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Can the HB measure encoder pulses faster than 1 MHz? Assume we have an encoder that does 500 pulses per revolution. What happens when we exceed 2 revolutions per second? What happens if the encoder has two channels (quadrature) and we exceed 1 (...) (25 years ago, 3-Apr-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: ICC11 setup help
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Imagecraft has a HB library (written by Chuck McManis) that can be downloaded from their web site. This library makes it very easy to compile programs for the HB. download it and copy all the *.h files to the ICC INCLUDE directory copy libhb.a to (...) (25 years ago, 3-Apr-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: ICC11 setup help
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Does anyone have experience with configuring Version 5.0 of the ICC11 compiler from ImageCraft? I need a little help setting up the compiler, and in figuring out how the whole thing works. Are there any web sites that deal with this compiler and the (...) (25 years ago, 3-Apr-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Help Needed: Problem Solved!!
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Hi everybody, It took me nearly two weeks, but I've solved my "board not responding problem"! I had already checked all connections between components, everything ok. What I hadn't done yet, is to check with my multimeter for possible shorts on the (...) (25 years ago, 3-Apr-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Patch released for HC11 and GCC 2.8.1
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To set up a 68HC11 compiler on Unix-variants using gcc-2.8.1, please go to ftp://ftp.eskimo.com/u/a/archer and snag these files: gcc281-hc11-readme hc11-patch-latest.tar.gz The readme is also contained inside the .tar.gz file, so you only really (...) (25 years ago, 3-Apr-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: GCC 2.8.1 for HC11
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Curt, I can't help test with a miniboard, since I just have a handyboard ("just" have a handyboard?). But I'd be willing to give any help I can with the handyboard libs. I'm also a willing guinea pig for trying out your gcc-2.8.1 patch and README. (...) (25 years ago, 2-Apr-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Simple questions
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(...) The problem with a 12V, 1A *unregulated* power supply is that when you hook it up to a device that draws significantly less than the rated current, the power supply will probably deliver significantly more than 12V. It could be that at half an (...) (25 years ago, 2-Apr-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: GCC 2.8.1 for HC11
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The HC11 back end for gcc-2.8.1 is working on Red Hat Linux 5.2 (and probably most other Unix hosts), and last night I made the cross-assembler and cross-linker work with it properly. It compiled/assembled the GCC Miniboard library last night (...) (25 years ago, 2-Apr-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Eltec 442-3 Pyrodetector
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Hi Guys, I was wondering if anyone knew where to get the data sheet for the Eltec 442-3 Pyro detector in Adobe Acrobat format. Thanks. F. Samonte (25 years ago, 2-Apr-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Simple questions
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Hi, First of all, sorry for my english. I have received my HB yesterday from Patrick Hui, and I have some questions, I have a 12 Volt, 1 Amp, DC adapter, can i use it?, the manual says that can be problems with 1 to 2 Amps adapters, which kind of (...) (25 years ago, 1-Apr-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: PC vs Unix
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(...) I use a PC running Unix (ok, a Unix-variant). PC and Unix are NOT mutually exclusive. :-) I agree with the other response: Unix works well. The easiest to learn setup is probably Interactive C on a PC or a Mac. Once you're comfortable with it (...) (25 years ago, 1-Apr-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: PC vs Unix
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(...) I use both. I have a couple older Suns on my workbench at home, and I love the big screens. I pretty much write all my code on the suns. When I go to robot meetings, and other places, I have a 286 laptop that I use. That is great because it is (...) (25 years ago, 1-Apr-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Help needed!
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Will & Keith, The following information is in a file called readme.ic that should be in your IC directory. By Default IC will use COM1. If you need IC to use a different serial port, you can run it with argument like so: ic -port com2 or you can run (...) (25 years ago, 1-Apr-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | PC vs Unix
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We ordered a HB the other day but were not sure if we could use unix to operate it as opposed to a PC. My question is: do you have to have PC to operate a HB or can you use unix. Ethan Getz ethang3@hotmail.com ethang@unm.edu (25 years ago, 31-Mar-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Help needed part III
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Hi everybody, I've received a number of suggestions, from Patrick Hui, Will Bain, Gary Livick, Keith Lectro, Nitin Mangesh and Keith Hearn. Thanks for the support! I've tried the following things: swapped COM1/COM2 ports (I have a PS/2 mouse working (...) (25 years ago, 31-Mar-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Best way for HB to communicate to a PC?
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(...) Dear Gerald, Visit (URL) to learn about serial i/o between PC and Handy board. Yours sincerely, Nitin (25 years ago, 31-Mar-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Help needed! Additional info Part 2
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(...) Dear Katz, Include the name lib_hb.icb in lib_hb.lis.(NOT the whole file) If you check the listing you see that lib_hb.icb is not being loaded. The errors are present because these functions are defined in lib_hb.icb. Hope this works. Yours (...) (25 years ago, 31-Mar-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Help needed!
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If you're having problems getting your HB to work on one serial port but it works on another, you might want to check for IRQ conflicts. By default, Com1 and Com3 both are assigned IRQ3, and Com2 & Com4 are both assigned IRQ4. So if you have a modem (...) (25 years ago, 31-Mar-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Help needed!
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(...) DOING! Yeah, now that you mention it, I had the same problem when I got my HB. Took me about a week before I got around to trying COM1. That fixed it, so I left it that way and forgot about it long ago. At the time, no one on the list had any (...) (25 years ago, 31-Mar-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Help needed!
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I had a similar problem and had to try a different serial port. I have a serial mouse and the board will only work properly in com 1. If I try com 2, I get similar problems to yours keith (...) (26 years ago, 31-Mar-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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