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Could any one point me in the right direction for information on calculating frequency using the handyboard, Thanks Keith (26 years ago, 6-Apr-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Quick troubleshooting help please!!!!
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Hey, Two weeks before we present our project and the HandyBoard got fried!!! Ahhh! Oh well, hopefully someone can help us identify the problem. The board seems to work fine as long as its getting power through the RS-232 connection. Once this is (...) (26 years ago, 5-Apr-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: mailing list archive site
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(...) This is a great idea, Jeff! From all of us, thanks. Duncan (26 years ago, 5-Apr-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | GCC: Status
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It looks like at least three of us were playing with gcc-2.8.1 over the weekend. The GCC Miniboard library is now mostly ported over to the Handyboard, and the ICC11 LCD routines are almost done being ported over. I couldn't test out the motor (...) (26 years ago, 5-Apr-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Config register and E9/E1 processor
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Are there any tools for programming the E9/E1 config registers from Linux or NT? I don't have a DOS or Win95 machine handy at the moment, and I remember that the download program for the hc11E processors must be a little different. I can't get DLM (...) (26 years ago, 5-Apr-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Using both Sharp GP2D02 and Polaroid 6500 -Reply
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I have a Rug Warrior fitted with the Polaroid 6500 sonar, and a Handy Board that uses the GP2D02 sensor. Both applications use a servo for aiming. On the Handy Board site, the libraries have been altered to support the GP2D02, but I did my own (...) (26 years ago, 5-Apr-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Obstacles avoiding -Reply
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The idea behind a reactive (behavior based) architecture of a Rug Warrior robot is essentially stateless. You may want to add some kind of schedule or activation layer (process ) that enables the low level behaviors based on some type of state or (...) (26 years ago, 5-Apr-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Using both Sharp GP2D02 and Polaroid 6500 -Reply
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I posted a message asking IF any one had timing issues using the 6500 and the GP2D02 but never received a response. My concern is running the sonar, IR and encoder routines concurently as seperate processes. Will IC be able to keep up??? Some (...) (26 years ago, 5-Apr-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | mailing list archive site
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Hello all - I have created a website to archive the traffic generated on the Handy Board mailing list. It is currently not updating in real-time, but will start updating automatically as soon as Fred gets back and adds my second address to the (...) (26 years ago, 5-Apr-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Mounting the handyboard
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Matt Grob Matt Grob (...) True, but you can make a sort of rigid cradle for it out of angle beams with tiny pulleys with "tires" around them at each corner: O O \ / \___...___/ side view |---...---| = | | = <--small pulleys with "tires" | | | | | | (...) (26 years ago, 5-Apr-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Data Sheets
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(...) for (...) 32k (...) What I meant to say was compiled. sorry. (26 years ago, 5-Apr-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Mounting the handyboard
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I've used velcro. You can buy long rolls of it at Walmart I think. ---...--- (...) (26 years ago, 5-Apr-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Mounting the handyboard
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You usually take a glue gun and glue some kind of mounting device (in my case legos). to the red plastic part. -peter (...) (26 years ago, 5-Apr-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Mounting the handyboard
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I am using the handyboard from Gleason Research. It works very well. Only problem is there is no obvious way to mount it rigidly into a robot. No mounting holes or brackets. What have others done? -Matt Grob (26 years ago, 5-Apr-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Obstacles avoiding
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Hello, I would like to know if there is anyone who has a good idea to avoid obstacles in a intelligent way. I've build a Rugwarrior robot. My robot has two IR proximity detectors (in front) and four bump switches (one on each side). If you simple (...) (26 years ago, 4-Apr-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Using both Sharp GP2D02 and Polaroid 6500
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Has anyone set up a handyboard with an expansion board which uses both the Sharp GP2D02 infrared sensors and the Polaroid 6500 sonar device without any conflict? A previous mailing stated a person having a timing conflict between the two different (...) (26 years ago, 4-Apr-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Polaroid 6500
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I have a question a bout a part on the polaroid 6500 sonar device. I burned out a particular part on it -- Q1, the C3279. Mouser has a part number 620-2SC3279 which is a Japanese (JIS) transistor TO-92 NPN Poower Amp which sounds just like the part (...) (26 years ago, 4-Apr-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | [OT] Re: GCC 2.8.1 for HC11
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(...) I would really like to try it out on my EVB. I'm using the C.A. back end right now. I use Unix because reboots are for hardware upgrades... # rsh -l God universe.all find / -name '*windows*' -exec rm -rf {} \; (26 years ago, 4-Apr-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Data Sheets
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Hi Guys, has anyone complied the data sheets to the individual HB parts. Please let me know if you have. I having trouble finding the data sheets for the panasonic made capacitors and piezo buzzer and the hitachi lcd and 32k sram. Oh and if anyone (...) (26 years ago, 4-Apr-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | HB Encoders capabilities? (correction!)
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Can the HB measure encoder pulses faster than 1 kHz (not 1 Mhz like in the previous message: this is the speed of the system interrupt)? Assume we have an encoder that does 500 pulses per revolution. What happens when we exceed 2 revolutions per (...) (26 years ago, 3-Apr-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | HB Encoders capabilities?
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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 (...) (26 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 (...) (26 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 (...) (26 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 (...) (26 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 (...) (26 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. (...) (26 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 (...) (26 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 (...) (26 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 (26 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 (...) (26 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 (...) (26 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 (...) (26 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 (...) (26 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 (26 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 (...) (26 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 (26 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 (...) (26 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 (...) (26 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 (...) (26 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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