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you can use the mobile robot programs as long as you make appropriate changes for where you have mounted the sensors and motors. fred (27 years ago, 7-Feb-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: encoder function
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Tom, it seems that your routines measure frequency but Yoni wanted to count transitions. Yoni, the approach is similar to what Tom has done in that you must use the timer input channels to get high frequencies. In the TCTL2 register, set the input (...) (27 years ago, 7-Feb-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: analog input test
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If the sensor headers look like this: live signal [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [X] +5v [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] ground [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] (...) (27 years ago, 7-Feb-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Eprom Programmer info
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Hi all, I have acquired an old Bytek Eprom/Pal programmer, Model S10 with and epm2 adapter. I have no manual. Does anyone out there have one, who might be able to photocopy a few pages from the manual. Bytek was of no help. Any help would be (...) (27 years ago, 6-Feb-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Making soun the beeper
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I'm using imagecraft C , and want to make "beep" the beeper. what is the better way??? Germán Pablo Gentile. Genesys - Ingeniería en Sistemas. Data adquisition. Integral solutions for people identification and autorization. ggentile@cvtci.com.ar (27 years ago, 6-Feb-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Programs
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Hi All, I have just ordered a Handyboard and while i'm lerning IC i was wondering if the programs from the book Mobile Robots will work with the handyboard, my robot is configured similar to Rugwarrior,i.e. three bump an two IR proximity (...) (27 years ago, 6-Feb-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Sonar
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(...) Each diode loses 0.6v. The string of them drops the HB battery down from 9.6v to 6.0v, which is the specified operating voltage of the sonar unit. You can probably substitute 1N4001s. Fred (27 years ago, 6-Feb-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: encoder function
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Hi all I have written some routines to measure frequencies from 30Hz to 30kHz. I'm posting this with an attachement because several people have ask me already for these routines. To Fred: You can add these routines to the ftp server or anywhere on (...) (27 years ago, 6-Feb-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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Has anyone used the diagrams off the HB wesite for connecting the 6500 sonar. If so, could someone please tell an ignorant CS major, what the six diodes are for, and if anything else can be substituted for them. My local Radio Crack seems to be out (...) (27 years ago, 6-Feb-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | analog input test
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Fred; I am at the testanalogs portion of the assembly process. All has gone well up until this point. The knob varies between 0 and 255 as expected and the seven numbers all come up either 254 or 255 when I press the START button. However I am (...) (27 years ago, 5-Feb-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Modem Cable
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It is straight-thru. Please note that if you are connecting from a 9-pin male PC port to the HB interface's 25-pin female, the means that you have the following mapping: DB-9 DB-25 2 3 3 2 5 7 In other words, the same cable as you would use to (...) (27 years ago, 5-Feb-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | encoder function
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The encoder function pages say that for the fast encoder, the refresh rate is only 1 KHz. That is it can make only 1000 increments in a second. If I have an encoder that has a change rate on the order of a micro second, is there any reasonable way (...) (27 years ago, 5-Feb-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Modem Cable
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The "modem cable" used to connect the computer to the serial interface/charger: Is this a "null modem" cable with the transmit & receive lines (pins 2 & 3) crossed, or is is a straight pin-to-pin serial cable? Thanks, Brett Anthony Research (...) (27 years ago, 5-Feb-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Problems starting IC
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Maarten -- Quickly I can make the guess that your local copy of PCODE_HB.S19 is corrupt. The fact that PCODER22.S19 works indicates there's nothing wrong with your board. Try re-downloading PCODE_HB.S19 from the web site? Fred In your message you (...) (27 years ago, 5-Feb-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Problems starting IC
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I'm at the phase of bringing up a handyboard till a point where I have to start IC for the first time (chapter 6.0.5). I did succeed to download the PCODE_HB.S19 code and the board is starting with a beep and the IC startup message. So, that seems (...) (27 years ago, 5-Feb-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Connecting a second sonar module
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(...) Sure, there's no reason you could set it up to use PD4, PD5, and TIC3 for a 2nd sonar. you might be able to get away with some signal multiplexing, assuming you're only firing one sonar at a time. i could see the BINH being no problem. For (...) (27 years ago, 5-Feb-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: 9600 Baud / help with pa7
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(...) Perhaps you have the RJ11 cable wired wrong. Make sure you have the ground signal and the data from pa7/digital 9 connected. see below... (...) Looking at the digital and analog sensor headers: live signal [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ (...) (27 years ago, 5-Feb-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Config reg.
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Using DL pcode_hb.s19 I got the following msg about 12 times, only on the 811e2 chips, the A1'a I could set the config to anything and change it back. Please place board in download mode and press RETURN To quit, press Q For help, press H (...) (27 years ago, 4-Feb-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Smooth PWM routines
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We are using the handyboard to control our mobile robot and wish to install the Skidmore smooth PWM routines as provided on the Handyboard web site. We are using Dunfield micro-C compiler version 3.1 in Windows95 along with the handyboard library (...) (27 years ago, 4-Feb-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | 9600 Baud
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I'm sure that this has been posted tons of times, but I am trying to use the 9600 serial library. I can't seem to get anything to echo on Zterm. I used a phone cable and hooked it up to digital port 9, and then to the HB serial/charger. I get (...) (27 years ago, 4-Feb-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Connecting a second sonar module
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I'm curious about connecting two of the Polaroid sonar modules to the Handy Board v1.2. Does anyone know whether ports PD2, PD3 and TIC2 can be used to hook up the second unit in the same way that PD4, PD5 and TIC3 are used for one unit? Or is there (...) (27 years ago, 4-Feb-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | 68hc811e2 config reg.
