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(...) Sorry, I do other things with my controllers than control robots (shame on me!). From other discussions I've seen though, I would think that you could use some feedback from the turning shafts, like optical turns counters or some such. I (...) (25 years ago, 28-Jun-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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Sean ... Probably the best way to maintain a constant heading is to use shaft encoders on both drive wheels ... monitor their rotation ... adjust one motor to give identical turn counts. The book "Mobile Robots: Inspiration to Implementation" by (...) (25 years ago, 28-Jun-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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A week ago I has using the sonar ranger with the expansion board but without connecting J12 to digital input 7. I had the sonar making the CLICKING sound (which is good) but the numbers that were being displayed onto the LCD were random (not good). (...) (25 years ago, 28-Jun-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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Hi Ryan, The Robot Learning Lab at Carnegie Mellon's Robotics Institute has used Quickcams for vision applications. The URL is (URL) not sure how much info is available. But I know it can be done. Michael (...) (25 years ago, 28-Jun-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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Is there anyone who has written or seen IC code that will keep a robot moving straight with 2 DC motors and four side sensors? 2 on each side. The main reason I ask is because one of my DC motors seems to put out more power that the other one and (...) (25 years ago, 28-Jun-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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oes anyone have a reliable source of the 68hc11 they are being obseleted by motorola and i can get less than 100... and i work for an electronics manufacturer. thanks phil (25 years ago, 28-Jun-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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Hello All- I was wondering if you guys know of anyone that is using a quickcam for a robot. I would REALLY like to see it done... but I don't know where to start. Any help is greatly appreciated. ---...--- Ryan Ziolko Secure Design Center, Motorola (...) (25 years ago, 28-Jun-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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Thanks, Carlos. I will buy a completed board for my project. I don't foresee building a handy board from scratch any time soon. -----Original Message----- From: Carlos Fernandez [mailto:softech@ptdprolog.net] Sent: Monday, June 28, 1999 9:18 AM To: (...) (25 years ago, 28-Jun-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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Don't feel bad. I felt the same way. My background is in PC Windows programming, and this is very very very different and frustrating to get started. If you are still interested you should consider buying a board that is already assebled. Thats how (...) (25 years ago, 28-Jun-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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Call me a weenie -- I'm in over my head... anyone in the market for a handyboard? HandyBoard - (board only) Battery Charger Board (board only) Expansion Board Kit Untouched -- didn't even start the project. (25 years ago, 28-Jun-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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