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Hello - I'm having some trouble figuring out how to wire Precision Navigation's Vector 2X Compass for use with the Handy Board. I've checked out the files in ".../software/contrib/tomb/" on the Handy Board site, but I'm sort of at a loss. Due to the (...) (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: evaluate inverse cosine, sine in IC
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Another technique for finding trig functions and their inverses used by both HP and TI in their calculators is the CORDIC algrorithm. A description of the technique with lots of references can be found at: (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: evaluate inverse cosine, sine in IC
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Taylor series should converge quite rapidly. After 2 or 3 terms, the error is usually neglectable (depending or your demands, of course: this should be fine for up to a few decimals) For those not familiar with the Taylor expansion, I've added a (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: servo program, addendum
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Dear ? The initialization function is: enable_expbd_servos(1); per the latest library routines see handyboard web site. Bart Schrijver. ___...___ Reply Separator ___...___ Subject: servo program Author: Non-HP-dab8rs-85 (dab8rs_85@yahoo.com) at (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: servo program
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Here's a simple program that will make a servo move as the knob on the Handyboard is turned: int i; void main() { init_expbd_servos(1); while(1) { i= knob(); i = (i*10)+1000; printf("val %d\n",i); msleep(20L); servo0 = i; } } (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: servo program
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Dear ?: First off, your program contains an infinite loop; statement return(0); will never be reached. Also you told it that main does not return a value, yet you used e return in the end. This will generate a compiler error for sure. I belief the (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: evaluate inverse cosine, sine in IC
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I've been trying to do this as well. The problem I have found is that the Taylor series expansion needs to be developed near the solution to get accurate results. Some may wonder why finding the arcsine of a number might be of interest. If one has a (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | servo program
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Can anyone please write me a brief servo motor program that will control two servos from the expansion board? This the one I had to control one, but did not work: void main(void) { while(1) { init_expbd_servos(1) servo0 = 1000 } return(0); } (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Opto isolator
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Hi Tim, Try (URL) and (URL) seems to be a huge variety of MOC3x series optoisolators to choose from. You might be able to find a substitute for the MOC5003 or 4 that you're looking for. Good luck, (...) Great minds discuss ideas; Average minds (...) (25 years ago, 28-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Opto isolator
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Hi, I was wandering if anyone knew where I could get a MOC5003 or MOC5004 opto isolator. I tried looking on the motorola web site but could not find it. Does any one know where I coul something similiar to this that works the same way. TIM ___...___ (...) (25 years ago, 28-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | digital outputs
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Hello everyone... I hav already connected a hc374 to Y0 of the expansion bus to get 8 digital outs, It works gr8. I need anouther 32 outputs which meens I need 4 more latch selects. Can I use Y1, Y2, Y3, Y4, and Y5 if needed? Y0 is used by (...) (25 years ago, 28-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Navigation with two Polaroid Sonars?
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What is a good meathod to implement navigation on a robot with two Polaroid sonars and basic two-motor steering? I was doing research and they use nueral networks and such, but I am not yet at the stage to implement something that complex. Thanks (...) (25 years ago, 27-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Interface to other displays
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Hi, Does anyone have info on replacing the LCD with another type of display? What I have in mind is an array of 5 X 7 LED displays. No sense reinventing the wheel if someone has already done this. TIA John (25 years ago, 27-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | alphanumeric plasma display
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Hi, I got one alphanumeric plasma display 40 char X 8 lines made by industrial electronics engineers from a surplus store for $7.50. But i didn't have any litarature about this product. I tried to search for their web site but no luck. If any one (...) (25 years ago, 26-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: IC 3.X and Smooth PWM
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Yes it does. Look in the Handy_Board_1.2.icd file that came on your 3.x disc. That file specifies the .s19 pcode file to load and any other files to be loaded at startup of IC 3.x. You can either change those to some special name you have created (...) (25 years ago, 26-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | IC 3.X and Smooth PWM
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Does IC 3.X support smooth PWM? (25 years ago, 26-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: motor driver circuit -- help needed
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Hi, my name is nicolas and I'm a french student in an engineering school at LYON. I make a PCB with the L298N for the handy board. You must remove the L293D that you use for the motor 0 and 1. You put a connector in the socket 16 pin and this (...) (25 years ago, 25-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | motor driver circuit -- help needed
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Hi , I am trying to drive two DC motors of 12v, 2A rating for my robot base. I am looking for the ready-made motor drivers for this. Please sujust me if you guys have any products known. i found one in the web , help me in deciding whether this is (...) (25 years ago, 25-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: HandyBoard not responding
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Hi, Finally I found out what happened. One of the pins of the RJ-11 socket on the handyboard was disconnected from the PCB. So I soldered it back and the handyboard is working fine. Thanks for all your help. Kalyan (...) (25 years ago, 25-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: HandyBoard Charging
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Danny, Glad you've got it working! Gleason Research is a good company to do business with, isn't it? Good luck and have fun with your HB, - Nick - (...) (25 years ago, 25-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: robot project
