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The commercial version of IC offers the ability to declare multidimesional arrarys (with freeware, you only can use single dimensiond arrays), commercial IC allows #includes, and the user interface is somewhat more robust, making debugging more (...) (24 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Handyboard Upload
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Has anyone out there ever uploaded data collected by the Handyboard back to the PC? I need to get some distances measured by our sonar sensors back up to the PC for use in another application. If you can help me, I'd really apprieciate it. (24 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Handyboard in mix with SSC II Servo Controller
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Hi again, Don't be confused la. I think you had made a little mistake. In order to interface SSC with HB, the serial connection is not by the telephone line. The connections is done by connecting the serial data pin on the SSC. Remind you that it is (...) (24 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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Hello Handyboard users and helpers, We are a group of new Handyboard users from Denmark. We are building a non commercial autonomus mobile robot (Programmed via PC)for a competition at a university. We need to know wether we can do with the (...) (24 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Handyboard in mix with SSC II Servo Controller
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Hi! I've tried connecting the SSC II to the handyboard through a telephone wire (and when that didn't work) through the configurating header at the upper right corner of the SSC II circuit board. I've downloaded the proper library to the handyboard (...) (24 years ago, 23-Mar-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | dead hb - alive again
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hello. seems my dead handyboard problem of yesterday was a result of a bad adapter, not the board itself. a relief. thanks, claudia (24 years ago, 23-Mar-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Handyboard in mix with SSC II Servo Controller
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Hi, There are several steps you should follow. 1..Download the 9600 serial driver form (URL) you that if you use SSC controllers, download the inverted version. 2...Refer to you SSC manual, connect the serial in pin to PA7 of handyboard, PA7 is the (...) (24 years ago, 23-Mar-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | dead hb - overpowered?
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hello. i used the wrong dc adapter (15v) to power my hb today. i made the switch to the proper adapter (12v) fairly quickly, and things seemed fine - i was able to download the pcode. but when i rebooted the board, the power died and i've not been (...) (24 years ago, 23-Mar-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: resistor pull-up help!
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basically, yes. the inputs from the expansion board feed into the inputs on the main board. if you need a high impedance input, your best bet is to cut a trace on the main board and use one of those inputs. the exp bd takes over main board inputs 0 (...) (24 years ago, 23-Mar-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | RE: resistor pull-up help!
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Hi, Are the general-purpose analog inputs in the exp board also connected to the pull-up in the HB main? To use that kind of sensors the only way is to cut the trace in the HB, no matter I have or no the ExpBoard? Thanks Jose Luis --- Original (...) (24 years ago, 23-Mar-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Required tools for assembly
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I have a really nice, and very expensive (somebody gave it to me), Tech 2432A dual trace scope with storage. I have also built about 20 boards of various kinds, some of my own design. The scope has lots of dust on it, although it looks great on the (...) (24 years ago, 22-Mar-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Handyboard in mix with SSC II Servo Controller
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Hi, We are trying to conntect Handyboard to SSC II Mini Servo Controller so we can control more servo motors. Can anyone tell us how to connect these two pieces and work them together? Also, where is the serial output of the Handyboard, and ground? (...) (24 years ago, 22-Mar-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: recharging battery
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(...) You will need some good equipment, or you will need lots of patience and a good DVM. Here are the steps to rejuvinating old NiCds IF they can be recovered. If they have suffered the effects of overcharging (common) then they may not be (...) (24 years ago, 22-Mar-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Interfaced your Sonar with HB
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Hi Everyone! It looks like Frankie Lai has found a way to interface the sonar I have on my site to the HB. Here are his comments: (...) hihi, me again......I think you know already, but I would like to precise it. The echo line through NOT gate is (...) (24 years ago, 22-Mar-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Pull-up resistors
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I would like to attach a LM34 to my miniboard. In testing the LM34 at a room temperature of 60F, the device gives me a reading of .6V. The docs say that every 10mv=1F, so it seems to be working correctly. When I attach it to one of the analog ports (...) (25 years ago, 22-Mar-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: handy board troubles...
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great, that's excellent! the key trick was pulling all the socketed chips. it's a weird but true fact that chips that don't have valid logic supplies can draw power in from their inputs pins (when the inputs are high) and operate off of that leeched (...) (25 years ago, 22-Mar-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: handy board troubles...
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(...) I traced the lack of power to a dead wire between C5 and pin 28 of U14; soldering a small piece of wire between these connections fixed it. Thanks, everything works perfectly now! (25 years ago, 22-Mar-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: handy board troubles...
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that's possible, it's easy enough to test (just check continuity across F1). more likely that U14 croaked. is there batt pwr on its input side. f. In your message you said: (...) (25 years ago, 22-Mar-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | recharging battery
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hi all i have come across some old batteries and want to know the best way to charge them. the batteries are from mobile radios. motorola. 7.5V. 1200mAh. Nickel-Cadmium. can someone enlighten me on the best method to rejuvenate and charge these type (...) (25 years ago, 22-Mar-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: handy board troubles...
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(...) Yes, that was indeed the problem. Upon removing all the ICs, the power to U14 disappeared. What could cause this, a blown fuse at F1? (25 years ago, 22-Mar-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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