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Does anyone know where I could get hold of a couple of stepper motors & matching gearboxes in Australia? I've tried everywhere I can think of with no luck. ANy help greatly appreciated thanks Adam (25 years ago, 23-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | heres where to get that IR demodulator
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I had a close look at that IR receiver and gasp - it looks just the same as one i bought from a local store, dick smith electronics. The part IS1U60 is listed as U60. It is now discontinued but the replacement, U61 is just the same, only buffered. (...) (25 years ago, 23-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: 68HC11 assembly commands
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On the page Gary cites, the link "upwards" is incorrect. It should be (URL) got a **lot** of stuff there. It's really worth checking out. David (...) (25 years ago, 22-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Please unsbubscribe me
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Come on, please unsubscribe me, I've been trying for the longest time, yeah I know send email to Mr. Martin, it's not working!!!! uhhh...hhh! (25 years ago, 22-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: 68HC11 assembly commands
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(URL) is the web page of Tom Dickens. Be sure to send him an email of thanks for the work of posting all the things he has up for the HC11. (...) (25 years ago, 22-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | WARNING WRONG ARITHMETICS ON HB !!!
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Working with the free version of IC for Linux 2.860 BETA I discovered faulty operations on my handyboard. Please download the following program to check your own soft- and hardware. Can anybody tell me the result with the commercial version of IC. (...) (25 years ago, 21-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: 9V Lego Motor and motor output
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(...) I guess this is a common problem, which is based on the low power consumption of the LEGO motors (the speed of the motors DOES change, but not significantly). There are two ways of solving this problem: 1. Try Julian Skidmores smooth power (...) (25 years ago, 21-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | RE: 68HC11 assembly commands
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Hi! To get the "Pink Book", go to: (URL) fill out the order form. The "Pink Book" product number is: M68HC11RM/AD. It should cost you nothing to order it. Good luck, (...) ______ ______ ---...--- |_ _| |_ _| Kam Leang | |______| |______ University (...) (25 years ago, 21-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | RE: 68HC11 assembly commands
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-----Original Message----- From: E158 (M.FAZAL) [mailto:M.FAZAL@bham...ham.ac.uk] Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2000 6:52 PM To: 'handyboard@media.mit.edu' Subject: 68HC11 assembly commands hi all, could anyone pls point me to where i can get the (...) (25 years ago, 21-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: 68HC11 assembly commands
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(...) How about www.motorola.com? DLC (25 years ago, 21-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | 68HC11 assembly commands
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hi all, could anyone pls point me to where i can get the assembler instruction set for the 68HC11 processor. many thanks m fazal (25 years ago, 20-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: LCD displays
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(...) Backlighting is a "no issue" for most of our usage. I have used all but the 40x1 displays from BG and they all work fine. If there is a 44780 on the board, you can use it. Does _anyone_ make an LCD that isn't 44780 compatable anyway? I built (...) (25 years ago, 20-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | 9V Lego Motor and motor output
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I am using motor port 0 to control a lego motor (gearmotor #5225) The problem I am having is that I cannot seem to change the motor speed using motor(0, speed) where speed is between -100 & 100. The motor turns on at 15 (or -15), but sstays at the (...) (25 years ago, 20-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | LCD displays
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Since the Hitachi web site is useless and i can't find data sheets for the 16x2 display, i am looking for alternatives - i'd like to get them from BG micro since they have all kinds of goodies like the 68hc11, RAM chips and displays. Which of the (...) (25 years ago, 20-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | HB Expansion Board Digital Outs
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Hi all! Does anyone know about the digital outs on the expansion board? Specifically, what is their maximum current output (per pin), what is the output voltage, etc? Thanks a million, Ian Nieves (25 years ago, 20-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Memory Problems
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When you say "room mapping" it usually means that you've allocated some array somewhere that is huge. --Chuck (...) (25 years ago, 19-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Memory Problems
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I've seen it said that the IC interpreter takes up about 16K. You have most of the rest for your program. 16K is a LOT of space, and I'd be surprised if you used half of that with what you want to do, provided of course that your grid map is not too (...) (25 years ago, 19-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Memory Problems
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Hi everyone, Does anyone know exactly how many lines of code can fit on the board before IC begins to run out of memory?? I can't seem to find an exact figure anywhere. Our robot must have the ability to detect signals from a sony remote control, (...) (25 years ago, 19-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: a few part questions (of course!)
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--- David Perry <davidperry@geocities.com> wrote: <snip> (...) Somebody on this mailing list (I forgot who) has a web page that says the IR receiver module (38kHz, side-look) from Digikey (www.digikey.com), part no. 160-1153-ND, is pretty much (...) (25 years ago, 19-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | RE: itc99 Online auction
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SPAM is not welcome on this group! | -----Original Message----- | From: membership55@earthlink.net [mailto:membership55...hlink.net] | Sent: Friday, February 18, 2000 7:18 PM | To: handyboard@media.mit.edu | Subject: itc99 Online auction | | | | (...) (25 years ago, 19-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: a few part questions (of course!)
