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Hi everyone, I'm looking to build a mobile robot for research purposes. I'm looking for an existing drive system if available in the market. I don't want to build a new drive system. I only want to work on the sensor configurations, etc. Does anyone (...) (29 years ago, 12-Feb-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Adding a brain to the handy board
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(...) Never thought about adding this to the handy board, but I have thought of building a computer around the PowerPC that was handyboard like (self contained, motor drivers, LCD, memory, expansion, but add *LOTS* of IO, interrupts, and memory). (...) (29 years ago, 12-Feb-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Adding a brain to the handy board
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I am thinking about starting development of a processing board for the handy board. Here is what I mean: Power PC 8 or 16 MB of RAM ( want to use those SIMs I had to buy for my last desktop computer) Input for Video (like a quickcam, could even stay (...) (29 years ago, 12-Feb-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | IR decoding
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Is there any way to turn off IR decoding? I see in the library file that PWM and LCD printing can be turned off. Thanks. -John (29 years ago, 12-Feb-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | handy board crisis II - read this!
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Now THIS is weird. The battery light status seems to depend on the light going to the Sharp IR sensor now!!! If I expose it to light, the battery light turns on. If it's dark, it turns off. Modulated IR light makes the batt light flash. Have I (...) (29 years ago, 12-Feb-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | handy board crisis!
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Well, let's see. I was rewiring my handy board so that it would run on 9.6V again, and everything seemed to be going fine. I soldered the pack back on with no problems, and was screwing the board onto its case when something horrible happened. The (...) (29 years ago, 12-Feb-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Quad encoders = the code
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I have been successful in coding the Quad encoders. You will find below: - The source for the asm file - The source for the C file - the ICB file Thanks to the assembler on the web. I tried to use some of the Macintosh tools from the 68hc11 MIT FTP. (...) (29 years ago, 12-Feb-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Porting as11_ic to mac
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In your message you said: (...) all right dave! this wpuld be a great service to the mac community. the answer: yes, that is all the c precprocc is doing, generating 2 calls to the as11. it assembles the user pgm at two diff points in mem so that ic (...) (29 years ago, 12-Feb-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Porting as11_ic to mac
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IC users, I was thinking of perhaps porting as11_ic to the mac and I think I understand exactly what is going on in the unix script except for one thing. What is the C preprocessor doing? Is the only purpose of the C preprocessor to declare the two (...) (29 years ago, 12-Feb-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Can't initialize CONFIG register
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In your message you said: (...) ok. the dlm *is* trying to write the one byte, because the config reg lives at 0x103f. and it's trying to write it as 0x0c, which is also correct. but apparently it is not working, b/c you say that when you run the (...) (29 years ago, 12-Feb-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: IC serial hog?
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yes, it is possible for an ic program to use the serial port. see randy's instructions at (URL) (29 years ago, 12-Feb-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Sony IR decoding routine!
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ic is very sensitive to linefeed termination in icb files. if you are runnnin on an ms-dos system, i believe it requires unix style (e.g., ctrl-j) termination, rather than ms-dos ctrl-m ctrl-j style. try removing the ctrl-m's from your copy of the (...) (29 years ago, 12-Feb-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | IC serial hog?
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Is there any way for my IC program to use the serial port? I am guessing the answer is no, as IC needs it for communicationg to the host computer. (Mac in my case.) So then the question becomes, is it possible to modify IC so that I can use the (...) (29 years ago, 12-Feb-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | RE: Sony IR decoding routine!
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I'm having trouble getting sony-ir.icb to load. Every time I try, I get the following error message: FATAL INTERNAL ERROR: ILLEGAL LINE IN .s19 FILE I've re-downloaded and installed both the sony-ir.icb and pcode_hb.s19 files but continure to get (...) (29 years ago, 11-Feb-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | NEW! - Handyboard Hard-to-Get Parts Kit!
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CW Technology is now offering a kit of only the "hard to get" parts for the Handyboard 1.2. Basically, the kit includes everything you can't get at DigiKey and Mouser. The price is very competitive if you consider the minimum orders, shipping, etc. (...) (29 years ago, 11-Feb-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Can't initialize CONFIG register
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Hello, Everyone: Help! I'm trying to configure the HB. Here's what I get: C:\IC> dlm config0c.s19 -port COM2 -eeprom DLM: 6811 File Downloader... etc. Using COM2 Downloading to EEPROM Downloading config0c.s19, press ESC to abort Downloading eeprom (...) (29 years ago, 11-Feb-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: charger board problems
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You could just get an adapter that is rated for a lower voltage. Try a nine volt adapter or a universal one that you can experiment with. -Fred -- This message was composed using Articulate Systems' PowerSecretary. Please forgive any sloppiness in (...) (29 years ago, 11-Feb-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: charger board problems
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(...) Or just use different motors. ;-) (29 years ago, 11-Feb-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | charger board problems
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I've managed to stick a wire onto a point in my battery pack which yields 6V. (temporary solution, at least...) However, the charger board doesn't seem to like this new arrangement much. With the lower battery voltage, too much current is flowing (...) (29 years ago, 11-Feb-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | battery voltages
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I'm currently trying to get 6V out of my 9.6V battery pack. (I actually looked around for a 6V one, but couldn't find one that would work...) I've opened up the pack, and can access the cell where I can get 6V. However, I'm not sure how to get a (...) (29 years ago, 11-Feb-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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