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Doh! I should have said I was planning on using IR, but a serial cable makes more sense (at least to start with)... Thanks, Paul Adam Oliver wrote in message <001401bf04c9$2bdb67...c@adam>... I haven't actually done this, but I'm pretty sure the (...) (25 years ago, 22-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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Hi, I what to built a four wheeled robot which uses differential steering. Have somebody an idea to transfer the motion energy from the motor powered back wheels to the front wheels? Jens (25 years ago, 22-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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before I reinvent the wheelI haven't actually done this, but I'm pretty sure the theory is ok... On the handyboard web page is the pa79600 icb file which lets you use port a bit 7 as serial i/o. I have successfully used this to control some (...) (25 years ago, 22-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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Has anyone used their HP48 to talk to a handyboard? (25 years ago, 21-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Using 12V supply with Expansion Board?
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Hello 'Botter, I think I am about to ask a stupid question but as a precaution, will the Expansion board be "ok" with a new 12V motor supply rather than the 9.6V connected to the Power Expansion header (J13)on the HB since the Expansion board and HB (...) (25 years ago, 21-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Shaft encoder
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(...) The shaft encoder library routine available from the Handy Board web site works great for me. Just follow the links to Software, then Libraries, then Shaft encoders. Good luck! -- Will , , __@_/ \_@__ |/ | /__, o @_/ )\ ) ( \ (\/\\, ~~~...~~~ (...) (25 years ago, 21-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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You can also stack a few of the original chips to make em work in parrallel. (...) (25 years ago, 21-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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Oh yeah, one more thing, how about connecting a 5 ohm resistor in series with a DC motor and there are 2 amps flowing, then the resistor is dissipating 20 watts of heat. Now I could have a higher value for the resistor, like 7, 10 ohms, I think that (...) (25 years ago, 21-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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Thanks everyone for your help, Now, I recieved two good answers for my problems. 1) Built an H-Bridge 2) Use the LMD18200 Now has any one any documentation on an easy H bridge that I could build without wasting much time? The same goes for the (...) (25 years ago, 21-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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