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I need to attach an underwater sonar ranger to the handyboard but I cannot figure out how. Does anyone have any experience with this? One question that I have is if sonar transducers other than the polaroid 7000 unit can be attached to Polaroids (...) (25 years ago, 3-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Analog/Digital IO
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Maxim sells a chip that I have connected to the parallel port on my PC and it seems to work well. I got the design from an article in Dr. Dobbs. The article was on using Linux to collect data. The author of the article has a book which has the (...) (25 years ago, 3-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | RE: Analog/Digital IO
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Is that how it works? I remeber a time when some students were using a joystick for a project and recall them dealing with some sort of PWM. As to whether they were the joystick position signals, I'm not entirely sure. (...) This message is for the (...) (25 years ago, 3-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Analog/Digital IO
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hey -- how about a game card! that gives you digital (joystick buttons) and analog (resistor readings). fred In your message you said: (...) (25 years ago, 3-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Analog/Digital IO
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(...) For digital values, you can use a parallel port card, or even handshake lines on a serial port. For analog, you can again use a parallel port, and hook up an external A/D chip. As long as you're not trying to get too many bits of resolution (...) (25 years ago, 3-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Analog/Digital IO
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I know this question does not really relate to the handyboard, but does anyone know of a cheap PCI or ISA card for a PC to read analog or digital values? Thanks, Mike Reiling (25 years ago, 3-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | stepper motor sequence [DAT]
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hi all i was trying to connect a uni polar stepper motor with the hb. i was using the stepping sequence given in peter harrison page. A B C D 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 This sequence means that each coil will be energised one by one. and at no (...) (25 years ago, 3-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: 12V servo motors
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Since the HB battery is only 9.6 V, a 12 V motor would most likely draw too much current and pop the circuit breaker (or worse). I don't see why you couldn't power the servos with a separate 12 V battery, though. The HB expansion board is all set up (...) (25 years ago, 2-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | 12V servo motors
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hi, The HB FAQ says to use 6V servo motors connected to the batt supply with a couple of series diodes to reduce the voltage. can i use 12V servos instead? cheers fazal (25 years ago, 2-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | RE: More servo stuff
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Hi. We have a problem with servo as well. When we test one servo motor, it works just fine. But when we test more than one, the speed of each servo decreases. Does anyone have similar problem? Thanks for your help. Damee Choi (25 years ago, 1-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Radio Communication and the Handy Board
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In 1998 I made a mobile robot that communicates with a desktop computer using a radio module. Shortly after I accomplished this I made a webpage showing the results. Recently I moved to this page to another location. I invite you all to take a look (...) (25 years ago, 29-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Video Transmitters
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Yeah, I think it was free for a first time customer! -- Ray Gary Livick <handyboard@media.mit.edu> wrote in message news:383C71AB.C0C8B2...ell.net... I received the X-10 cam I ordered two days ago. It arrived right on time, and is pretty impressive (...) (25 years ago, 29-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: IR detection
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Yeah. It is a material that will illuminate when a IR source shines a beam on it. -- Ray Dovi Poznanski <handyboard@media.mit.edu> wrote in message news:3837E5F9.517BC7...u.ac.il... hey does anybody know how an IR sensor card works? -- Dovi (...) (25 years ago, 29-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | ratings of stepper and servo motors
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hi all what are the ratings (voltages and currents loads) of stepper and servo motors compatible with the handy board. cheers fazal (25 years ago, 28-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: HandyBoard died
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I am sorry to hear about your situation, but I would like to point out that this sort of thing is exactly why the handyboard could, I believe, benefit from having a durable case made for it, which provides all access to the handyboard's (and (...) (25 years ago, 28-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | test
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Testing (25 years ago, 27-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: PID Control
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(...) Yep ... and no. The following was applied to a pneumatic cylinder controlled via an Amplicon Liveline I/O card and an SMC proportional valve (ie not Lego). code ***...*** pidloop: 'e = error, sp = set point (desired value), pv = process value (...) (25 years ago, 27-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | RE: PID Control
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This sounds like the sort of software that would be benifitial to everyone working with the Handyboard, perhaps it could be posted on the HB site? Fred? Reagrds, Matt (...) (25 years ago, 27-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: PID Control
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Hi Mike: May I obtain also the code that you mentioned? I'm supposing the code was used at the HandyBoard? Thanks in advance for your help... Victor G. Ruiz Aranda ruizvic@mx1.ibm.com IBM de Mexico S.A. Coordinador IAS Planta de Manufactura T/L (...) (25 years ago, 27-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: colour sensor
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I would suggest that the sensors are picking up IR. I would wager that your color filters are passing the IR with little attenuation and that your sensors are peaked in the IR region and little affected by the visible color information. If you have (...) (25 years ago, 27-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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