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The PLCC version of the 68HC11 is the one that you want. The part number from R.S. is 265-853 and in the July 97 - October 97 catalog it cost 7.50 pounds + VAT. This price has no doubt increased but the stock number should be correct. The 32K RAM I (...) (26 years ago, 6-Oct-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | finding parts for Handy Board
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Hi all, I have just got a set of blank P.C.B's from Douglas electronics and now trying to get all the parts togrther to build the Handy Board. I have managed to find all the parts from R.S. components and Farnell Electronics except for the 32Kbit (...) (26 years ago, 6-Oct-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Yeeee Haaaa! and Will this motor work?
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the "correct" way is to measure their resistance with an ohmmeter. if it's less than 5 ohms, it might be a problem. the "other" way is to just plug them in and turn on the motor outputs. as long as you use full power (not any of the software-reduced (...) (26 years ago, 5-Oct-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Serial I/O again
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Greetings! I need a "good" sample of how to do serial i/o between the Handy Board and a host computer. The host computer I am intereested in is running MACOS (8.X). Here is the scenario: - The HB has an IC program downloaded on it. - The program (...) (26 years ago, 5-Oct-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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Hi all, Yeeee Haaaw! I just got my HB in from Gleason Research Friday and started figuring it out this weekend. WOW! What a blast! It was worth eating peanut butter sandwiches for 3 months to save up for! ;-) This is EXACTLY what I've needed to get (...) (26 years ago, 5-Oct-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | RE: Wireless Link to HB
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Dave, I have been doing radio communications between my HB and a remote sensor but I am sure you could use the same radios for communicating with a PC at up to 2400 bps. I have been using an Elsema transceiver coupled with an FSK modem chip. (...) (26 years ago, 5-Oct-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Need help -- connecting a 4x40 LCD
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Hi all, I need to connect a 4x40 LCD to the Handy Board. The "daughter board"(*) seems to contain the HD44780 controller and a 2x16 LCD. Ideally, we'd like to remove only the 2x16 LCD and replace it with a 4x40 LCD that supports the HD44780. Any (...) (26 years ago, 4-Oct-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Replaced switch problem...
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Hi everyone, I hope you all are happy with each and every of your HANDYBOARDS, because I am not. I have just solved my RESET problem by changing the "tri-state bus controller" 74hc244 chip, I can RESET my HB by switching it off first, then on. This (...) (26 years ago, 4-Oct-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Fred thanks it Works Great but serial comm(?!) trouble
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Fred, Thanks the Polaroid sensors work great. But I'm having trouble getting the two Handy Boards to commicate using Randy's routiine for the 6.270 board. I have one board print everything that it gets from the serial port. And I have another (...) (26 years ago, 4-Oct-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | RJ 11 data transfer to HB
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I was wondering if anybody knows how data is transfered through the RJ 11 modem cable to the Handyboard (i.e. the pin layout). My intention is to use this information to look for/ design a wireless link. Also, I would like to know if anyone has (...) (26 years ago, 3-Oct-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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