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OK, now I too have my handy board, it's italian, not just the same, but has a 68hc11, and all those other thinks that make it just quite the original one similar to this. It will be interesting to see if we will can have, a day or another, a new (...) (26 years ago, 15-Feb-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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Please help ... I've misplaced the link to download Kent Farnsworth's pcode source for use under DOS. TIA - - - Nick - - - (26 years ago, 15-Feb-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: shaft encoders for a track drive
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Hi. We built encoders for a skid steered wheeled robot. There is a picture of it at: (URL) used an IR Led and reciever pair, and a white disk with 24 radial black lines, and had pretty good luck with the encoder, but bad luck with the info gathered. (...) (26 years ago, 15-Feb-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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Has anybody out there constructed shaft encoders for a track driven MOBOT. If any body has I would appreciate any help you could give me. I wasn't going to use shaft encoders but I guess they are needed for many things correct? Is there anyway to (...) (26 years ago, 15-Feb-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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re: exp bd SPI pins: * 2 of the pins are used by the sonar and aren't separately available. * the other 2 SPI pins are at PCB holes J20 and J21. see the schem for details: (URL) you need all 4 spi pins for something, leave out the j11 sonar (...) (26 years ago, 15-Feb-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Expansion board & V2X & sonar
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(...) I am the guy who wrote the V2X code that is on the HB web site. I just got an expansion board, and am looking into v2X and sonar on the exp board right now. (...) I cannot find where there are pins for the SPI port on the expansion board. Yup, (...) (26 years ago, 15-Feb-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: GREEN MASKING
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you need a gerber viewer program, e.g., GC-PREVUE from (URL) your message you said: (...) (26 years ago, 15-Feb-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Expansion board & V2X & sonar
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Hi Fred et al. I am doing a project with a six legged robot in which I would like to use the Polaroid 6500 sonar and the V2X compass AT THE SAME TIME. Since the SPI port D is tied up by the compass, I was wondering if directly connecting the digital (...) (26 years ago, 15-Feb-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Expansion board test routine
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Hello all, Well here it is, for what it's worth. The functions are pretty obvious, it works just like the original hbtest.c that Fred wrote. To try servos other than #5, you'll have to edit the line: servo5=(16*knob()); In the test_servo() routine. (...) (26 years ago, 15-Feb-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Expansion board questions
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(...) Terry, I will send you the code. I sent it to Fred for the website but haven't heard back. I'm reluctant to post it to the list, but I will mail it to anyone who asks... Best, Duncan (26 years ago, 15-Feb-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Expansion board questions
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Hi Duncan, I would like to have a copy of your hbtest.c to test the expansion board. If you could post it I bet a lot of us would use it to test. Thanks in advance Terry G. ---...--- (...) doesn't (...) which (...) the (...) the (...) height (...) I (...) (26 years ago, 15-Feb-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Serial Communication Please Help!
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Hi, I am trying to get communication working between two HBs via the RJ11 serial port. I read the FAQ on the HB web site and I have the right cable. On the trans. HB the power LED blinks which indicates it is transmitting. Also whenever I turn on (...) (26 years ago, 14-Feb-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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Hi! It is possible to use component with I2C bus on the Handy board ? Do you know this ? some examples : PCF8584, PCD8574, PCF8591...... I'd like to use many component with this bus. Can you help me (if it is possible) ? thanks Dperonne@aol.com (26 years ago, 14-Feb-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Stepper Motor
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(...) You can get some from old printers or scanners but I think they are rated for 24V (...) For Eurobot 97 ,some robots were using stepper motors. On Internet, there was also a guy who explained how to build a robot from a floppy drive. As far as (...) (26 years ago, 14-Feb-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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I am also trying to use steppers motors from an old floppy, if anyone has accompished this I am interested in your result and methods Keith (...) (26 years ago, 14-Feb-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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Hi, I have a question. Can i use stepper motors to drive my robot platform ? Do i need a gear ? I'd like to use stepper motors instead of normal ones, because I would not need any shaft encoders. And I think stepper motors do not cause so much noise (...) (26 years ago, 14-Feb-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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Hi All, IR emitters and detector used on Rug Warrior Pro are LTE-4206 and IS01U60 respectively. Can any body help me out, from where I can get their data sheets? Are these still available with any stockiest if not what are the best alternates? (...) (26 years ago, 14-Feb-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | serial_getchar(int c) what's int c for?!
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in serialio.c from Randy what is int c for when you're recieving characters from the serial line? Can you just transmitt 8-bit intergers over the serial line or can you transmit bigger numbers? -Peter (26 years ago, 14-Feb-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: HB and V8600 module??
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Here's a link: (URL) - - Nick - - - (...) (26 years ago, 14-Feb-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: ***sharp GP1U5 IR detector***
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Mike - - Here is the Sharp data sheet page: (URL) fun! - - - Nick - - - (...) (26 years ago, 14-Feb-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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