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Hello, You want to use the i2c bus (by the SPI connector) with your handy baord ? I have made a routine to use i2c component (PCF 8574, 8591.......) with the handy board. Do you want it ? See you later. Dperonne@aol.com (26 years ago, 28-Feb-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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My only tip is to stay away from cyanoacrylics. I used superglue to try to attach a motor to a brick, and it started eating away the brick. Stuck like a champ, but I had red "puss" all over the place. (...) (26 years ago, 28-Feb-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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(...) That's an excellent suggestion. Thanks, Max. There are many other tips on Lego robot construction techniques in an article titled The Art of Lego Design by Fred Martin. It's available for download from the Handy Board web site: (URL) have been (...) (26 years ago, 28-Feb-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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I have found a simple way to attach non-Lego motors to Lego components. I just use a band clamp as is used in plumbing to tighten the motor against two Lego axles. There is a picture and further details to show how this works at (URL) anyone else (...) (26 years ago, 28-Feb-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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Thanks for the info guys, I found several good candidates among the suggestions. Clancy (...) (26 years ago, 27-Feb-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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Dear Clancy, Try looking at ftp://bode.ee.ualber.../softw/ibm Yours sincerely, Nitin (...) (26 years ago, 26-Feb-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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(...) Actually its 64K for the HC11 cause it has a 16 Bit address bus. 16^2 = 65536 = 64K But the upper address space is used by the I/O and expansionboards. There are some little empty spaces which could be used for additional RAM. There are (...) (26 years ago, 26-Feb-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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Depending on how many components you want to use, there is an evaluation version of EDWin around that works quite nicely. Very simple to do circuits and stuff like that, with a good library of bits. Yes even an autorouter. It can also do multi-layer (...) (26 years ago, 26-Feb-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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I am starting to install I.C.'s on my board and I was wondering are any of the chip's on the handy board static sensitive? which is to say if I touch it I will destroy it, without having somekind of static gaurd. ___...___ Steve Wall Sir Sandford (...) (26 years ago, 26-Feb-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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Hello again, Sorry I made a calculation error. If the processor is 8-bit then 32K is the maximum possible RAM. So I think no upgrade is possible. Hans Venema j.venema@wing.rug.nl (26 years ago, 26-Feb-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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Hello, Does anybody know if it is possible to build a handyboard with more than 32Kb RAM? I do not know the exact details of processor, but if it is a 8-bit processor it should be possible to build a handyboard with a maximum of 256Kb memory! And (...) (26 years ago, 26-Feb-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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(...) Try this software: www.expresspcb.com Though, it doesn't have an auto route function, but this is good for simple pcb design. joema (26 years ago, 26-Feb-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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Does anyone know of a good but simple to use schematic an PCB design freeware program out there on the net?, I have downloaded a few but they vary complex and hard to learn for the simple board I need to create. I like something with a good (...) (26 years ago, 26-Feb-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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(...) You should probably ALWAYS assume that any IC is ESD (electro-static discharge) sensitive and take all precautions. Mike (26 years ago, 26-Feb-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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(...) Of course... have you ever listened to your radio in the house before? (...) (26 years ago, 25-Feb-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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Has anyone hacked the sonar out of a sonar tape measure? Radio Shack sells sonar tape measures for about $25.00, that's half the price of buying the transducer and sensor together. I mentioned in a previous posting that I am interested in running (...) (26 years ago, 25-Feb-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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(...) i do not have the Mobile robots inspiration book, but i think if you want to use it in a good way you will have to flash the right led for a time, check for reflection, then switch it of and check if there is also reflection (then it was (...) (26 years ago, 25-Feb-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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I am looking at the Schematic in the HB HP right now. It looks like the 1K resistor is connected to the visible LED. From the schematic, it looks like you can connect a resitor and IR LED in series to the "3-pin female header" to make your (...) (26 years ago, 25-Feb-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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I had intended the two types of interfaces for different purposes, but, I assume RF does not need line of site work. R/C cars for example can be controlled from several rooms away in my house (worked with one on a telepresence implementation). I (...) (26 years ago, 25-Feb-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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The software written by Max Davies should allow transmission as well as receiving. The information that I have doesn't include the hardware layout but as far as I understand the 1K resistor in the IR transmission circuit on the board should allow an (...) (26 years ago, 25-Feb-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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