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     |    | Handyboard Kit.
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  |  Hi to everyone, I just got my Handy Board Kit and going through the very first step of the assembly i found the first problem. In the handy board assembly instructions it describes capacitors C15 and C16 as 4.7uF Tantalum capacitors but in my kit (...)   (29 years ago, 17-Jul-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)   
   |   |   |    |    | Serial Com.
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  |  The FAQ has information on sending and receiving info thru the serial port. My Question is: How do I do the other end in C. This is what I got the computer side of the serial cable: port = open("/dev/ttyS3",O_RDWD); <- THis is from my head, not (...)   (29 years ago, 16-Jul-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)   
   |   |   |    |    | Re: sony ir
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  |  Dirk, Without actually seeing your icb function, it would be hard to determine exactly what is going on. But here are some guesses: 1) When you are modifying control registers in MC, make sure that you use bit commands so that you don't set or erase (...)   (29 years ago, 16-Jul-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)   
   |   |   |    |    | sony ir
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  |  Thanks to Joeo for the hints on caputuring data from the handyboard. I have another question: Why does my sony infrared system stop working after calling a function which I have defined in an icb file? I have a number of functions defined in that (...)   (29 years ago, 15-Jul-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)   
   |   |   |    |    | strange encoder problem
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  |   I'm using a hall effect sensor as a shaft encoder. 8 magnets have been placed on a wheel of my bot, such that they turn the sensor on and off as they pass by. I have written a small program to test the encoder, which makes the robot go forward 10 (...)   (29 years ago, 15-Jul-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)   
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