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I have a stock of Handyboard PCBs which I intended to incorporate into kits but if anyone in the UK is interested in just the blank boards I can supply them as a set of HB and IF/Charger board for £19-50 sterling including first class post. Payment (...) (27 years ago, 29-Oct-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | serial interface
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I am interested in using the handyboard platform to do online robot learning on a unix platform. I would like to have my learning program (written in ansi C and compiled with gcc) running on a unix machine sending motor commands and receiving sensor (...) (27 years ago, 29-Oct-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Initial Download Problems
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I have had my HB for more than a year, and have had no problems with it at all, until now. The first problem was that I would fully charge the battery, but when I removed the Charger, the HB would suck all of the power within fifteen minutes. Then a (...) (27 years ago, 29-Oct-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Female strip headers!
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(...) One thing to watch out for with Mouser is that they have often split up my orders and shipped it from two or more locations, charging me the shipping for all the packages. I have ordered 10 pieces of something and they have shipped 9 from one (...) (27 years ago, 29-Oct-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | handyboard - 68HC11 - slip/ppp httpd server - Anyone done one?
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Hi all, I was wondering if anyone has written a slip/ppp and httpd server type software for the HC11 and/or handyboard. Ie you connect to the hc11 via a web browser to get information out of it. Anyone got anything they wisht to share? tnx les (27 years ago, 29-Oct-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Female strip headers!
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Digikey and Mouser sell them. Tandy's Tech America sells them. Mouser has no minimum and charges you the actually shipping costs. Tech America and Digikey have inflated shipping charges. Mouser and Digkey have their catalogs on-line ,but they are (...) (27 years ago, 29-Oct-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | tic2int
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Hello, I'm new to the world of the HB. I'm trying to get TIC2INT to work off the digital(8) but its not working. The code I used is below and ideas where I went wrong? #include "include\6811regs.asm" ORG MAIN_START variable_oto: FDB 00 (...) (27 years ago, 29-Oct-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Female strip headers!
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All, Where can I find the female strip headers for use on the handyboard? Tim North tim.north@symbios.com (27 years ago, 29-Oct-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Low battery detection
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(...) Sure: Solder a wire to the "BATTERY +", add 2 resistors to make a voltage divider (to divide the battery ABSOLUTE MAX condition, say about 12V, down to about 4 volts for the analog 0-5v range), and feed it into an ANALOG input point. Put a (...) (27 years ago, 29-Oct-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Low battery detection
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Is it possible for a handy-board program (either 'C' or assembler) to detect a low battery condition? (27 years ago, 29-Oct-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Assem. help?
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I'm trying to do what should be fairly simple (to an assem. lang. programer). I want to measure the time between two interupt driven assem. routines. It seems that most of the work is already done form me. All I have to do is use the mseconds() (...) (27 years ago, 29-Oct-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Assembler monitor for HB
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re: memory map, please see the FAQ! (URL) (...) (27 years ago, 29-Oct-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Assembler monitor for HB
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We too are intersted in setting up a monitor for the HB. We have been tryiong to get BUFFALO to load on the Hb for a while (well, at least, when we get time to work on it!) so far weve encountered nothing but problems. has anyone else tried to load (...) (27 years ago, 28-Oct-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Assembler monitor for HB
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I am interested in teaching assembly language on the hb platform, and would like to know if there is a monitor-assembler program for the HB similar to BUFALO for the motorola EVB/EVBU Platforms. I would also like to know what the memory map looks (...) (27 years ago, 28-Oct-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | UK Suppliers of PCBs
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Does anyone know of UK suppliers for Handy Board PCBs and/or component kits. Do I spot a buisness opertunity ? Bill. ___...___ Bill Coghill Mobile +44 (0)410 509 738 Alternative Audio, Edinburgh Phone/Fax +44 (0)131 225 1986 WWW : (URL) (I'm working (...) (27 years ago, 28-Oct-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | RE: Wireless Communication with HB
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My goal is to read various input devices ie joystick, keyboard, etc. encode the data into some sort of bit or ascii stream and then transmit it to the HB for decoding and if possible transmit from the HB back to the PC for telemetry such as (...) (27 years ago, 28-Oct-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Serial Device Interfacing
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B> It will be used to control a LM197x digital Attenuator which has a B> 3 wire serial interface. B> Is it possible to wiggle the output lines in such a way ? Any B> hints ? If it is a 3 wire interface, does this imply synchronous? That sounds like (...) (27 years ago, 27-Oct-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Error in bootstrap mode
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Dear Sir I start a Handy Board assembly and till now my board has passed the following steps : Microprocessor Power Circuitry ---- Passed Voltage Monitor Chip ---- Passed Microprocessor and Oscillator Circuit ---- Passed The problem focused at the (...) (27 years ago, 27-Oct-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Serial Device Interfacing
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OK Newbie Allert !!! I'm looking at the Handy Board as a major step up from the Basic Stamp 2, but I need to be able to send out serial messages from the digital outputs. On the BS2 it is declared as a ShiftOut instruction. It will be used to (...) (27 years ago, 27-Oct-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | New E-Mail Address Notification
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Update your records! Customer BERND KLEIN has recently obtained a new e-mail address from NET@DDRESS a service of USA.NET. You can now reach this person via e-mail at bernd.klein@usa.net. This change is effective immediately. If you would like to (...) (27 years ago, 27-Oct-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | HB site and 2.x web browsers
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So all of my work is incompatible with version 2.x browswers, which don't colorize text. As an interim solution, I have created a site index page -- a single page that points to all pages linked from what are invisible menus if you have a 2.x (...) (27 years ago, 27-Oct-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | RE: Wireless Communication with HB
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Are you wanting to transmit an analog signal, e.g. faster/slower, such as most people do with a joystick, or some other purpose? Did you want the PC to generate the signal, or a standard RC transmitter receiver? I've used the HB Input Capture line (...) (27 years ago, 27-Oct-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | HB web site renovated!
