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Dear Fred Martin/friends, We have put a total of 6 chips on the handy board-the 6811 ,two chips placed side by side to the left of the 6811, the fat chip on the upper side of the 6811, two ICs(chips) one on each side of the fat chip.(component side) (...) (26 years ago, 23-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Toy motors
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I tried to use the special RC motor drivers for RC race cars with good luck, they simply connect to a servo output of the handy board and they work great and you can get them in a thousand different configurations like fwd/rev and brakes. They work (...) (26 years ago, 23-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Toy motors
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I was reading the FAQ (again), and unless I overlooked something, it seems that even with the H-bridge or piggybacking solutions, I would not be able to drive a high-end R/C car engine (20+ amps)... So here are my questions: 1 - Could I lower the (...) (26 years ago, 22-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: CONTINUOUS BEEPING
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I would suspect that the system locks up without the LCD. There is a PCODE out there for use without the LCD panel, and I believe that it is at the handyboard web site. K.L. McKinnon (...) (26 years ago, 22-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | ULTRASONIC SENSOR
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I have bought a Ultrasonic Sensor (with Board) 2 month ago. Now, to christmas, I got this COOL Handy Board, but I want to use this Board with HB on one of these Analog Ports, but HOW??? I have measured 2 days long (OK, I DO NOT KNOW MUCH ABOUT (...) (26 years ago, 22-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Toy motors
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(...) Sure, just hack your HB to use an external battery for the motors. The external battery can be whatever voltage the motors prefer (within reason). If the motors still draw too much current, try piggybacking another set of motor driver chips on (...) (26 years ago, 22-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Out of TIC Inputs
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Hi everyone. I'm running the HB 1.2 with the expansion board. I've installed the 6500 ranging system and use servo ports 1 through 3. I now have two wheel encoders functioning and desire to use the IC encoder routines. My problem is that I've got (...) (26 years ago, 22-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | 6.270 vs. Handy Board motor stuff
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[Max Davis] spake unto the ether: (...) Too much current (and voltage) for those original Polaroid motors, which are 6-volt. (...) I heat-sink mine with the clip-on variety; it helps. (...) I have done the 6.270 piggyback hack with the motor driver (...) (26 years ago, 22-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | senor signal line back to HD
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Hi, Currently, I'm using a infra-sensor with supply by 12v external source battery.The signal line wire is plug directly into the HD digital or analog port. The positive and negative supply of this infra-sensor is connected to the external supply (...) (26 years ago, 22-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: POWER GLITCH
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(...) Please see the FAQ, specifically: (URL) I am also looking for a servro motor, any (...) Please see the "Get One" pages, specifically: (URL) (26 years ago, 22-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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Hello, folks. My first foray back onto the list in a few years. I checked the archives and didn't see an answer to this question, so here goes: Until recently, I taught a freshmen robotics seminar using old 6.270 boards, motors, and parts bought (...) (26 years ago, 21-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | HELP
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Dear Friends, Our handy board has developed some problem again.We have put the 6811 and the RAM chips on the handy board till now. If we download pcode it downloads it well.On reset beeping does not occur and IC does not run.What do you think the (...) (26 years ago, 21-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Toy motors
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I understand that you can't use normal toy motors I just have two questions: 1. Can you construct circuitry to limit current and voltage draw to operate these. 2. Can you purchase 9v motors in the same physical diamensions as normal toy motors? I (...) (26 years ago, 21-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | POWER GLITCH
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Hi There. When ever I am runing any motor , the message "Power glitch" apears on the LCD. what is the pb? I am also looking for a servro motor, any suppliers?. Thanks. (26 years ago, 21-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | MIT 6.270 LEGO Robot Design Competition, Wednesday January 27
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Hi everyone, Announcing this year's MIT LEGO Robot Design Competition! As always, the contest is open to the general public at no charge, with seating available on a first-come, first-serve basis. This year's contest is called "Raiders of the Lost (...) (26 years ago, 21-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: HELP
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the 74hc04 gate might be blown. try another. fred In your message you said: (...) (26 years ago, 21-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: New comer to HB mailing list
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Han , I think you have a slight misunderstanding of the command fd(motor). This command means START running the motors, not continue running the motors. When you hit the switch you need off(motor). So: void main (void) { fd (0); fd (1); printf("Hey, (...) (26 years ago, 21-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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Hello, everyone! I just joined to Handy Board mailing list and sincerely hope to exchange useful information and experience to enhance our daily joy with Handy Board. I am considering a kind of intelligent self recharging system of my robot. When (...) (26 years ago, 21-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | PVM output
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Dear all, I looked at the lib_hb file and found the portion for motor outputs. void motor(int m, int speed) { if (speed>100) speed=100; if (speed<-100) speed=-100; if (speed >= 0) _set_motor(m, 0, (255*speed)/100); else _set_motor(m, 1, (...) (26 years ago, 21-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Dual Coaxial power jacks?