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(...) Michael: You will not get your program to outrun light. The rf signal is moving at 300,000,000 m/s. If you divide the space between your antennas by 300,000,000 you will get the time difference for the rf arrival time. I believe you will find (...) (25 years ago, 25-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: robot project
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Mike, Don't think it's going to work. 186,000 miles per second is almost 1,000,000,000 feet per second ... so if your receiver antennas are 12 inches apart the time difference of the received pulse will be 0.001 microseconds maximum ... way too (...) (25 years ago, 25-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | robot project
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Hi, I’m trying to get a robot to turn a face the owner using rf. I have one transmitter (that the owner will wear) and three receivers (set up in a triangle). We want to use the transmitter as a beacon. Then whichever receiver gets the signal first, (...) (25 years ago, 25-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Video Transmitters
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I received the X-10 cam I ordered two days ago. It arrived right on time, and is pretty impressive for less than $100 including California sales tax. Plus they sent me this gizmo that you plug into the back of your computer, with a couple of (...) (25 years ago, 24-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: IR Sensors
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(...) Didn't I post that to the handyboard list? I don't remember sending to the SRS. For some reason, I get alot of "user-not-found" error messages when I send an email to the handyboard mailing list. Do I have the old address? I was using (...) (25 years ago, 24-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | IR unit
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I'm curious if there is any difficulty using the IS1U621/IS1U621L in place of the IS1U60. I notice they recommend an additional cap on the leads and I'm wondering if this is any problem? Regards, Jim Munro <jimmn@xnet.com> (25 years ago, 24-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: HandyBoard not responding
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Kalyan, The gray squares on the LCD simply mean that the HB doesn't have its pcode program loaded. So it doesn't indicate a hardware failure. With Window 2K, were you able to open "Direct to COM1" using HyperTerminal? If no, this definitely (...) (25 years ago, 24-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | RE: HandyBoard not responding
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Hi, I tried to download the pcode under Windows 2000 , but I got the same error. So the problem is not with the COM port, must be something else. When I switch the handyboard on I see squares on the first line of the LCD. Thanks Kalyan -----Original (...) (25 years ago, 24-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Five hc374 Latch Selects for digital outs
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Hello everyone... I hav already connected a hc374 to Y0 of the expansion bus to get 8 digital outs, It works gr8. I need anouther 32 outputs which meens I need 4 more latch selects. Can I use Y1, Y2, Y3, Y4, and Y5 if needed? Y0 is used by (...) (25 years ago, 24-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Flame sensors?
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Hi, We had very good luck in last years Trinity College contest with some cheap IR Photo transistors. We got some DIGI-KEY QSD422QT-ND photo transistors and found they gave us very good discrimination even at 4 feet away (which was the maximum range (...) (25 years ago, 23-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Flame sensors?
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Acroname has a pyroelectric sensor that is specifically designed to sense heat sources: (URL) Will +---...---+ | ^^ <^ ^> | | / òó ó°° \ | | / =Y= U \ | | Wendy, Will, Tatoosh & Tenzing | +---...---+ I went straight from shenanigans to crimes (...) (25 years ago, 23-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Larger Display
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Hi, I need a display larger than one on the HB so it can be legible for a crowd 25 - 30 feet away. Ideally I could plug it into HB in place of the existing LCD but I can adapt if necessary. Any suggestions? TIA John (25 years ago, 23-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: com1 port settings to download pcode.hb.s19
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I did the test in the hyperTerminal and i couldn't get the com1 port. Do you know how can i enable this port in windows nt? (...) don't (...) don't (...) i (...) (25 years ago, 23-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Just a couple of quick questions...
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(...) Thanks Nick. Although I guess I was hoping for a more prepackaged solution... especially with regards to the LEGO plastic enclosure. Has anybody ever thought of actually making them as a commercial product? I certainly can't be the only person (...) (25 years ago, 23-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Flame sensors?
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supposedly UV sensors are capable of detecting flames well. But I simply take the Sharp infrared reflective sensors and just use the detector. -p (...) (25 years ago, 23-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Flame sensors?
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I would like to do a fire-fighting competition next semester in our LEGO class (like Trinity college, though much smaller scale). What kind of sensors are useful with the Handy Board for detecting flames? Thanks. --greg ***...*** * Greg Starr, (...) (25 years ago, 18-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Sensor to detect flame?
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I am considering doing a LEGO competition for next semester in which the robots have to find and extinguish a flame (candle, for ex.) Like the Trinity College contest, I guess. What sensors can be used to detect a flame? I always like to try to get (...) (25 years ago, 22-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Just a couple of quick questions...
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Mark, The answer to both is YES. Remove the four screws from the corners of the HB and remove the board and batteries from the plastic box. Cut the battery wires and add a polarized two wire connector. Then you are able to substitute any desired (...) (25 years ago, 22-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Just a couple of quick questions...
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1) Is there a lego-ish plastic enclosure available for the handyboard (preferable expansion board capable)? 2) Is there a Li-Ion battery alternative to the NiCad batteries? Thanks (...) (25 years ago, 22-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | RE: HandyBoard not responding
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Yes ,last week I installed other software which used com port , but I unstalled that software later. I will try disabling and then enabling the com port. Thanks Kalyan -----Original Message----- From: Nick Taylor [mailto:ntaylor@iname.com] Sent: (...) (25 years ago, 22-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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