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  Re: Distance Sensors
 
Hi Raj, Your range of interest is small, but see if you can get anything out of the Sharp IR sensors from Acroname ((URL) luck! (...) ______ ______ ---...--- |_ _| |_ _| Kam Leang | |______| |______ University of Utah | |_ _| |_ _| Department of (...) (25 years ago, 25-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
 
  Distance Sensors
 
Hi All: Does anyone know of any good mini distance measuring sensors which can be used with a microprocessor? The required range is 0-30 mm and small size. Names of distributors would be greatly appreciated. Thank You. Raj (25 years ago, 25-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
 
  Re: Handy Board Not Responding
 
It is possible to overcharge the HB only if you use the Serial Interface & Battery Charger board switched into Zap charge mode. Zap charge mode will fully charge the HB battery in three hours, after which point the battery will overheat and could (...) (25 years ago, 25-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
 
  Handy Board Not Responding
 
I was using the handy board when it ran out of power. I decided to charge the board for 14 hours but I actually left it charging for 17 hours. Afterwards I tried downloading the pcode_hb.s19 into the board to make sure it would work. Unfortunately I (...) (25 years ago, 25-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
 
  lugnet.off-topic.test
 
This is a test (25 years ago, 25-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
 
  Smooth PWM codefix for 6.270 boards available
 
I know this is the Handy Board mailing list...but we are still using 6.270 boards in my course, and I recently finished porting Julian Skidmore's Smooth Pulse-Width Modulation (SPWM) motor routines over to the 6.270 board. This software upgrade (...) (25 years ago, 24-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
 
  Re: sonar
 
The location(C7) for the .1uF that you are refering to is located on the sonar driver board, on the lower left corner of the ribbon connector. Any non-polarized cap will do just fine. (...) (25 years ago, 24-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
 
  Re: colour sensor
 
An optical sensor with a filter in front of it. Standard photocell works fine. Three of them, each with a red, green, and blue filter and then sampling the three inputs can be very flexible. --Chuck (...) (25 years ago, 23-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
 
  RE:color sensor and Vision any one?
 
(URL) sells a relatively cheap camera/frame grabber package named the ramcam. you access it directly and treat it like a ram chip. The color vision would proboly be easy to interface as a color sensor. And To you Handyboarders out there, would this (...) (25 years ago, 23-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
 
  colour sensor
 
what kind of sensor can i use to determine the colour of a surface. cheers fazal (25 years ago, 23-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
 
  Re: sonar
 
(...) I would imagine that this is the case since Fred states on his page that it won't work without it on most versions of the driver board. The easiest way to do it is just desolder the two pads that align with the c7 position on the HB. Stick a (...) (25 years ago, 23-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
 
  sonar
 
i recently purchased a handy board, an expansion board, and a polaroid 6500 sonar sensor. i installed the expansion board, along with the appropriate libraries. i also plugged the sonar into the expansion board, and used the code for the sonar on (...) (25 years ago, 23-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
 
  HP encoder
 
Hi, Does anyone know how to connect HP optical encoder to HP quadrature IC and Handyboard? Thanks. Regards, Will (25 years ago, 23-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
 
  Re: multitasking
 
In my reading of it, it will just chew the cycles. Here is the routine msleep(), used to implement sleep. See how it just does a busy wait? I wrote a version (now gone into data heaven when my drive crashed) that would check the time, and then give (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
 
  multitasking
 
How clever is the multitasking in IC? If I have a task that I only want to run ever 10 seconds, can I just put a sleep statement at the top of the routine? Will the sleep statement chew up processor cycles, or will IC realize that it should defer to (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
 
  Your site has been included on OpenHere
 
Hi, Your site has been included in the OpenHere.com index and search engine. OpenHere is one of the 10 largest index and search sites on the Internet. Your site listing is: Link: (URL) The Handy Board Description: The Handy Board is a 6811-based (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
 
  Re: Handyboard C library for m6811 gcc port
 
Curt Mills, WE7U writes: > I was going to get to modifying it for Stephane's port, but haven't > gotten around to it. Thanks! I knew about this library, but I was hoping to prod some other porters to the surface with my comment. I guess I'll be (...) (25 years ago, 21-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
 
  Re: Modifying a servo for use with HB
 
(...) What sources for servo hacking have you read? Depending on the servo (the Futaba S148 is the easiest), there are a few things to do. Using the 148 as my example; Clip off the end-stop and pull the bushing from the spline gear and remove the (...) (25 years ago, 21-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
 
  Handyboard and MIDI
 
I'm trying to use my handyboard to send MIDI messages to a host. I downloaded and tried the MIDI libraries from Colby Leider, and it looks like it's just what I need, but I can't get them to work with IC 2.8. Is anyone using the Handyboard with (...) (25 years ago, 21-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
 
  Hewlett Packard optical encoder
 
Hi, Since photo reflector with segmented wheel pattern doesn't help in precise mobile robot navigation, I intend to use Hewlett Packard optical encoder and I have selected HEDS-9140 series.I know someone has tried this item long time ago and I hope (...) (25 years ago, 21-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
 
