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Peter- I had a similar experience with Hui. Our HandyBoard kit arrived probably one month after confirmation was received from his store. We did not find any parts missing, but there was another deal with Hui's kit. There was a little note attached (...) (25 years ago, 7-May-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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Mabey Hui has become better then when I bought mine. But when I bought mine it took forever to get here, when I eventually got it the box was it extremely poor shape. I sorted all of the parts for assembling the HB and I found some of the parts (...) (25 years ago, 7-May-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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I unearthed a post by Randy Sargent from 1996 -- (...) Sorry to trouble everyone! (25 years ago, 6-May-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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I'm having trouble getting Interactive C to run on an old 8086 machine. No messages of any kind, the program just quietly exits back to DOS without doing anything visible. (The same binary normally on a 486). Does the DOS version of Interactive C (...) (25 years ago, 6-May-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | RE:PURCHASE IN MIAMI OR BOSTON
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I too have purchased a Handy board from Patrick Hui and was more than happy with the quality of the product. I experienced no difficulties getting it set up and the accessories included in the package were helpful. The only difference I am aware of (...) (25 years ago, 6-May-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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(...) Yeah, the HB and sensors that Patrick Hui sent to me worked great, too. Not only that, but he promptly answered my questions via e-mail. I haven't dealt with Gleason yet, but I wouldn't hesitate to recommend Mr. Hui. -- Will , , __@_/ \_@__ |/ (...) (25 years ago, 6-May-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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as was mentioned, problems loading ICB files are usually due to bad linefeeds. there is a FAQ entry on this, which explains how to solve it: (URL)Greetings all! (...) (25 years ago, 6-May-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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Ryan, Well, it worked for me... Which version of IC are you using? I'm using the Newton Labs IC version 3.1 but as far as I know the program should work with all of the versions. If you tell me what you're using I'll fire that version up and try it (...) (25 years ago, 5-May-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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Have you openned the files in a simple editor (I use BBEdit)? If not, try openning them and check what is at the end of the program lines. Sometimes, pending on how it downloaded, it will have "squares" at the end of the lines representing (...) (25 years ago, 5-May-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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Peter, I've recently bought a Handy Board kit from Patrick Hui in Hong Kong. Contrary to your experience, I was very pleased about the quality of the parts Patrick sent me! Also, his price was very competitive to Gleason's (which was the reason why (...) (25 years ago, 5-May-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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Greetings all! I just got the Sharp GP2D02 ir distance sensor and I got it all hooked up the way that Barry Brouillette's tutorial explained, and I downloaded the new expansion board drivers, but when I went to load the Barry's IR drivers, it gave (...) (25 years ago, 5-May-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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(...) This is actually a very good question. Generally, math function libraries use what is called a Taylor series expansion of a trigonometric function to return an approximation to the function with arbitrary precision. The more terms from the (...) (25 years ago, 5-May-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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Anyone know which of the following are the most bug-free? All were found at the Motorola ftp site: float11.arc fp11.asm 01/22/1986, R. Soja gmath.asm/gmath.lst 12/30/1988, James Shultz hc11fp.asm/hc11fp.doc 12/04/1995, Gordon Doughman HC11FP11.asm (...) (25 years ago, 5-May-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Purchase in Miami or Boston
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Gleason Research is a very good distributor of HBs. I have bought stuff from them before and I was very pleased. I wouldn't buy it from Patrick Hui, I was very displeased with the quality of the parts he sent me. -Peter (...) (25 years ago, 5-May-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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(...) Dear Andrew, You want the angle that line joining G and P make with X axis. That is arctan of the slope of the line from P to G. slope =(yP-yG)/(xP-xG) hence, theta = arctan ((yP-yG)/(xP-xG)) where P=(xP,yP) and G=(xG,yG) Note that this angle (...) (25 years ago, 5-May-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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Hi, can anyone suggest me where to by a Handy Board and the Expansion Board in Miami or Boston, or maybe its better to by it by mail from somewhere else? Fred, just in case, Im using Outlook Express and Im sending this mail with "TEXT without (...) (25 years ago, 5-May-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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How do you compute, using Handyboard Interactive C, the Sin, Cos, Tan, Arctan, etc. ? Is there some sort of built in math library file that I can use or is it some sort of formula? I want to implement some rough dead reckoning ability and this stuff (...) (25 years ago, 5-May-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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all info about the exp board is on the web page, at (URL) there some specific info that you are missing? fred (...) (25 years ago, 5-May-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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Hi! We've been trying to connect an ARTEK "photo-electric" sensor. It is the kind that can be used as a switch : it can only "see" a piece of reflective plastic (like the ones found on a bike, or cat's eyes). However, its supposed to work on 12V. It (...) (25 years ago, 5-May-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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shsc9801@condor.stcl...dstate.edu wrote: <snip> (...) Scott: Do you mean from exp bd J19 to digital 7? - - - Nick - - - (25 years ago, 4-May-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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Is there an expansion board manual like the handyboard manual? if so, where can i find it? =) thanx in advance chen (25 years ago, 4-May-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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Sort of, I've had a FET driving a solid state relay that allowed me to connect the motor batteries to the system to preserve the system in the case of system battery failure. However the robot wouldn't move under that situation since the reason the (...) (25 years ago, 4-May-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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How does the jumper from the expansion board J19 to digital 7 come into play? Scott Sherman IT Spec. II St. Cloud State University 720 4th Avenue South Academic Computer Services ECC Building, Room 101 (320) 255-4888 (25 years ago, 4-May-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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(...) The angle relative to the x axis is given by: theta = arctan((y2 - y1)/(x2 - x1)) Remember, the tangent of an angle is the length of the opposite side divided by the length of the adjacent side of the corresponding unit right triangle (i.e., (...) (25 years ago, 4-May-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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I know this is not really handyboard specific but hey... Does anybody know the equation for finding a heading (theta) from a current position P(x,y) to a goal position G(x,y). I sure there's a tangent in there somewhere but I've already dredged up (...) (25 years ago, 4-May-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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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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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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| | Dowload of PCode and registers
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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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| | 6500 returning dd values
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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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| | UV sensors?
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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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| | Re: string functions and Interactive-C
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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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