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Bill ... For spare batteries, take a look at B.G.Micro's BAT1024. They are two AA cells in series, 800mAh ... 10 batteries (20 cells) for US$5.95. I've made several spare HandyBoard battery packs using these cells ... and they all work great. (URL) (...) (25 years ago, 8-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Excessive clutziness when replacing the NiCad battery
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Hello, everyone: Many thanks to Chuck McManis and Nick Taylor for posting the simple and elegant solution to my problem: install an inline plug Gee, I wish that I had thought of that!. Thanks for the help. Bill Bynum (25 years ago, 8-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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1. Two quick question, when i type 'ps' at the C prompt, i always get the following: PID STAT PC SP ORG Tricks Executing 1 20 c200 fe01 fe00 10 <command line interaction> is that there becoz Interactive C is running or is that something else? 2. my (...) (25 years ago, 8-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Excessive clutziness when replacing the NiCad battery pack
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Hello Bill ... Here is what I've done on both of my HandyBoards and it's given good results. Cut the leads between the board and the battery pack and add 2-pin polarized connectors. Good luck and have fun, - Nick - (...) (25 years ago, 7-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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Hello, everyone: I'm having problems when I replace the HandyBoard's NiCad battery. I have probably replaced around 10 battery packs by now on different HandyBoards. On 4 or 5 of the replacements, I end up having to replace the 74HC373 latch, (...) (25 years ago, 7-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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I'm encountering a synchronization error when calling serial_putchar within a for loop. Here's my code: void test(){ int looper; for (looper=0;looper<16;looper++){ if (looper<7){ serial_putchar(analog(looper)); printf("\nPort: %d Value: (...) (25 years ago, 7-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Another chance for the LM35
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(...) Well, di you try to put an Operational Amplifier mounted in voltage following? +Vcc --- Op. Amp. | *-------* LM 35 O------|+ Vin | | | Vout|--\----- To 68HC11 Analog Port --- /-|- Vin | | GND \\\ | *-------* | \---...---/ Florent (25 years ago, 6-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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Does anybody know whether it is advisable to control a 24VDC stepper motor using the handyboard's motor outputs (11V)? also, what's the maximum phase current the motor can have to be compatible with the handyboard? (25 years ago, 6-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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Does anybody know whether it is advisable to control a 24VDC stepper motor using the handyboard's motor outputs (11V)? (25 years ago, 6-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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Two question i have: 1. On the Handyboard webpage, there're the files for the IR Remote Control software. it's a little long and complicated. i'm purely interested in activating the output ports and modulating it to transmit the 40khz signal and (...) (25 years ago, 6-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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Hi, I'm again trying to connect the LM35 from National, there was some posts in the list, but none of that solve my problem. As an introduction let me say that the sensor provides an output of 10 mV/ ° C at 10 mA, the conversion when reading it (...) (25 years ago, 6-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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Hi! I bought my first handyboard in mid October and a Rug Warrior Pro in early November. And since I have had this peculiar download problem with the IC 3.2, pcode will download without any problems but everytime after downloading the lib files, IC (...) (25 years ago, 5-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: strange TS-53 servo problem
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Hi ... It sounds as though you are obtaing the power for your servo from the HandyBoard's motor output pins ... and if so, this is the source of your problem. The HB does NOT control motor speed by varying the DC level ... it uses PWM to reduce the (...) (25 years ago, 4-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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Since the output ports for the motors of the handyboard supplies 11V, i connected a 5V regulator to power my servo. i have a capacitor between the driver's + and - terminals. I looked at the control signal on the oscilloscope. The duration of the (...) (25 years ago, 4-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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Hi - Yes very well said -- on top of that HE may have been infected and we were the result of that infection. Sure can't see a guy putting out a virus with his name address phone and photo on it unless he is some really sick sucker! Regards - Dave (...) (25 years ago, 4-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Suggestions for Virus Management
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Hi - Yes I too received this virus - I did not open it though. We had a copy of it sent to where I work so I knew of it. I hope that very few of you got infected. Regards - Dave ----- Original Message ----- From: Evil Mechatron (...) (25 years ago, 4-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | plaintext ettiquette reminder
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Will you people with web-based or GUI-based E-mail clients *please* observe the following plaintext ettiquette rules? (1) turn off HTML (2) turn off vcards (3) turn off images in your .signature (4) don't send any kinds of binary attachments Vielen (...) (25 years ago, 4-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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I'm inclined to agree. These things are not easy to trace. I think this guy was one of those people who wouldn't process the unsubscribe correctly. But, honestly, I can't find his name in my records. So really, I don't know who this guy is, let (...) (25 years ago, 4-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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kjleeUh, before anyone starts a witch-hunt, I'd suggest you examine the headers a little more closely. The message didn't come from this guy. Even if they did, I still wouldn't send him emails or bother him in any way - it's too easy to fake (...) (25 years ago, 4-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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i'm using digital pin 9 to generate the control signal for my TS-53 servo. however when i try to make it move, it only turns a little bit for the first command but just stops there, the motor continues vibrating though. the idea behind my code: set (...) (25 years ago, 4-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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