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It depends. if you are looking for higher top speed and more torque using less power, DC may be the way to go. If you want accuracy but don't want to deal with shaft encoders and the code overhead needed to precisely control and monitor your DC (...) (26 years ago, 10-Dec-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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Okay, another newbie question: What do I need to take out of the 5 1/4 drive, other than the motor to get this to work? Also, what about drivers for the same? Anyplace I can get more info on this? I have a bunch of old drives laying around. thanks (...) (26 years ago, 10-Dec-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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(...) Actually, steppers do have some advantages. 1) If you do not have encoders on DC gearhead motors (or wheels, etc) they are notoriously hard to position accurately. Steppers can be controlled very accurately. Most servo motors cannot rotate (...) (26 years ago, 10-Dec-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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Bastiaan: I wanted to suggest that you investigate the Ham Radio community. Some search words to help get you started include PACKET and ARRL. The first is one of the digital communications protocalls used in Ham Radio, and the second is an (...) (26 years ago, 10-Dec-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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If the data tx/rx modules can't handle TTL levels is there any reason to have the interface board at the PC end ?, why not replace the serial cable going to the PC with the rx/tx modules ?. Surely this should work. John (26 years ago, 10-Dec-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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(...) Each motor may have slightly different characteristics even though they may be the same brand and model. This is what you are probably seeing. The ultimate solution is to use a feedback mechanism, like a shaft encoder, on the motors and use (...) (26 years ago, 10-Dec-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Newbie Questions, Problems & Contributions...
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(...) I've heard the difference is that the buttons, the knob and the sensor ports won't work as expected. Try moving pcode_hb.s19 to the directory that contains the dl executable, or to the present working directory, or to the directory specified (...) (26 years ago, 9-Dec-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Question for Fred
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have you tried re-loading pcode_hb.s19 using a downloader program. fred In your message you said: (...) (26 years ago, 9-Dec-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Question for Fred
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Hello this is mike, I am writing regarding the handy board. What happened was while working on the handy board, our motor control (the H-bridge) heat sink touch the metal chassis of our robot. This lead to one of the components on our H-bridge to (...) (26 years ago, 9-Dec-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Question for Fred
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hello, i use the handyboard for closed loop position control. the handyboard is good for such a task provided that you choose a motor well suited for the task, and an accurate feedback element, such as a (very) linear pot or optical encoder. as for (...) (26 years ago, 9-Dec-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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