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For those who are interested, the Java VM Beta 2 has been released. Major improvements include: - garbage collection - floating point - demo applications for HB with and without expansion board (URL) (25 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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In C you can use the functions outport and inport, and the paralell port has TTL levels (5 V.). Bye Jose Luis ----- Original Message ----- From: Mar, Ericson <ericson.mar@csfb.com> To: 'Jaron' <j.paludanus@cable.a2000.nl>; Peter <eacmen@att.net>; (...) (25 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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Its Easy to do in pascal as well as C++ using the PORT[address] command. Ive used It before to control external devices. A normal parralell pot has 8 outputs D0 - 7 and a few lines that you can use as inputs (not sure which ones though?) The port (...) (25 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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Yeah! You're right! I've seen it done in Basic so I would assume C++ has a function. But, I don't remeber wether they are at 12V or 5V. (?) (...) (25 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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Isn't your parallel port itself what you want? I always understood that it could be reached (coded) quite easily? That should give you 7 channels! ----- Original Message ----- From: Peter <eacmen@att.net> To: Handy Board Mailing List (...) (25 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Four Wheel Base
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I disassembled quite some (lego) models, I also use differential steering. I position the wheels like most models on a square (so width and length of wheel base is equal). Funny thing about a square is that a circle can be drawn from the middle (...) (25 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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Sorry about this mess below -- this only applies to people reading the HB list via the LUGNET server. The message below was auto-posted by the server when the new newsgroup (which is being gatewayed with the mailing list) was created. I forgot to (...) (25 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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(This was a special message posted by the LUGNET server to the hb newsgroup, and subsequently echoed back out to the hb mailing list. The gateway preparations are about 98% complete. Still a few loose ends to nail down.) --Todd (...) (25 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Four Wheel Base
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Hi, Has someone tried a four wheel robot base using diferential traction?, I'm making this question because I'm not sure of the tree wheel configuration, in the last base that I made, the caster wheel has ever maked some bad influence in the robot (...) (25 years ago, 12-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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Peter, There are quite a few different products such as that. The two I use are: PicoScope & PicoLogger - (URL) - By TiePie Engineering (URL) Is there a device that connects to a computers COM or Parallel port that (...) Charles Hacker Lecturer in (...) (25 years ago, 12-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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