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(...) reservoir (...) time (...) I'm curious; what is the difference between the "buoyancy tank" and the "resevoir"? I'd think moving air from one tank to another won't actually affect buoyancy. Am I missing something? (...) cylinder (...) That's (...) (25 years ago, 28-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Linking HB with UART
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That is what Radio Control modelers do all the time. The technology is mature and readily available. This would prevent any autonomy in the bot, you become the brains. Mike (...) (25 years ago, 28-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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Hi! I planned to build a sub myself about two years ago but couldn't find the time to build it. What I have to offer are some thoughts. Fortunately a submersible needs lots of ballast, so you can stuff it with lots of batteries and gear. So my plan (...) (25 years ago, 28-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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Hi - We are building a submersible robot. For maintaning the depth we need a ballast system, we are planning to use a canister of compressed air with some electronnically controlled valves. In addition we are planning to use a depth sensor, Pressure (...) (25 years ago, 28-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Pulse timing
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Hi all, After reading this Tilt Sensor message I had a look at www.analog.com and found they did samples of the chip. I got two samples the other day and so made a quick test pcb. The board seems to work ok looking at it with a scope but now I want (...) (25 years ago, 27-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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Hi, You can use the SPI interface and have the BS2 as a master. The BS2 then defines the clockspeed, because the slowest speed you can select on the 6811 is probably to high for the BS2. It is very simple to use this interface. See the "pink book" (...) (25 years ago, 27-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Voice Recognition Hardware
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I actually bought one of these units (used) but have been unable to find out anything at all about them beyond the canned software. Any hints as to any sources? Ken McKinnon klmckin@magmacom.com (...) (25 years ago, 27-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: HB Serial line speed change
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(...) I haven't looked at the schematics for the handyboard for a while, but if you use an E-series processor, then I think you can go up to 12MHz (3 MHz E-Clock). I'm not sure whether the rest of the Handyboard could take the increased speed, and (...) (25 years ago, 26-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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Hello to everybody. I would like to ask if is possible to interface the handyboard with the basic stamp2 using not the RS232. Thanks beforehand. (25 years ago, 26-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Weak Motor
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(...) It wouldnt be wise to directly connect your 12V supply to the Handy Board... even if it doesnt cause damage to your Handy Board, I dont think your motor will be able to draw sufficient current from the motor port to run properly. Rather, you (...) (25 years ago, 26-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Voice Recognition Hardware
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Try to track down a company called "CoVox". These guys used to have a speech recognition device that ran on the Apple II (6502) that was pretty cool (speaker dependent of course). Also there is a speech recognition chip for use in toys the HM002 or (...) (25 years ago, 26-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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Greetings All! I was wondering if anybody out there knows of any good, relatively inexpensive, (<$350) Voice recognition hardware that is relatively easily interfaced to the handy board? Thank you very much. -Ryan Meuth (25 years ago, 26-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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(...) I remember someone saying a few months ago that if you use a 12 V battery with the HB, then the HB's built-in charging circuit won't work properly, and that 12 V batteries can initially deliver up to about 14 V, which wouldn't be very kind to (...) (25 years ago, 25-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: something is wrong with my handyboard
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I had a similar problem. In my case, the cause was underneath the board. I had not trimmed one of the components leads enough. When I screwing the board into the case the lead eventually pierced one of the wires going to my Nicad pac. My board would (...) (25 years ago, 25-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: HB Serial line speed change
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(...) Note that this will also require that you disable interrupts, and that will mess up your motors. However, it should be possible. --Chuck (25 years ago, 25-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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(...) You can communicate at higher baud rates (19200 or 38400) on an 8MHz 68HC11 if you disable SCI and use software "bit-bashing" routines. I have enclosed examples of such routines in sw_baud.s11 file. Setting the BIT_TIME to 52 or 104 allows you (...) (25 years ago, 25-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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(...) The definitive answer comes from the "pink" book, which everyone should have (especially now that you can get it on CD-rom for free by filling out the form on the Mot web site!) Which basically says "No you can't do that." But it says it in a (...) (25 years ago, 24-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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Chau, sounds like either (a) your LCD screen went bad, or (b) there is a bad connection betw the LCD screen and the rest of the HB. fred In your message you said: (...) (25 years ago, 24-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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I have try to run the handy board using the standard DC 9V motor purchase from one of the vendors. However , it does not seem be able to move very well though i put it to 100% of its capacity. I am now working on a project to built a remote car (...) (25 years ago, 24-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: HB Serial line speed change