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Hi everyone, I've completed the HB web site's first major renovation, after about two years of existence. I'm pretty excited about the new look, which hopefully will serve the primary purpose of making information easier to find. it's there at the (...) (27 years ago, 26-Oct-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Wireless Communication with HB
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I was wondering if anyone has attempted to transmit data from a pc to a HB device using a standard RC transmitter and receiver. My goal is to be able to control an HB driven robot using a PC's joystick. Any help or suggestions would be greatly (...) (27 years ago, 26-Oct-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Motor drivers
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Hi, I recently assembled a Handy Board and some of my motor ports don't work. With the first driver chip, motors #0 & 1, the LEDs turn on but there is no current coming from the headers. With the second driver chip just motor #2 doesn't work. Can (...) (27 years ago, 25-Oct-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Memory Space
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Hi all, My name is Marcelo Manjon, and i've just finished my 1st. version of my Micromouse Robot. However, since it had some aligment problems, i've decided to use more 12 IR sensors, in order to help the robot to stay aligned along the maze and, (...) (27 years ago, 24-Oct-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: MIDI interface
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Craig Try (URL) for MIDI interface and C code for the HB. jss. (...) (27 years ago, 23-Oct-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: MIDI interface
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Craig, check the Handy Board main page for Colby Leider's MIDI libraries: (URL) Wheeler Boeing 316-526-5245 daniel.h.wheeler@boeing.com (27 years ago, 23-Oct-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Extend memory to 64K.
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All, Anyone extended the handyboards memory to 64K, and what is the best way to do it? Tim North tim.north@symbios.com (27 years ago, 23-Oct-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | MIDI interface
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I have some students in a project lab who are trying to interface the keyboard of a 100 year old pipe organ keyboard through a handyboard to MIDI equipment. Does anyone know of a source of information on MIDI packets, c or machine code for creating (...) (27 years ago, 23-Oct-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Handyboard construction problems
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Jonathan: Recently had the same problem myself. One of my colleagues passed on a little utility he wrote ( load68hc11 ) which set my config register just fine. I could then use HBDL for uploading programs. I sent the loadhc11 to fredm for him to (...) (27 years ago, 23-Oct-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Handyboard construction problems
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I am in the process of assembling a Handyboard. All had gone well until I got to the stage where you download the code to the HB for the first time. This is before the memory is installed. I used HBDL to download with the register set to 0x0c. I got (...) (27 years ago, 23-Oct-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | RC motor connection
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Hi, Did anyone know how to connect commercial electronic speed controllers to HB for powering high-current RC (20A to 100A) motors? Billy Kwong (27 years ago, 22-Oct-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Rob Gaunts Last Message
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Whoa, i just realized that the instructions *are* correct. Here's why. For this voltage test, the instructions assume you are powering your board from the DC adapter. This should give the 15 volts mentioned, unless: * you hooked up the battery pack (...) (27 years ago, 22-Oct-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Rob Gaunts Last Message
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(...) the instructions are wrong -- you should be seeing about 9v, which is the voltage on the nicad pack. i will revise the instructions. thanks for pointing out the problem. fred (27 years ago, 22-Oct-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Rob Gaunts Last Message
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I sent out a message few minutes ago listing all sorts of problems I was having. Don't worry about it. I just figured it all out. I was using lib_r22.lis instead of lib_hb.lis in IC. Now things are working fine except that the voltage at pin 8 of (...) (27 years ago, 22-Oct-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Digital Ins and Motor Outs
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I have succesfully loaded pcode_hb.s19 and run IC with my Handyboard (finally). However, I am having a few problems with the digital inputs and the motor outputs. The Start and Stop buttons work fine when testing the digital inputs using the (...) (27 years ago, 22-Oct-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | AD: Wirz Electronics
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Hello Everyone, We have a number of new Microcontroller products that we think you may be interested in: ---...--- Microchip PIC Products: "Programming and Customizing the PIC Microcontroller" book by Myke Predko (URL) Up The Pace" book by David (...) (27 years ago, 22-Oct-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Robot
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Greetings, Just an FYI for everyone, I noticed a promo on the Discovery Channel that will feature a small robot. Strangely, the segment is to feature deformed frogs also. Not quite sure what the connection is , but....It was advertised to air (...) (27 years ago, 22-Oct-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Board synch problem
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Fred et.al.: Success! DLM, DL, and the others just wouldn't work for any of my hardware, but a colleague wrote a shareware application ( LOADHC11.EXE ) expressly to load bootstrap 256 byte loader program into page zero of internal RAM , including (...) (27 years ago, 20-Oct-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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