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I just saw the following: The artwork on the schematic sold by Douglas shows that RP1 is a 1Kx7 where as your schematic and parts list shows it to be a 1Kx4. Response from Douglas: I do not know where that information came from. The list we (...) (26 years ago, 27-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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I definitely would be interested in hearing more... (...) I have had excellent results with the Introl C compiler demo. In fact, the demo has more than enough capability to do some very interesting things. Just for the fun of it, I wrote a (...) (26 years ago, 27-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Wireless communications
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Hi all, Lately, there have been a few questions on wireless communication between a handyboard and a PC. I knew Jan Sipke van der Veen had designed a something that would do just that, but I found his homepage was removed - he graduaded from (...) (26 years ago, 27-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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Fred, I thought I found a minor mistake in the parts list for the expansion board. But I now believe I didn't. The artwork on the schematic sold by Douglas shows that RP1 is a 1Kx7 where as your schematic and parts list shows it to be a 1Kx4. Since (...) (26 years ago, 27-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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(...) I have had excellent results with the Introl C compiler demo. In fact, the demo has more than enough capability to do some very interesting things. Just for the fun of it, I wrote a multitasking operating system and some basic libraries for (...) (26 years ago, 27-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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hello, I use program "sonar.c" and i have a problem. that is i run program (load sonar.c by ic.exe then type sonar_display(); ) to handy board,for measuring distance between 6" - 35" but the display (LCD )shows integer(number) between 0- 32767 ,that (...) (26 years ago, 27-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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Just a quick question with regards to executing some instructions quickly. I'm using the pa7i9600.icb file to control a couple of mini SSCs, and I need to move 6 servos as close to simultaneously as I can. My question : is it faster to write a (...) (26 years ago, 27-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: HB Expansion kit
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(...) yes. this was omitted from the assem instrcts and i've added it now. (...) look at the parts list for things that are referred to as "xx-pin male header". these have a part number; e.g., J3, a 14-pin male header. look for J3 on the PCB (...) (26 years ago, 27-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: ** voltage dropping and current limitting**
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(...) Look in an older edition of The Art of Electronics by Horowitz and Hill. They use the LM317 as an example voltage regulator, explain the resistor values, and provide a data sheet in the appendix. This is a very useful reference book for all (...) (26 years ago, 27-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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Yes, I had a similar problem. I then downloaded the revised files and found "lib_hb.c" failing to load also. After opening it in a text editor, I found the same 'line feed' type of characters (square boxes). I deleted them and made sure that all the (...) (26 years ago, 27-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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I downloaded the revised files and found "lib_hb.c" failing to load. After opening it in a text editor, I found the same 'line feed' type of characters (square boxes). I deleted them and made sure that all the comment lines ( /*.........*/) were (...) (26 years ago, 27-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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(...) Try to get a hand on a nice little internet program named "PartMiner". very very very very useful :) .---...--- . . . | Remi Desrosiers | "My Youth in Arcadia" ICQ# 7228856 | harlock@videotron.ca . remi.desrosiers@polymtl.ca . . (26 years ago, 27-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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I received my HB expansion kit from Douglas Inc. (under $30 and fast delivery!). I've tried to gather as much documentation on its assembly. However, I have two questions: 1) The DOT on the resister pak's: Is that the end which goes in the SQUARE (...) (26 years ago, 27-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: ** voltage dropping and current limitting**
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(...) Use an LM317T adjustable voltage regulator and 2 resistors. If you can't find a data sheet on it on the net somewhere, someone should be able to give you the formulas for figuring out the resistors. Find national semiconductor on the net and (...) (26 years ago, 26-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Serial Output Drivers for the Expansion Board
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Hi, Could *each* of the digital output pins on the Expansion Board be used as 9600 Baud Serial Output Drivers ? Could a higer baud rate be used with any of the digital output pins ? Could someone clever than me create the libraries and the (...) (26 years ago, 26-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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Hi, I've been thinking to use a speech synthetizer for my robot as well, (mainly to warn humans to stay away from my toy), and a good solution that I found for the problem is: (URL) here is a decent eval of it: (URL) Philippi. Steve Wall wrote: (...) (26 years ago, 26-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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OK, attempting to answer this one now. it is sounding to me like you have a problem with the serial on your 6500, not a problem with the handy board. try this. download Zterm (a terminal emulator) from: (URL) to the printer port (get the option by (...) (26 years ago, 26-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Expansion Board Files
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argh!@ my last email (which may arrive before this one) is in reply to this. repeating it in the proper context: yes, there was a linefeed bug in the expsens.c file in hbexplib.zip. it should be fixed now. please re-download from the expansion board (...) (26 years ago, 26-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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Dear Graeme, Visit imagecraft.com ,they have got a C crosscompiler for the 6811.I believe that library functions for the handyboard are also available there. Yours sincerely, Nitin (...) (26 years ago, 26-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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yes, there was a linefeed bug in the expsens.c file in hbexplib.zip. it should be fixed now. please re-download from the expansion board software page and try again. let us know if this fixes the problem. thanks a lot. fred In your message you said: (...) (26 years ago, 26-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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Michael, A few sophomore engineering students here at Penn State Abington have built a micromouse from LEGO and a Handy Board. It has been entered into 2 micromouse contests sponsored by the Phila Chapter of the IEEE. It was quite challenging both (...) (26 years ago, 26-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | ** voltage dropping and current limitting**
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Hello out there, I have a 24 vdc supply, how can I drop the voltage to about 13 or 14 volts? Would I use resistors across the supply? Or what??? Thanks in advance. -Michael (26 years ago, 26-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Expansion Board Files
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Fred; Here is the copy of expsens,c---...--- At the lines in the hb was having problems with there was a small square figure at the starting point outside the comment*\ and\* for some reason. Any one else having a problem????? Thanks Terry ---...--- (...) (26 years ago, 26-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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A few years ago, "back in the day..." (that is, high school), I did a project that involved creating various vowel sounds as output for some bumper sensors -- different resistances gave different vowels, that kind of thing. The parts came from a (...) (26 years ago, 26-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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(...) Me too... I have just brought 4 of these, and I'm not sure how to connect them etc... there is an interface diagram in the little book I have... got it from www.acroname.com tone (26 years ago, 26-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Speech Synthesis?
