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I have quite a few battery discharge curves lying around, and one thing I can tell you is that they are all different. Generally they start at a high voltage, quickly discharge to a normal operating voltage, hold that voltage for a majority of (...) (25 years ago, 4-May-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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Has anyone ever tried having a small offline battery that can be kicked in via sofware? When the main power source is nearly exhausted it can be put online and you know approximately how long that emergency supply will last. Mike (...) at (...) (I (...) (25 years ago, 4-May-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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(...) battery (...) drop. (...) Umm, yes. But only if the battery is 5volts. Presumably, the voltage regulator on the HB is being supplied with well over ~6.5 volts (usually a 9.6v battery). Thus the output of your divider could be read via an (...) (25 years ago, 4-May-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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(...) However, I'd be concerned about this method in the long run. I'm thinking that the discharge rates of some batteries change over time (talking rechargables here), and that may screw you eventually. Of course, I haven't the faintest idea for a (...) (25 years ago, 4-May-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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Eric, You shouldn't need to use the 0d block for normal programs. In fact, 0c is what you are supposed to use. The only time when you need to use the 0d value is when you are burning the board with the "config0c.s19"(I believe that is the file (...) (25 years ago, 4-May-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | RE: Download of PCode and registers
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Eric, You shouldn't need to use the 0d block for normal programs. In fact, 0c is what you are supposed to use. The only time when you need to use the 0d value is when you are burning the board with the "config0c.s19"(I believe that is the file (...) (25 years ago, 4-May-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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[Duncan Orthner] spake unto the ether: (...) But isn't the supply voltage also the reference for the D/A converter? If the reference drifts, the signal through the divider leg will also drift? I remember trying something like this with a variety of (...) (25 years ago, 4-May-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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(...) This is usually how it's done. The voltage will drop predictably as the battery discharges. (...) Yes. You could use a voltage divider. You may have to play with the cutoff point a bit, and be aware that nicads experience a rather sharp (...) (25 years ago, 3-May-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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I am building a new handyboard and when I attempt to send the PCode to the board using HBDL for Windows I get an error if 0c is put in the register window. However, if I put 0d it works fine, the files load and the handyboard functions properly. Why (...) (25 years ago, 3-May-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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Hi, I would like to measure the battery capacity (how much longer can I keep the operating robot, running under the present battery), but I very newbie in regards to electonics... so here are my newbie questions... :) 1) Is voltage; information (...) (25 years ago, 3-May-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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Hello, I connected a Polaroid 6500 to my expansion board on my handy board and tried to test it but it returnes a different value every time, some of them being odd values (eg -24567). Heres how it lies - on the 6500 per. bd. E1 is connected to the (...) (25 years ago, 3-May-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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Hello again, Sorry for the posting, seems as the problem fixed itself, anyhow it's working like it always did now. Thanks anyhow, Terry Gathright ---...--- (...) with (...) (25 years ago, 3-May-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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Hi All, I turned on my handyboard yesterday and found that the battery had died, zero,no voltage. I then plugged the wall transformer wire into the jack on the handyboard as I had been doing all along. The charge yellow led on the handyboard blinked (...) (25 years ago, 3-May-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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I am doing a project that involves detecting UV light. Has anyone ever uses UV sensors. And where would I be able to get these sensors? -Peter (25 years ago, 2-May-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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(...) Dear Matt, Serial i/o routines available in the FAQ at the MIT site for the handy board send characters. Write a function which using % and / operators to convert a number into digits. The function should send each digit as a character along (...) (25 years ago, 2-May-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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I would like to be able to construct various useful strings and send them out the serial port (not just to the display). For example, I would like to be able to do something like: sprintf(buffer,"Motor Temperature is %d",mot_temp); (...) (25 years ago, 2-May-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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(...) Yes. I'm using a couple of E9's. Setting the config register to the normal Handyboard value disables the internal ROM, so you end up with an A-series with the exception that you have twice the RAM (512 bytes). Curt Mills, WE7U (...) (25 years ago, 29-Apr-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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I was wondering if i can use the HC11E9 series microcontroller instead of the A1 (that is suggested on the data sheets for the handy board). I have the Reference Manual for the HC11, looked at the data sheets and they say the E9 is an upgrade from (...) (25 years ago, 29-Apr-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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Dear Bill, Mostly you have got wrong versions of your library files mixed up. Multiple definition of functions is occuring. It is best that you download all files from the same site on the internet and use them. As per the new version, raw_analog (...) (25 years ago, 29-Apr-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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Hi! can anyone recommend any good video transmitter and receivers? my team has the monitor but no transmission equipment. =) chen (25 years ago, 27-Apr-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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