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Here is the relevant function. Note that it only works for baud rates up to 9600. void set_baud(int rate) /* For an 8 MHz clock */ { if (rate >= 300) poke(BAUD, 0xb0 | log2(9600/rate)); } You'll need regdefines.c (for the address of BAUD) as well as (...) (25 years ago, 24-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: something is wrong with my handyboard
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it sounds like the pcode is going down onto the board, but you may have an open on your lcd header / connector. if you can talk to the board using ic (make it beep or such) then it's just the lcd output. check for open circuits first. (...) (25 years ago, 24-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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Chuck, nice dream! I would be in too. But why not design a kind of a extension board which would replace the curend extension board? It would save some money i guess. Thomas. (...) (25 years ago, 23-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: something is wrong with my handyboard
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Can you put the board in bootstrap mode? (...) (25 years ago, 23-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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when I turn on my handyboard, a row of black squares appears on the top line of the LCD screen. I have had friends check for shorts and I have redownloaded the pcode_hb.s19 programs on to the handyboard (as the FAQ part of the handyboard web page (...) (25 years ago, 23-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: IC Problem
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(...) I had to go RTFM for this one ;-) It says: 5.6 Arrays and Pointers IC supports one-dimensional arrays of characters, integers, long integers, and floating-point numbers. Pointers to data items and arrays are supported. It doesn't say that (...) (25 years ago, 23-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: HB Serial line speed change
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To add to Martin's question, how can you change the baud rate used by IC 3.x? It's easy enough to alter the speed of the UART by setting the BAUD register or POKEing the relevant location in the pcode interpreter. Randy Sargent's code fragments can (...) (25 years ago, 23-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | HB Serial line speed change
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Hi! I'm asking this again, since I've got no definitive answer: Is it possible to change the speed of the HB serial line to 19200? I need to communicate with a device which has a fix 19200 setting! Is it possible or can I forget the HB for this (...) (25 years ago, 23-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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-- Hello. I hope you can help. I'm using IC 3.1 for Linux and am having a problem with structs. I had code which ran fine under gcc, but ic hates it. I've got an array of pointers to a strct, struct SOFM *ptrSOM[4] and then within the program for (...) (25 years ago, 23-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Difference between TO-220 and TO-220AB
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What's the difference between these two transistor packages. They seem to amount to a significant price difference. Any realizable performace differences between these two? ---...--- ericson mar Robotics Consultant mar@cooper.edu (212)353-4356 (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Looking for something
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Does anybody have an idea where I can lay my hands on two L298 h-bridges. I've looked at all the normal elec. supply places and can't seem to find em. I need two. Would appreciate any help or suggestions. Thanks (25 years ago, 22-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Quickcam - Sharp LCD - Help
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Ooops ... I gave the wrong URL below (paste error). Should have been as follows (URL) -- Doug (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Quickcam - Sharp LCD - Help
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(...) There isn't a whole lot of RAM and clock cycles to deal with video on the 68HC11. A more reasonable solution would be to use a wireless transmitter to send video signals to a receiver that interfaces to a TV or some other host computer with (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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Hello All- Any one have interest in making the B&W (or Color) Quickcam work in with the handyboard? That would be DELUXE. Speaking about the Quickcam, it is possible to modify the camera so that it can feed into a TV? What part is the CCD on there? (...) (25 years ago, 21-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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I did some more research (I'v got some time to spare) and came up with this site: (URL) think it's the official site. Also there is a list of other robot competitions at the site (URL) (25 years ago, 21-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: MIT Micromouse Rulez!
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The micromouse competition sounded interesting to me and since I had never heard of it, I did a quick search finding the rules at: (URL) questions can be addressed to otten@mit.edu Has anyone in the handyboard forum competed before? -john (25 years ago, 21-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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Is there any way to format the time displayed on the Handy Board screen? I want to display time out to 4 decimal places and no more. Bill Landahl (25 years ago, 21-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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I'll rephrase.... Can anyone give me the link to the BEAM Robot Olympics and micromouse cometition rules and guidelines? Thanks (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Yet another board
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Chuck, I would probably buy it, even for $300. That is if it had all the capabilities you specify and was able to handle all the various sensors and hardware PWM that I currently am working with on the handyboard. Scott (...) Scott Sherman IT Spec. (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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Can anyone tell me the link of the MIT - micromouse contest rules. I have them on hard copy but I was wondering if they were on the net somewhere? Sean (25 years ago, 18-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Memory error
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I just assembled my handyboard, but i get some memory errors (almost everywhere, but the addresses vary in some bytes)... i tested two different RAM chips and i still get the errors. They're intermitent (i get many .........'s then many errors, then (...) (25 years ago, 18-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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