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I just finished an add on for my robot that involves just that. Radio shack used to sell the SPO256 speech syntetizer IC along with another companion chip called the text to speech processor CTS256-AL. To put it simply you send it a string of (...) (26 years ago, 26-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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Yes, I hooked an SPO256 + CTS244 text to speech chip to a software UART. However, I don't reccomend this solution. If there are a small number of things you need the board to say, buy one of the ISD digital recorder chips (JameCo, JDR sell them as (...) (26 years ago, 26-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Speech Synthesis?
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Is there anyway to use the I/O of the handy board to control a speech sythesis chip. I want to build a speech add-on to give general feedback like "hello", "obstacle detected" and other such things has any body tried and succeded? ___...___ Steve (...) (26 years ago, 26-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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hi everyone, i just want to try my luck here. is there anyone out there has done a mircomouse navigation in a maze before? i would like to have some pointers on that. pls reply if there is a hope for me. thank u regards, michael (26 years ago, 26-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Downloading
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Fred- I'm the one with the HB that always worked with System 7 Mac 11si-now decommisioned. On my OS 8.1 Mac 6500 with Appletalk turned off, useing printer port-I used to be able to use IC253 cosole if the P-code was already Downloaded elsewhere. (...) (26 years ago, 26-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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terry -- please send an attached copy of expsens.c. there's got to be a bogus character in there. did anyone else have problems? fred In your message you said: (...) (26 years ago, 26-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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Still unable to load the expansion board files. lib_hb.lis is in the libs. How do I do ic _config in windows? do I need to? System will run fine until I try to load the expansion board files. I downloaded hbexplib.zip,unziped,put all expansion-libs (...) (26 years ago, 26-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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I have modified the code to use the TOC3 output instead of the PA7. If interested I'll send you the code. (...) (26 years ago, 26-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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in the business that im at (ok a tv station) sometimes we find chips (left in boxes and such) that we have absolutely no idea what they are for, recently i found a chip "N82S100N K84" I suspect its from Signetics which i am told has merged with (...) (26 years ago, 26-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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Is anyone using a compiler other than Interactive C? I like IC but want to get a bit closer to the metal. Being able to use a source level debugger would also be good. I've tried the Introl C compiler demo, and the it looks really good, but it seems (...) (26 years ago, 25-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | HB download
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Hi Everyone: My handy boards were working fine all this time but suddenly they seem to have developed a problem. The boards do not show the interactive C welcome message. I tried downloading the pcode file a number of times. That file downloads (...) (26 years ago, 25-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | RE: mini HD
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Its a 50mm square HD about 20 grams. cap. 170 - 340 MB. Uses CompactFlash type II interface. Low power 3.3V. here a another link (URL) can get the spec's for CF @ (URL) not too adept of a programmer, but I bet the little HD can be converted to a (...) (26 years ago, 25-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: off topic but cool - ?????
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So what is it?? (other than a small hdisk, I gathered that much.. :) all I got was a 'page not found' error when I tried the link? John -----Original Message----- From: Olson, Shan (PBMS-SOlson) <solson@pacbell.mobile.com> To: (...) (26 years ago, 25-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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Hey, these are way cool. Excellent for a mobile application. -Shan O (...) (26 years ago, 25-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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take the files out of the expansion-libs directory, and put them in the libs directory. over-write any previous files by the same name. make sure IC is configured to load lib_hb.lis on boot. that should be it... not sure where you're getting hung (...) (26 years ago, 25-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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