options (...) (27 years ago, 23-Aug-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | DIP switch in headers
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(...) Actually, this sensor connector layout was my idea back for the Rev 2 6.270 board, and, yes, I did have both keying, and, secondarily, dip switches in mind when I designed it. However, plugging in dip switches turned out to be a bad idea, (...) (27 years ago, 23-Aug-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Handyboard Expansion Board
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(...) Well if you are not using it, you could use the trim pot to drive a menu. cya! .---...---.. | Remi Desrosiers | "My Youth in Arcadia" | harlock@videotron.ca . . (27 years ago, 22-Aug-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Handyboard Expansion Board
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Actually, unless Fred has changed the way the sensor connectors work he was quite clever in that the spacing of the I/O connectors is exactly dip switch width. Basically you can plug in a DIP switch into the I/O header and get as many switches as (...) (27 years ago, 22-Aug-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Handyboard Expansion Board
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Hi folks, I know it's probably a bit too late, but couldn't you somehow add some DIP-switches to the expansion board, like the ones on the 6.270 ? This would be very nice for quickly changing the way a program works, without hanving to recompile it. (...) (27 years ago, 22-Aug-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | connecting (LEGO) motors
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Hoi, I am still puzzled about connecting motors to the handyboard. I have seen plenty of motors wich draw less current then 600 mA. But still they have a couple of Amps stall current. Are the moter drivers chips protected for this ? Are all LEGO (...) (27 years ago, 22-Aug-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Books on bots
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Go to amazon.com...they have all the good robot books. (27 years ago, 22-Aug-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Books on bots
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(...) Some titles of interest would be the "Robot Builder's Bonanza"(99 Inexpensive Robotics Projects) and Mobile Robots- Inspiration to Implementation- I don't Know if they still cary it but I purchased "Sensors for Mobile Robtics" from them not (...) (27 years ago, 22-Aug-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Handyboard with EPROM
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Yes, there is a pin compatible EPROMs and EEPROMs for the Handyboard's RAM chip. However, without the RAM chip the board is limited to the 256 bytes (or 512 bytes in some versions) of on-chip RAM which can be pretty limiting. Another option is to (...) (27 years ago, 21-Aug-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Books on bots
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(...) Hello Justin, Check out the reference section of my web page at (URL) are lots of books, magazines, and other sources of information listed there along with ISBN, contact information, etc. John Whitten brat@naxs.com (27 years ago, 21-Aug-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | connecting (LEGO) motors
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Hoi, I am still puzzled about connecting motors to the handyboard. I have seen plenty of motors wich draw less current then 600 mA. But still they have a couple of Amps stall current. Are the moter drivers chips protected for this ? Are all LEGO (...) (27 years ago, 21-Aug-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Books on bots
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Could you post the names of any useful books you find? For that matter, can anyone else suggest some good (and affordable...) books? Particularly on elctronics in general, the 68hc11(a1), and infrared? thank you, -- Justin Kao <jkao@compuserve.com> (27 years ago, 21-Aug-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | external memory
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Hi, has anyone been able to successfully added another 32k ram chip onto the handyboard? In MObile Robots, it mention that this was possible for the HC11-based boards. If so, how involve is it? (27 years ago, 21-Aug-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | compile ICB files under Windows
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Hi all, it turns out that the answer for doing this has been available for two years (!) Kent Farnsworth put together a set of GNU compiler tools, Randy's modified AS11 assembler, and a DOS version of the "as11_ic" Unix shell script, all working for (...) (27 years ago, 21-Aug-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Books on bots
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Hello All, Just doing some late night web searching and found some pretty good info. I clicked on the Barnes and Noble banner add and did a search for "robotics" and needless to say I'm still going though their list on this subject! I had no idea (...) (27 years ago, 20-Aug-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: interfacing motors
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You can "piggyback" two 1 Amp chips. ---...--- ericson mar Master of Engineering Candidate Project: Mobile Robotics mar@cooper.edu (212)353-4356 Department of Mechanical Engineering The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art ---...--- (...) (27 years ago, 20-Aug-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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