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good beginner questions... (...) you can use either. if you use the one on the interface, then power goes through the phone cable to charge the HB. if you use the one on the HB, then power goes through the phone cable to operate the ckts on the (...) (26 years ago, 21-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: blowing analog inputs [was: Battery Level Indicator]
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(...) this isn't right, so i feel the need to correct you. the hc11's analog inputs are sensitive; i have seen many of them destroyed (on a pin-by-pin basis), and voltages above 5v or below 0v are the cause). more accurately, it's not the voltage (...) (26 years ago, 21-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | ROVER
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Dear Mr Fred Martin/friends, We have run into some strange problems.Whenever we download the pcode_hb.s19 to the handy board using dl.exe we first get it is loading bootstrap program then the pcode.It shows the loading by a series of dots and (...) (26 years ago, 21-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Douglas Electronics Expansion Board
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We have revised the Handy Board Expansion Board Kit documentation to refer to the information on the Handy Board website. Tom Brusehaver is correct in his post that the J11 flex cable connector is not included in the kit as it is supplied with the (...) (26 years ago, 20-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | off topic but cool
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I thought you might find this interesting ... a tiny one inch hard disk drive weighing 17 grams, capable of storing 340MB: (URL) (26 years ago, 20-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Dual Coaxial power jacks?
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I am new to the Handy board and Mine is in the starting phases of construction. I would like to ask the more experienced roboticist. 1. Why is there a power jack on both the Handy board and the charger? does the Interface need power? and if there is (...) (26 years ago, 20-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | for sale
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Hi John, I am interested in your handyboard ! I'm curious, when you say your board only has one motor chip is that something you added on or does that mean it only has one of the four outputs for DC motors, that usually comes with the board. Or does (...) (26 years ago, 20-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Battery Level Indicator
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(...) When I first got my HC11EVB I ran 12V straight into the E port (one of the pins), and was sure I ruined the chip. I called the tech support person at motorola, and he said 12V on a A/D port should be no problem. Sure enough it all still (...) (26 years ago, 20-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Battery Level Indicator
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1. yes, you probably killed your analog 5. the analog inputs are very sensitive to over voltage. if your ran more than +5v directly into the input, you probably killed it. next time you're playing with funky voltages, put a 5K resistor in series (...) (26 years ago, 20-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Strange problem in IC V3.2 beta 1 (Handy Board 1.2)
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we never wrote the long division routine. sorry... it is stated in the IC documentation. fred In your message you said: (...) (26 years ago, 20-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Strange problem in IC V3.2 beta 1 (Handy Board 1.2)
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Hello, What is wrong here? Just type: IC> 100L/67L Illegal type given to /: <long> / <long> Why am I not allowed to divide two long numbers ? Rien (26 years ago, 20-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | A fast light sensor?
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Ummm, Hi all I'm looking for a circuit that will interface a photo transistor or a photo diode to a digital input. I tried a photocell in an analog port but it's too slow, I want to use a *visible* light pulse as an accurate trigger: ie. input (...) (26 years ago, 20-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Battery Level Indicator
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I have been playing around with trying to make a battery indicator on my Handy Board. I did find the below diagram from a earlier posting in March of 98. BAT --------R1---...---*---...--- Analog5 Input +ve (10K) | (Active) R2 (4K7) | *---...--- Gnd (...) (26 years ago, 20-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Sharp GP2D05
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I would like to use the Sharp GP2D05 infrared detection module with HandyBoard. Any hints/suggestions/clues will be highly appreciated. I'm from the PIC generation and am a newbie to the HB and the 68HC11 Thanks in advance, Ranjit (26 years ago, 20-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | IC
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Dear Mr Fred Martin/friends, Thank you for giving the site of the new library files.We started IC properly today.It gave NO 'synchronizing with board' errors. We input 1 + 2; and it gave the proper result.However when 123 * 2; was entered at the C> (...) (26 years ago, 19-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | dig and analog address
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could someone please tell me the address of digital ports 2,6,7 and all the analog ports? For some reason or another I'm having software troubles and I'm having to map these myself.... Thanks for the help, Owen (26 years ago, 19-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | handyboard mailing list
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Please include our names on the handyboard mailing list. Chen-Yung Hsu hsu3@cooper.edu Damee Choi choi5@cooper.edu Lee Jung Kim kim6@cooper.edu Thanx! =) (26 years ago, 19-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Java on Handy Board?
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Handy-folk, I recently discovered that there is an experimental version of Java for the 68HC11 microcontroller. Cool! It has been in field testing since June, and looks promising. The developers tell me that a beta version should be released in a (...) (26 years ago, 19-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: IC
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i am unable to reproduce the problem. perhaps comms between IC and your board are still unreliable. try writing a program that repeatedly prints to the LCD screen the result of 123 * 2. my guess is that it will work perfectly. also, make sure you (...) (26 years ago, 19-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: digital and analog port on HD
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I remember the Basic Stamp "POT" command which is used to read the position of a pot using a digital port. The Basic Stamps are made from PIC microcontrollers and the digital ports are bidirectional. That is they may be used as digital inputs or (...) (26 years ago, 19-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | IC PROBLEM
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Dear Mr Fred Martin/Friends, I had written to the handy board mailing list about a rover that we are making at VESIT-Bombay-India.We were encountering some problems in starting IC,it was saying 'Synchronizing with board' and hanging. I had received (...) (26 years ago, 19-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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