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My handyboard works great,with a 68HC11A1 mcu. The config of the 103f register was done in one try and had no problems. I then installed a 68HC811E2 MCU, (a 2k EEPROM version of the original). Using DLM, HBDL and PCbug to try set the config register (...) (27 years ago, 4-Feb-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | re: pcode that works without LCD
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For the freeware IC, see (URL) Fred (27 years ago, 3-Feb-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | 6.270 ROBOT COMPETITION
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FF> If you're making a family outing of it, my advice is to show up no FF> later than 4:30, drop the advance party off at the Mass Ave entrance FF> to get in and hold seats, and then have the remaining party park the FF> car and show up with pizza (...) (27 years ago, 3-Feb-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | icw 3.2
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I tried to intall IC into a directory with a space in it's name and it didn't let me. Did this happen to anyone else? ---...--- ericson mar Master of Engineering Candidate Project: Mobile Robotics mar@cooper.edu (212)353-4356 Department of (...) (27 years ago, 2-Feb-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Memory Stats
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I recently attempted a download of code from IC-3.1 to a Handy Board, including some large arrays and other global variables. I then got an error message that there was an apparent conflict because I had used too much space. While I cleaned things (...) (27 years ago, 2-Feb-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: PCODE_HB.S19
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IC 3.1 works fine on Handyboards without LCD. See (URL) Randy (...) ---...--- Randy Sargent Newton Research Labs President Robotic Systems and Software rsargent@newtonlabs.com (URL) (27 years ago, 2-Feb-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | SPI routine for a 12 bit 8 channel A/D
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Application note (EAS-AN002) on hooking up a Max186 12 bit, 8channel analog to digital converter to the Finger Board SPI port. This also applies to the Handy Board SPI port. Code is posted. Useful when more precision is needed in analog (...) (27 years ago, 2-Feb-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | PCODE_HB.S19
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There was a mention at one time about a version of the pcode and ic that will work with a HB without a LCD screen is that still available and where can I get me a copy? Thanks. Joshua Stark j-stark@uiuc.edu Inspiring Computer Engineering Major (27 years ago, 2-Feb-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Motor Control with Fast Traxx
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Hello I have a Fast Traxx car made by Metro wich I would like to run using my Handy Board and I was wondering what was the best way to run the motors either piggy backing the L293s or some how interfacing into the existing motor control circuit on (...) (27 years ago, 31-Jan-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | SPI <----> I2C interface
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Hello all, I would like to connect I2C processors to the Handy Board SPI Interface. Does anyone have a good source and hardware modification to do that ? Thanks a lot. artone@club-internet.fr (27 years ago, 31-Jan-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Ignore - test
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test (27 years ago, 31-Jan-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Ignore - test
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test (27 years ago, 31-Jan-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Off topic: right font on MSIE4
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Hi, Try choosing a proportional font for displaying the messages (like 'system', or 'courier' or 'sans serif'). I don't use MSIE4 Outlook, this info is based on experience with the same problem using Netscape Messager. Hope it helps. Marco A.A. de (...) (27 years ago, 29-Jan-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | RE: Brennan Mair: Replacement Components
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LittleFuse makes an identical replacement for the PolyFuse one. Don't have a name of a distributor on hand except for Sterling Electronics. Do a web search on LittleFuse and you should be able to get something. Hope this helps. Sam Lee Design (...) (27 years ago, 29-Jan-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Off topic: right font on MSIE4
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A lot of you guys (and girls) send-in nice ASCII schematics. The point is, they look really messed up in MSIE4.0's OutLook, since I find type-fonts like the good-old Courier, only 'Courier new', which is no good either. Does anybody now a solution (...) (27 years ago, 29-Jan-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Brennan Mair: Replacement Components
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I'm no authority, but you might get away with a 3 amp fuse in a pinch. However, the Polyswitch fuse is actually a PTC Thermistor designed to work as a sort of solid state circuit breaker. These have a variety of names; look for "PTC fuse", "PTC (...) (27 years ago, 29-Jan-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Congratulations (I think ????)
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Hi Scott (& everyone), Yes, two days ago the LEGO company officially launched "LEGO Mindstorms," which is a new brand and product line inspired by the MIT Programmable Brick research. Scott -- thanks for noticing, and digging up the URL (URL). I am (...) (27 years ago, 29-Jan-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Connecting radio module (BiM 418 F)
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I have been thinking of getting a pair of those babies. How much did they cost you? Thanks. Jun Nolasco nolasco@inx.net (...) (27 years ago, 29-Jan-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Congratulations (I think ????)
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Hi Fred There was a short article on the news last night about a new Lego robotics product that looked alot like the "lego intelligent brick" concept you were working on last year... A bit of searching revealed the site (URL) which mentions the MIT (...) (27 years ago, 28-Jan-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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