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What's the analog expansion header for? ---...--- 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, 8-Mar-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Polaroid sonar connector
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Does ANYONE out there know how I can get my hands on a couple of the sockets that will accomodate the 9-pin Burndy connector plugs that come with the Polaroid sonar modules? I've searched the web, but haven't been able to find what I'm looking for. (...) (27 years ago, 7-Mar-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: how to use IR recievers?
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At 11:12 PM 3/6/98 -0800, patrick wrote: (snip) (...) If the VCR isn't totally dead, maybe you could plug in what's left of it and probe the leads that used to go to the IR module for a live one? (snip) (...) The HB comes with a modulated IR beacon (...) (27 years ago, 7-Mar-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: pcode_hb_.s19
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I am not sure what do you mean from the mail. Could you try to download with an option to save the file to a disk ? -Pdp. ---...--- (...) space (...) (27 years ago, 7-Mar-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | IR transmitter
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Hi all, Can someone tell me how to enable the onboard IR transmitter, when i enter ir_xmit_on(); i get a message that says function undifined. Thanks, Clancy. (27 years ago, 7-Mar-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | how to use IR recievers?
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I remember some lively discussions concerning the use of an ir sensor (like from an ex-vcr) to locate objects, walls, etc. I didn't have a handy board at the time, but saved the messages for the time that I got one. Well that time is now, but I have (...) (27 years ago, 7-Mar-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | pcode_hb_.s19
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Hey! I ResEditted my pcode_hb.s19 file that i got from netscape into the Init application. It then started up and said Fatal Error <> undefined hex character. Could somebody, if they have the time, send me copy of this? Im stuck here on an aging (...) (27 years ago, 7-Mar-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: 3v Motors
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(...) There are instructions on the Handy Board web site for how to sever the motor power trace on the HB and plug in a separate battery pack for the motors. This allows you to use a motor battery of any voltage you like up to about 36 V. If you (...) (27 years ago, 6-Mar-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | RE: 68HC11S IN THE UK
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Hi Dave, You can get them from RS, they deal with the general public via a company called Electromail (tel 01536 204555). The price for the HC11A1 was 7.5 GBP plus VAT and delivery, this was in the October 97 catalogue so they may have increased the (...) (27 years ago, 6-Mar-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | 3v Motors
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Hello all, I have been having problems finding motors suitable to use with my Handy Board(5-12v 600mA) but I do have two 3v motors with quite good gear boxes and i was wandering what the best way was to use them? Thanks, Brennan Mair gysmo@es.co.nz (27 years ago, 6-Mar-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: V2X Compass
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(...) We used the V2X and, due to space considerations on our test platform, placed the compass within 4 inches of the DC motors driving the vehicle. We had no noteworthy error that we could attribute to magnetic coupling. -d The Fourth Law of (...) (27 years ago, 6-Mar-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Several different questions
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(...) Which serial port are you referring too? I know that this is entirely feasable with the SPI synchronous serial port, which is brought out on the HB. If you can afford 5 wires, I would recommend this port as it is a bit easier to debug. -d The (...) (27 years ago, 6-Mar-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: 68HC11S IN THE UK
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(...) You can try Farnell Electronics. Have a look at the on-line catalogue at (URL) had mine from there. They are quite happy to process private, credit card orders and are pretty quick. Actually most of the tricky bits my HandyBoard came from (...) (27 years ago, 5-Mar-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | POWER GLITCH
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Hi. I keep trying to download programs into my handyboard and from the console it seems to work, but often it wont even download the code due to "Power Glitch" error messages. I think the Handyboard homepage had something about that being the wrong (...) (27 years ago, 5-Mar-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | GETCHAR
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Hello, I am having trouble with the serial_getchar function in serialio. I would like to put a character into the received memory location directly without hanging the program. From what I understand (0x102f) is the location, however I don't know (...) (27 years ago, 4-Mar-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | RE: LCD
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Digi-Key # 73-1037-ND (Optrex # DMC-16249B) works; also Mouser # 592-RCM2065R (Rohm # ?????) should work. Mind you, none of these bolt on unless you want to fab a couple of custom standoffs, but they will connect neatly and not flop around too (...) (27 years ago, 4-Mar-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: LCD
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We ordered a lot of our stuff from the states, delivery time wasnt bad as long as they had it in stock... you might try Electrosonic in vancouver (www.e-sonic.com), but digikey and the like down in the States are pretty good too. also, if you can (...) (27 years ago, 4-Mar-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Optical Sensors
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With sumo wrestling robots, I find that the high freqency noise from the robots and motors tends to confuse the recievers, expecially the metallic impact and collateral damage :) The ring is small enough that, though sonar is useful, greater success (...) (27 years ago, 4-Mar-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Optical Sensors
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Hi All, I am making a Sumo Wrestling Robot at university. the robot is totally autonomous, and I was wondering if sonic transducers were the best for "seeing" another moving robot. Range is not necessary but desireable in the sensor. Previous robots (...) (27 years ago, 4-Mar-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | IR sensors
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Hey! Im a high school kid playing around with a handyboard i got maybe a week ago. Do you guys know any reason why my IR sensors keep returning 255? I havent made the trip to Radio Shack to pick up an IR detector card yet, but Ive tried a couple (...) (27 years ago, 4-Mar-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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