  Re: Modifying a servo for use with HB
 
If you just want to use them as motors, then B is the appropriate solution. You are correct in the motor PWM routines are just used to control the amount of energy going to the motors. The servo routines (using the expansion board) are the kind for (...) (25 years ago, 21-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
 
  Modifying a servo for use with HB
 
When connecting my servos (now gear head motors) to the HandyBoard - do I need to a) replace the pot with the resistor network or b) remove the electronics all together? I'm unclear if the PWM routines on the HB (fd, bk, and motor) are the kind of (...) (25 years ago, 21-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
 
  multitasking support.
 
i'm running IC version 2.82. i'm not too sure how do i get the handyboard to do multi tasking on three routines: 1. control the velocity of the robot (i called the function 'dc') 2. steer (i'm steering with a front wheel) 3.identify strips on the (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
 
  Shaft encoder
 
I'm using a slot sensor (break beam) as part of my shaft encoding. the slot sensor is reading the number of breaks when the 6 spokes (attached to the shaft) spins. i'm using the Sencdr1.icb file to do drive the shaft encoder. i notice that there (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
 
  Re: AOL Instant Messenger
 
This is a SCAM ~ intended to get your password this isnt a valid AOL website ~ BE WARE of SPAMMERS (25 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
 
  AOL Instant Messenger
 
***...*** About AOL Instant Messenger ***...*** AOL Instant Messenger is a free software program that lets you see when your friends are online and exchange instant messages with them. It's a whole new way of communicating that's fast, simple and (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
 
  Re: Handyboard C library for m6811 gcc port
 
(...) You'll find that a lot of the work has already been done for you. (URL) integrated what a lot of other people had done into a Handyboard library for gcc-2.8.1 I was going to get to modifying it for Stephane's port, but haven't gotten around to (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
 
  Handyboard C library for m6811 gcc port
 
I'm in the process of putting together a little C library that can be used to build handyboard applications with Stephane Carrez's GCC port ((URL) anyone has any suggestions or code contributions they would like to make, I'd be happy to hear about (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
 
  Re: Attaching a servo to a Rug Warrior Pro
 
Mark, If you check out my contribution on this page, I have a servo driver that runs on the port your peizo buzzer is connected to. (URL) though the site is the Handy Board site, I have the software installed and running on a Super TCOMP, which is a (...) (25 years ago, 18-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
 
  Attaching a servo to a Rug Warrior Pro
 
Ok - I'm a newbie! But I'm really hoping the collective wisdom of this newsgroup will be able to help me with extending the abilities of the Rug Warrior Pro I've been working with for the past 2 months. I've recently purchased and connected three (...) (25 years ago, 18-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
 
  Re: Refresh-rate of GP2D12
 
(...) (25 years ago, 18-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
 
  Refresh-rate of GP2D12
 
Hi, there is a new datasheet available for Sharps GP2D12-device. The refresh rate is definetely worse than 32ms as posted before, the correct (worst case) value is about 53 ms. See: (URL) for details DIRK (25 years ago, 18-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
 
  Re: Robotics Show on TLC
 
(...) Thank you for this pointer. I taped it (locally it was at 2am Sunday!) and we found it very interesting. I especially like the wheel design behind the JPL Nanorover ((2 URLs) (25 years ago, 17-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
 
  How to connect handy board with linux
 
Hi, I have a problem, I wish someone can help me. I use linux to control my handy board. I can type command under IC, but I can do nothing without IC. HOw can I do something out of IC? Like type some command in another terminal? Your help will be (...) (25 years ago, 17-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
 
  Can't get input capture to work
 
I'm hoping someone can help me figure out the problem with the following driver. Ultimately I want to simulate a sony IR remote control using a 6.270 board. I acquired the sony-ir.asm and tried it out, but that wasn't working; so I trimmed it down (...) (25 years ago, 17-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
 
  Re: Lego-izing the Handyboard.
 
Mark -- I built a chassis for my robot that cradles the HB and clamps two Lego gear motors solidly in place. Check out this web page for photos: (URL) side of the chassis consists of two sixteen-unit beams, one on top of the other with two-unit (...) (25 years ago, 17-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
 
  Lego-izing the Handyboard.
 
I've mentioned this subject before here, but I never really got an answer that made much sense... Has anybody ever tried building a reasonable "LEGO-ish" container for the Handyboard? Ideally, that would be a sturdy enclosure that still provides (...) (25 years ago, 15-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
 
  Re: Using a 293B/293D combination
 
I read on this list over a year ago that you *can* piggyback the two different chips together and still get the spike protection from the L293D. It was explained that you don't need to piggyback two L293D chips, because one spike-protecting chip (...) (25 years ago, 15-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
 
  OxOc register
 
I had short circuit my TOC3 with a 5V source once. i changed the processor and the board worked. but i noticed that whenever i downloaded the pcode.s19 file, it wants to set the OxOD register instead of the OxOc. i downloaded config0c.s19 from the (...) (25 years ago, 15-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
 
  Re: GP2D02 conversion
 
(...) Sorry for two messages about the same subject but after playing around a bit more with it I got better results. Here is the spreadsheet to calculate the constants to convert the GP2D02 output to centimeters: 0.1233 1.0320 9.3078 GP2D02 Actual (...) (25 years ago, 15-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)


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