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(...) We love it. Lets us show that after being in robotics for a couple of months, we are now experts! (...) Go here and get this chip instead.... (URL) (...) They are around, but if you can't find any, I have one I'll part with for $4.00 over my (...) (25 years ago, 18-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | a few part questions (of course!)
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Hi, Being on the BEAM robotics list for ages i realise how annoying it is to have newbies coming in and you having to explain things all over again, but i just can't find the info i'm looking for so here goes... I've found most parts, but there a (...) (25 years ago, 18-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | I NEED SOME HELP...
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Hi, I`m working in my mobile robot and a have a lot of questions, here there are some: 1. I need to communicate the HB with mi PC all the time during the execution of the HB main program, How can I do this? Through the SPI or the computer conector (...) (25 years ago, 18-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: GP2DO2_I.icb
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Hi, A more recent version of the web page contains versions of the software for 2, 4, or 6 GP2D02's as well as the Excel spreadsheet to convert the output of the device to centimeters. The page can be found at: (URL) not sure what the problem is (...) (25 years ago, 17-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Sonar Sensor problems
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Hi all if anyone has problems using the 6500 series for distances below 35cm by using the binh signal I have a possible solution to the problem. We also expierienced problems using the sensors for distances between 15cm and 40cm. We finally found (...) (25 years ago, 17-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: asm compliers
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Try the Handy Board site at (URL) Livick (...) (25 years ago, 17-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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hi all which and where do i get a compiler to convert asm files to .icb cheers fazal (25 years ago, 17-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Sonar Sensor problems
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Did your team solder the proper capacitor into the sonar board in accordance with the instructions on the HB web site? I was just wondering, because others who forgot the capacitor have reported similar problems. Also, you may want to try tweaking (...) (25 years ago, 17-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | GP2DO2_I.icb
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Hi Barry, Having trouble downloading your software to my handyboard. I had it working fine a while back but purchased a new computer and lost the file. What am I doing wrong? I think I'm suppose to load the icb file first then the c file. I renamed (...) (25 years ago, 17-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Long Beach, CA Handyboard users?
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Are there any HB users in the Long Beach, CA area? I'm interested in getting a group together to build and run small robots in a maze to develop navigation and AI code in IC. We'd meet once a month on whichever saturday doesn't interfere with RSSC (...) (25 years ago, 16-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Slower serial connection
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(...) Ah! I see the problem. If you really wanted to do it, I'm sure you could scan through the Mac software to find where the baud rate was set, and then change a few bytes. It might take some time to find it though. You could also ask Newton Labs (...) (25 years ago, 16-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Slower serial connection
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(...) Ah, I tried this, but it breaks the pcode serial connection. IC on the Mac side seems to demand a 9600-baud connection and can't compensate for different rates. I suppose I should move to a different C compiler, but I'd lose the interactivity (...) (25 years ago, 16-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | ANN: fire-fighting robot contest at Penn State (3-25)
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Hi All, On Saturday, March 25, 2000, 3-5pm, Penn State Abington College, Abington, PA (Phila., PA USA region) will host a Fire-Fighting Robot Contest based on the rules of the International Fire-Fighting Robot Contest held annually at Trinity (...) (25 years ago, 16-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Slower serial connection
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(...) I figured it out either from the Handyboard web pages at MIT or from the big pink book (Motorola HC11 Book). I have had my Handyboard receiving from a GPS and tranmitting to a TNC at 4800 baud. Initially did it with IC, but am now using GCC (...) (25 years ago, 16-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Slower serial connection
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Does anyone know how to reduce the baud rate used by IC? (I'm running Mac version 3.1.) I'd like to replace the serial cable with an RF link, but keep the interactivity of IC. Incidentally, I've found that the Parallax RF stamps work quite well on (...) (25 years ago, 16-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Slower serial connection
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Hi everyone! The RF tx/rx units shown on the page were from Ming Microsystems. They were rated for 1200 baud, but I've been able to transmit/receive slower using the Parallax Inc. RF boards, which were rated for 300 baud. For slower serial (...) (25 years ago, 16-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Slower serial connection
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Try this web page: (URL) . It should have what you want. I have not tried it myself, but I do have the reciever/transmitter pair described on the page. (...) <excerpt><fontfamily...smaller>Is it possible to slow down the speed of the serial (...) (25 years ago, 16-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | IR sensor
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Hi.. does anyone know how to interface GP1u58X or IS1u60 Sharp IR sensor with handboard ?? i've tired to hack the GP1u58X from digital to analog output and plug it into analog input of HB, but the result is not good.. is there any software which can (...) (25 years ago, 16-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: serial output
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My transmitter module can accept upto 1200 baud. can i modify this driver to run at 1200baud. if possible how? i dont really understant assembly code. could you also point me to a book or manual which gives assembler commands. many thanks M Fazal (...) (25 years ago, 16-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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