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(...) One thing that was discussed before (I think on this mailing list?) that I thought was pretty cool was a small robot with a microphone (FM wireless mike perhaps?) and a photocell. It would stay in the shadows while trying to get close to (...) (26 years ago, 20-Oct-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Questions about sensors
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Hi all, I'm having fun with my HB! For a software guy like me a 8 bit processor at 2 Mhz with 32K of RAM is a little small but it's so easy to add sensors to it it's just plain fun! But I'm an hardware newbie and I need more info on the sensors I (...) (26 years ago, 20-Oct-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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hello, i am trying to send a data array to my PC from the handyboard thru the serial cable. a couple months ago, i was advised to use a terminal emulator to capture the data. this has not worked, however. i was told about using a null modem cable (...) (26 years ago, 20-Oct-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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It appears to be time for the periodic unsubscribe reminder. In order to unsubscribe from the HB Mailing List, you must send a request to Fred Martin. He is the only person who can take you off the list. Ha ha ha ha!!! Try to guess his email (...) (26 years ago, 19-Oct-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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Dear Sir, Iam getting started with my project. At our lab we are having freeware version of IC (version 2.8). We tried to install the commercial version 3.2, but we are facing some problems. We tried to install from the site you told i.e (URL) you (...) (26 years ago, 19-Oct-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: platform choices...
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If money is not an issue, Mondo Tronix' Robot Store has variuos robot bases. One is large enough to hold a laptop and a great many sensors. --phil (26 years ago, 19-Oct-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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From the pictures, it seems that this is a vehicle called 'Hercules' (or something close). I have seen it at the FAO Schwarz store recently. I have no details on how the truck operates, though the details on the box indicated that it can raise and (...) (26 years ago, 19-Oct-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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(...) A little off the wall, but would it simplify the sealing if you could pressurize the inside to something close to the pressure outside (equalize pressures). A miniature CO2 cartridge with a release valve may help. Mike (26 years ago, 19-Oct-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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Hi: When I was in school, we built an autonomous mobile robot based on a six wheeled, 'electric ride-on toy' from Toys-R-Us. It had a sturdy metal frame, two nicely geared motors, a decent battery. It worked fairly well and could carry a large (...) (26 years ago, 19-Oct-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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it's in the faq, at (URL) you do is write to 0x4000, 0x5000, 0x6000 depending on whether your latch is attached to Y0, Y2, or Y4 (respectively). e.g., "poke(0x4000, 0xff);" will set all the bits of a latch attached to Y0 to 1. Fred In your message (...) (26 years ago, 18-Oct-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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Sorry to intrude, I would like to check with people of this list if any one have used the NEC V40 ucontroller before. I'm doing a project on this and have problem programming the timer and intrl3. Kind reply to me personally at (...) (26 years ago, 18-Oct-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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Ok I've had another read of the FAQ, as well as a close look at the schematics for the handyboard and the expansion board. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think I can use d0-d7 along with Y0 or similar and hook these into a HC374 to get some digital (...) (26 years ago, 18-Oct-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: File Types
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Hi, load compass.icb first then compass.c at the ic prompt type v2x(); compass will display heading on the lcd. I'll send you the code I am using. hope this helps. Terry Gathright ---...--- (...) icb, (...) work? I (...) to do (...) understand (...) (...) (26 years ago, 17-Oct-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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Hello, I need help with the file types used by the handyboard. There are c, asm, icb, and lis files. How do I work with them? For example, I downloaded the compass.icb and compass.c files from the HandyBoard Site. Do I need to download both of them (...) (26 years ago, 17-Oct-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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Mathew, I dont know if they would handle 103 psi but the drive shafts used in RC boats are sealed where they go through the bottom of the boat. If you put your motor in a sealed enclosure with the shaft coming into the enclosure you may be able to (...) (26 years ago, 17-Oct-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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I'm having trouble assembling the serial board. When I do the test(see snip below) I only get about 5 volts. When I try and run the downloader, I don't see the green light come on. (tried two different computers....) any suggestions? thanks in (...) (26 years ago, 16-Oct-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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