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  Re: hexipod walker
 
Thanks for the tip! I am new to this, and I am really anxious to build robot with legs. I don't know much about PIC (yeah, what does that stand for anyway? :-p), but knowing that PIC is what I need, I can at least get start on finding books on (...) (25 years ago, 6-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
 
  Re: DC motor
 
It sounds like you might have a mechanical, rather than electrical, problem. Servos typically have some sort of stop nub on the gears so that they can't rotate past a certain point. If you don't cut off the nub with a hobby knife or saw, the motor (...) (25 years ago, 5-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
 
  DC motor
 
Hello.. i am a beginner of using HB and i have some problem hope you can help me.. thanks.. I have hacked a servo motor to become a DC motor (by removing all electronic parts inside the servo) and plugged the "motor" into the motor port. but when i (...) (25 years ago, 5-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
 
  Re: hall effect sensors
 
(...) Oops, I jsut realized that your question was about HB, and I was replying about Mindstorms. I don't know whether this Hall Effect sensor will work on HB. Sorry. (25 years ago, 4-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
 
  Re: hall effect sensors
 
(...) Knudsen in his book (p 223) uses Digi-Key part number DN6847SE-ND, which, he says, is "sticky" in the sense that it remains set until explicitly reset. I have no experience with it. (25 years ago, 4-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
 
  Re: Good source for Servos
 
(...) (25 years ago, 4-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard, lugnet.robotics)
 
  Good source for Servos
 
Hi, Can somebody tell me where I can buy servos cheap? Thanks Kalyan Mulampaka Software Engineer e GE Information Services ___...___ Ph#: (770) 698 4436 (O) (770) 390 0887 (R) (25 years ago, 4-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard, lugnet.robotics)
 
  Re: hexapod walker
 
(...) An excellent site Rien! I hope you get the SPO256 code and diagram posted soon. Thanks, - Nick - (25 years ago, 4-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
 
  Re: hexipod walker
 
Personally I use a Scott Edwards Serial Servo Controller (model 1, there is a new one out now) - SSC. On the handyboard web site is a program to control this serial device from the handyboard, which means you can just set each leg position and let (...) (25 years ago, 4-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
 
  Re: hexipod walker
 
Have a look a (URL) is my hobby robotics site. Currently I have a Hexwalker running with a HB. The 12 servo's are simply controller by a PIC 16F84. This PIC is controlled by the HB through an async interface. This makes it lightweight on the HB, so (...) (25 years ago, 4-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
 
  hall effect sensors
 
hi all i am thinking of buying a hall effect magnetic sensor. what is the model compatible with the HB and what is its sensing range. cheers fazal (25 years ago, 4-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
 
  Re: Sonar and the handyboard
 
My guess is that the Polaroid unit will only be able to drive transducers with electrical characteristics very similar to the Polaroid transducer. The transducer functions mainly as a capacitor, and in between pings, it is kept at a couple hundred (...) (25 years ago, 4-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
 
  Re: GP2D02?
 
Yeah, go to Acroname Inc. at (URL) or Patrick Hui/The Robot Store at (URL) Ray Gansler Mike (K1-Fh/ESC1) <handyboard@media.mit.edu> wrote in message news:4B9D9ADDF526D21...kes.com... Has anyone found a source for the GP2D02? -----Original (...) (25 years ago, 4-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
 
  Re: hexipod walker
 
COOL! How do you control 8 servos? I have the expansion board and there are only 6 servo connections there. What other port did you use to control the other 2 servo? Or do you use the expansion board at all? I am looking for a way to add two more (...) (25 years ago, 4-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
 
  Re: HB and Acceleration
 
Actually, I live in Wisconsin, and I heard about the "Rockets for School" but no one in my high school knows anything about it. I saw it on the news. . . Now that I am in college, and I still want to try launching something up in the sky! Possibly a (...) (25 years ago, 4-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
 
  Sonar and the handyboard
 
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)
 
  Re: Analog/Digital IO
 
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)
 
  RE: Analog/Digital IO
 
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)
 
  Re: Analog/Digital IO
 
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)
 
  Re: Analog/Digital IO
 
(...) 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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