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hi, I have gone thru the Handy board expansion schmetic circuit version 3.0 by Mr.Fred Martin whcih updated on the June 14,1998. I have some doubts : 1) What and where is the the Analog pass-through connector (J4) and Motor power pass-through (...) (26 years ago, 4-Aug-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: speed of the board
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anton, You might want to think about getting rid of all those square roots. Take a look at what you are really trying to do and decide if you need the square root. For example, if you are just compairing two distances to see which is greater, you (...) (26 years ago, 4-Aug-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Need Simple IC editor
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Howdy. Thanks to everybody who gave me advice when I wrote about some basic issues. Your responses included links to a C- compiler, a C tutorial, an electronics tutorial, and more! I managed to get my HB up and running and have begun tinkering (...) (26 years ago, 4-Aug-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: speed of the board
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the other issue that should be mentioned re: changing clock speed is that it messes up the baud rate of the serial communications. if you plan to use interactive C, would have re-assemble the pcode program with a different baud rate constant, to (...) (26 years ago, 4-Aug-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | RE: speed of the board
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You shouldn't lose place if the mouse is serviced by input counters and interrupt routines, so whether 2 MHz is fast enough depends on how often you need the positions calculated from the mouse counters. You won't be able to get that as fast as the (...) (26 years ago, 4-Aug-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Polaroid trouble again
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(...) I haven't used the Polaroid module with my HB, but I have used them a lot with 68332 micro-processors. I does sound like you may have an electrical noise problem (not EMI, but noise conducted through the power bus). The only way I've got the (...) (26 years ago, 3-Aug-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | speed of the board
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Hi guys, I am worried about the 2MHz clock speed of the HB. The robot that I am building has a mouse in the bottom of it and I am writing the program to read the number of digital pulses and calculate the position relative to the starting point. (...) (26 years ago, 3-Aug-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Polaroid trouble again
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You may be trying to draw more current that your external battery can handle. The HB Nicd battery can supply alot of current, both surge abd continuous. This may be why it works in this case. If your external battery is not NiCd, it might cause a (...) (26 years ago, 3-Aug-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Polaroid trouble again
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I had this same problem when I got mine a few weeks ago. I ended up putting a capacitor from pin 1 to pin 3 on U2 of the sonar driver board. I also had to take out the 1k resistor from the BINH. It kept BINH at 1 V instead of Zero and that seamed (...) (26 years ago, 3-Aug-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Polaroid trouble again
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Hi! I am having trouble with my Polaroid sonar: When I keep my HB hooked up to external power, I will only get correct readings up to 20 inches. As soon as I use battery power without hooking it up to external power, the readings are correct up to 6 (...) (26 years ago, 3-Aug-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Polaroid trouble again
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I have no experience with the sonar but having followed this mail list for a while ... Is it possible that you are triggering the sonar too frequently? Mike (...) (26 years ago, 3-Aug-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | HandyBoard For Sale
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I have an extra one extra controller board that I assembled and tested. Never used in a project. Controller 2x16 line LCD Nicad Batteries RS-232 Interface/ Charger Board RS-232 Cable $225 If interested: Mike Davis ipscone@halcyon.com -- ---...--- (...) (26 years ago, 1-Aug-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Digital out puts
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Please see the FAQ, specifically: (URL) the answer. Fred In your message you said: (...) (26 years ago, 31-Jul-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Digital out puts
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Hi guys, The handy board specification does not tell the number of digital outputs it has. I need at least four digital outputs from the board in order to make my robot function. Is there any way I can do this? Thanks, -anton (26 years ago, 31-Jul-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | unsubscribe
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please unsubscribe me. I may be in as les@psi.bc.ca thanks (26 years ago, 31-Jul-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: power glitch
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Please see the FAQ: (URL) is a known issue, with a simple fix: make sure to bootstrap with the board with pcode_hb.s19. Fred In your message you said: (...) (26 years ago, 31-Jul-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Update on the expansion board.
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Hi. The beta testers are still discovering issues, so I'm not ready to release the design just yet. I'm particularly waiting for results of multi-servo testing. But, it appears that the basic design is sound, and only minor rework (if any) will be (...) (26 years ago, 31-Jul-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | power glitch
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I have just started useing my handy board and have had to deal with many power glitches. I don't know if this happens often, or if something is wrong. It seems to happen at any time, even when I have only turned the board on and done nothing else. (...) (26 years ago, 31-Jul-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: beginner
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"Handyboard for Dummys"... No, just kidding. Maybe not just yet. :) Check the HB HP for the "HB Technical Reference". You can download it. Gleason Electronics sells HB kits and Assembled HB's. They have a starter package. Get IC 3.2 from Newton (...) (26 years ago, 31-Jul-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | ir reflectance sensors found !!!
