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(...) I saw a CAT D-9 at Toys R Us for about $30 last weekend. The CAT D-9 is a bulldozer. It is wire controlled with independant track drive. Not sure if it'll work outdoors tho. (29 years ago, 16-Feb-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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I am looking for a mobile platform to attach the handyboard. I was hoping to find a tracked vehicle (such as an R/C model tank) where each track is independently powered with a motor. This would allow steering to be done without a servo and the (...) (29 years ago, 16-Feb-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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I really need two servo-out signals. I got one working just fine with the standard servo code and output to digital pin 9. I was thinking I could just adapt the servo code for another port, but I don't know what other port I can use. Currently, I (...) (29 years ago, 16-Feb-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | [Q] Can the Handy-Board interface with a computer
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I was wondering if an on-board computer would be able to send signals to the Handy-Board, to execute specific commands, such as go forward ten feet. I would be using the computer as the center hub of my network, with the Handy-Board controlling the (...) (29 years ago, 15-Feb-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: NEW! - Handyboard Hard-to-Get Parts Kit!
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Looks like I should post the prices again, the total for all parts is around 33$ or so... You may order via email, mail, fax, or phone. To order via Phone call 919 481 3170, 9AM-10AM. Otherwise FAX 919 481 3170 (the fax used to be on a voice/data (...) (29 years ago, 15-Feb-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Interrupt routine hangs
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You can't just put your code whereever you like in memory. Use IC's .icb file format, which lets it relocate code as necessary. -F (...) (29 years ago, 15-Feb-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | image processing/pattern matching
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Just caught the tail end of this thread, but if anyone cares, the PC104 standard works quite well (we hope) for image processing/pattern matching platform. I have in my hands....er, belt.....a PC104 (50Mhz 486 core) system with a 25fps digitizer (...) (29 years ago, 14-Feb-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | RoboNews! WWW Mobile Robot News Service
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ANNOUNCING ROBONEWS! The source for the latest news and information about mobile robots and the mobile robot industry. Feb. 13, 1996 -- Robotic Systems, Inc. is proud to announce the creation of a new WWW page devoted to the latest news and (...) (29 years ago, 13-Feb-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Adding a brain to the handy board
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(...) Not necessarily. The mini-robots project at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, has used a 68HC11-based board for vision processing. The boards were designed and built by an undergraduate working for the Artificial Intelligence (...) (29 years ago, 13-Feb-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Adding a brain to the handy board
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(...) If you want to do image processing / pattern matching you'll need some horsepower. Here's a handy little processor that'll do the trick. (URL) might be a little heavy though, and I guess you'd need a 3KW generator trailing behind your robot, (...) (29 years ago, 13-Feb-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Mobile Robots
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Hi everyone, I'm looking to build a mobile robot for research purposes. I'm looking for an existing drive system if available in the market. I don't want to build a new drive system. I only want to work on the sensor configurations, etc. Does anyone (...) (29 years ago, 12-Feb-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Adding a brain to the handy board
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(...) Never thought about adding this to the handy board, but I have thought of building a computer around the PowerPC that was handyboard like (self contained, motor drivers, LCD, memory, expansion, but add *LOTS* of IO, interrupts, and memory). (...) (29 years ago, 12-Feb-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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I am thinking about starting development of a processing board for the handy board. Here is what I mean: Power PC 8 or 16 MB of RAM ( want to use those SIMs I had to buy for my last desktop computer) Input for Video (like a quickcam, could even stay (...) (29 years ago, 12-Feb-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | IR decoding
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Is there any way to turn off IR decoding? I see in the library file that PWM and LCD printing can be turned off. Thanks. -John (29 years ago, 12-Feb-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | handy board crisis II - read this!
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Now THIS is weird. The battery light status seems to depend on the light going to the Sharp IR sensor now!!! If I expose it to light, the battery light turns on. If it's dark, it turns off. Modulated IR light makes the batt light flash. Have I (...) (29 years ago, 12-Feb-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | handy board crisis!
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Well, let's see. I was rewiring my handy board so that it would run on 9.6V again, and everything seemed to be going fine. I soldered the pack back on with no problems, and was screwing the board onto its case when something horrible happened. The (...) (29 years ago, 12-Feb-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Quad encoders = the code
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I have been successful in coding the Quad encoders. You will find below: - The source for the asm file - The source for the C file - the ICB file Thanks to the assembler on the web. I tried to use some of the Macintosh tools from the 68hc11 MIT FTP. (...) (29 years ago, 12-Feb-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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In your message you said: (...) all right dave! this wpuld be a great service to the mac community. the answer: yes, that is all the c precprocc is doing, generating 2 calls to the as11. it assembles the user pgm at two diff points in mem so that ic (...) (29 years ago, 12-Feb-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Porting as11_ic to mac
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IC users, I was thinking of perhaps porting as11_ic to the mac and I think I understand exactly what is going on in the unix script except for one thing. What is the C preprocessor doing? Is the only purpose of the C preprocessor to declare the two (...) (29 years ago, 12-Feb-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Can't initialize CONFIG register
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In your message you said: (...) ok. the dlm *is* trying to write the one byte, because the config reg lives at 0x103f. and it's trying to write it as 0x0c, which is also correct. but apparently it is not working, b/c you say that when you run the (...) (29 years ago, 12-Feb-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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