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Howdy, When browsing through the catalog of CONRAD ELECTRONICS (www.conrad.de) I found an IR reflectance sensor with build in logic to measure distances between 10 and 80 cm. I requested the datasheets and they arrived today; I am gonna order (...) (26 years ago, 31-Jul-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | HB and the Bloomington HS Solar Bike Team
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Hello All, I posted a little note a while back about our use of the HB on the two bikes that our local high school is using in solar bike races in Topeka and Akita, Japan. Well the races are over and I thought that some of you may be interested in (...) (26 years ago, 31-Jul-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Need PWM generator chip
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(...) look for the LM629 on the national semiconductors (URL) offer free samples. However, the one i'm talking about is surface mount. .---...--- . . . | Remi Desrosiers | "My Youth in Arcadia" ICQ# 7228856 | harlock@videotron.ca . (...) (26 years ago, 31-Jul-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | beginner
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Hi every body... I need help guys! So far in my life I haven't done any thing like this, but I like to learn. Is there an idiot's guide for a beginner to start programming a handy board? Can some body tell me where to buy a handy board and which (...) (26 years ago, 30-Jul-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Need PWM generator chip
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I'm looking for a chip that will generate PWM waveforms. I know they exist, but I don't have information at my fingertips. Thanks for any tips! --greg ***...*** * Greg Starr, Professor * * Department of Mechanical Engineering ph (505) 277-6298 * * (...) (26 years ago, 30-Jul-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | IC floating point bug
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Has any new information on the IC floating point bug come up? I have been coding neural networks into my robot and was having problems. A simple 'test' network of simple values ran fine, but when I manually entered a real evolved network with many (...) (26 years ago, 29-Jul-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: recherche de logiciel C Interactif comme prisenti dans le livre
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please see (URL) your message you said: (...) (26 years ago, 29-Jul-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | recherche de logiciel C Interactif comme prisenti dans le livre
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N'ayant pas accés à un micro équipé d'un lecteur de disquette et ne connaissant rien du protocole FTP, je souhaiterais obtenir de votre part la version Gratuite du C Interactif Mes coordonnées : Claise Jerome 23 avenue marcel pagnol 60870 villers st (...) (26 years ago, 29-Jul-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: 68hc11F1
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Hello mike, (...) I also wanted a small board with MCU, memory, serial and a bus to the outside world. This way i made a general io board and could connect anything to it. (...) You can buy the hc11F1 in 4 speeds, with a freq up to 16 Mhz, setting (...) (26 years ago, 29-Jul-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: What types of IBMs does IC Run on?
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i'm pretty sure the DOS version of IC runs on 286's -- it may even run on 8086's that have the 8087 math co-processor. fred In your message you said: (...) (26 years ago, 29-Jul-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Digital In and Analog Out Header
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It should read: ooo...ooo Signal ---...--- ___...___ 47K RESISTOR NETWORK ___...___ ooo...ooo +5V ---...--- ___...___ ooo...ooo Ground ---...--- Regards, Patrick --00---...--- Low cost MIT Handyboard supplie (26 years ago, 28-Jul-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: AC adaptor
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Hi All, That color code on inductor should read: BROWN(1), BLACK(0), GOLD, SILVER which is (1x10^0)uF => 1uF. Sorry for the confusing and we will mark that in the future. Thanks. Patrick --00---...--- Low cost MIT Handyboard supplier and Official (...) (26 years ago, 28-Jul-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: What types of IBMs does IC Run on?
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I would guess this means that IC needs a math co-processor, in other words, a 486 DX or higher. -- Justin Kao <jkao@bigfoot.com> <jkao@flash.net> <ICQ 5903051> (26 years ago, 28-Jul-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | interfacing V2X compass
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HB Folks, I'm currently using the HB to interface to a Vector 2X compass. I'm using the compass in RAW slave mode, so it's different than the hardware interface that's documented on the HB web site. But I did notice that the documented interface (...) (26 years ago, 28-Jul-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | polaroid ultrasonic detector
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I'm trying to make the polaroid ultrasonic motion detector compatible with the crickets. Does anyone know where I can find a data sheet for these detectors? I unfortunately broke the last one I was using. I think I must have exceeded either the (...) (26 years ago, 28-Jul-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: IC Floating Point Bug
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(...) If you notice, the constant is PI/2. If you add more significant digits you can even get "a/b" to become 0.5, that is twice the correct answer rather than half of it!!! The reason the bug concerns me so much is that since "a" and "b" print out (...) (26 years ago, 28-Jul-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: AC adaptor
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Please see the FAQ for the answer to the adapter question: (URL) the L1, that substitution may or may not work. try it; if your motors don't work right, it could be that. Fred In your message you said: (...) (26 years ago, 28-Jul-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | What types of IBMs does IC Run on?
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Greetings, I have recently gotten the free version of IC working. It was a battle and it seems that the type of host processor makes a difference. Running IC on an old IBM XT (8088) CPU produces the following error whenever a routine using floating (...) (26 years ago, 28-Jul-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: IC Floating Point Bug
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(...) <snip> I get the same results with version 3.2. Curiously, if I remove the last digit in the a = 1.570796 statement (or replace it with a zero), then I get the correct answer. I guess it has something to do with specifying too many significant (...) (26 years ago, 28-Jul-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | AC adaptor
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I figured out all of my problems were caused by using an ac-dc adaptor with the wrong voltage. What is the correct output voltage for the adaptor that should be used with the handyboard? Also, I cannot find L1, the iron core inductor. I ordered my (...) (26 years ago, 28-Jul-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Update
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Sorry, not the handyboard but the expansion board Bill James | work: 972.480.2306 Product Test Specialist | Pager: 972.598.6201 w-james2@ti.com Precision Analog & Interface Department Polymath in Training | Have Spacesuit will Travel (26 years ago, 28-Jul-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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