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  AS11_IC assembler
 
Dear All I'm trying to use the AS11_IC assembler which comes in the pcode_pc zip file. I'm getting 'file not found' and 'can't open' messages left, right and center. All the necessary files seem to be in the right directories, except for ascpp1.asm (...) (24 years ago, 11-May-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
 
  Re: expansion board problems
 
Claudia Bernett wrote: <snip> (...) <snip> I wonder if the mats aren't perhaps generating electrostatic discharge (ESD), which can wreak havoc with many solid state devices. -- Will (24 years ago, 11-May-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
 
  Re: expansion board problems
 
Claudia, Without a lot more detail, it will be difficult to solve this one over the internet. If you can take a few minutes and regroup, maybe someone will have an idea. The kinds of things it would be good to know, interspersed with my comments: 1. (...) (24 years ago, 10-May-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
 
  Re: expansion board problems
 
a follow-up to my own message - it seems that this problems occur WHILE i am actually running the application and using the project. if anyone can help at all - i would be very grateful, i am at a loss and urgent to get this working. i have built (...) (24 years ago, 10-May-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
 
  Re: Household Positioning System Re: DGPS
 
Cool idea. Do you have it working? Or do you have a schematic that is somewhat working? If so, I want to test out how accurate it will be. It will be fun to use the LED as landmarks in the building. -- Ray <handyboard@media.mit.edu> wrote in message (...) (24 years ago, 10-May-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
 
  guipossebon@zipmail.com
 
Hello people: I´m a student from PUCRS(Brazil) and I have to finish my conclusion Work in my course(Mecatronical Engineering) and I need to Know how I modify the frequency in MC68HC11 set in 500Hz to 5KHz because the drivers need work to control a (...) (24 years ago, 10-May-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
 
  Sonar (yes, it's me again, with more sonar questions!)
 
Today several members of my lab and I decided to solder together the sonar assembly which had been previously been held together by large quantities of duct tape. We decided the 9-pin connection strip would be too flimsy and unnecesarily difficult (...) (24 years ago, 9-May-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
 
  RE: Household Positioning System Re: DGPS
 
Can we use RF for the communication? The concept is much like the actual GPS systems, triangulate the position with 3 or more signals looking forward for a system like this Kalyan (not an Electronics engineer) -----Original Message----- From: (...) (24 years ago, 9-May-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
 
  Household Positioning System Re: DGPS
 
(...) How about a beacon system. Each room can have 3 or so beacons high on the wall. Each beacon flashes at 38Khz and each beacon modulates this 38KHz with its own personal code. The top layer of your robot would have 3 or 4 directional sensors (...) (24 years ago, 9-May-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
 
  expansion board problems
 
hello. i seem to be having an expansion-board problem which is very puzzling. i am using all sixteen ports, and am in the process of putting together a project which requires that it be stored with all sixteen ports occupied for a week or two at a (...) (24 years ago, 9-May-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
 
  DGPS
 
(...) If you use differential GPS (which includes a nearby stationary receiver at a known coordinate) you can get much better resolution -- down to sub-meter accuracy. Still might not be enough to avoid the furniture, though. Forget global. We need (...) (24 years ago, 8-May-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
 
  Re: Clinton Acts to Make GPS Systems More Accurate
 
(...) you're making an outside 'bot? Note: I've heard everything from 6 meters to 17 meters, and I'm not sure of the exact figure yet. I was too busy last week to study the GPS change. Curt Mills, WE7U hacker.NO_*SPAM@tc.fluke.com Senior Methods (...) (24 years ago, 8-May-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
 
  charger
 
Hi, Forgot to tell that the board did download the p-code and seems to work ok with the new battery installed. Also when I plug the charger adapter directly into the handyboard the yellow led flickers between bright and dim for about one minute then (...) (24 years ago, 7-May-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
 
  battery charger board
 
Hi Folks, Had a bad experience with my handyboard thos past week, I left it on charge accidently for two days-could possibly even been in the zap mode I'm not sure. What did happen was the battery was dead ,r-11 was hot and turned black and the (...) (24 years ago, 7-May-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
 
  Re: sharp GP2D02
 
Hi, (...) (24 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
 
  I need some help
 
Hi guys I have some problems with the assembly of my HB because I don't find some of the components, I hope some of you can help: What replacement can i use for the motor driver l293D? What is a "voltage monitor" , What another device can I use for (...) (24 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
 
  Re: What the? (Was: Re: 50 Megs of web space for $9.95 a month!)
 
todd's right, the MIT list has no spam protection, if it gets bad we'll have to move all remaining subscribers from the MIT side and go 100% lugnet. right now i still have 300+ people on the MIT list -- urgh. fred In your message you said: (...) (24 years ago, 3-May-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
 
  Re: What the? (Was: Re: 50 Megs of web space for $9.95 a month!)
 
(...) Looks like it came in through the original Handy Board mailing list handyboard@media.mit.edu at MIT which is gatewayed with the lugnet.robotics.handyboard group/list. Hmm, that makes two spams now in the past few days. I don't think the HB (...) (24 years ago, 3-May-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
 
  What the? (Was: Re: 50 Megs of web space for $9.95 a month!)
 
(...) Um.........sorry if this has happened before but, was this approved by Todd to be posted on Lugnet? Or is it just a spam program that hacked into Lugnet? I'm confused. Erin -- (24 years ago, 3-May-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
 
  50 Megs of web space for $9.95 a month!
 
50 Megs of web space for $9.95 a month!!!! Unlimited E-Mail boxes at yourdomain.com and much more! We offer web hosting in a number of different packages. Tired of paying alot for web hosting and not recieving quality customer service? Try out our (...) (24 years ago, 3-May-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
 
  Re: Communication system
 
Check out Kam Leang's page at (URL) His robotics: information pages show exactly how to do this. Regards, Jim Munro <jimmn@xnet.com> (...) (24 years ago, 3-May-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
 
  Re: sharp GP2D02
 
Hi everybody: I'm new at using the GP2D02 sensor. these might be some dumb questions but, I know that the sensor plugs into the digital input of the handyboard and one digital output of the expansion board but how do i program it to know which ports (...) (24 years ago, 3-May-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
 
  Communication system
 
Hi, Does any one know how to use(Program) Ming Microsystem RF transmitter and Receiver with handyboard? Thank you all for your inputs. Lee (24 years ago, 3-May-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
 
  Problem with analog() proc using IC 2.81
 
Hello, everyone: I have 18 HandyBoard/LEGObugs and I'm in the process of building 18 expansion boards with 9 completed so far. I use the public domain IC 2.81 (for William & Mary, like most schools, the price is right) on a LINUX platform. I have (...) (24 years ago, 3-May-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
 
  Re: heart beating slowly.
 
Dear Lee, It sounds like your HB's heart is suffering from Murphy's syndrome........ Hope your presentation will go well. :-) Marco (24 years ago, 3-May-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
 
  heart beating slowly.
 
Hello, My handyboard was acting really strangely last night. we were testing servo motors with expension board last night and it began to show unreadable characters on LCD display panel. BY the end of the night it recovered displaying letters (...) (24 years ago, 3-May-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
 
  Input Capture
 
Hi Is it possible to use digital(8) as an input capture like digital(7)? Must I cut the 47k resistor? Thanks Martin (24 years ago, 2-May-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
 
  Clinton Acts to Make GPS Systems More Accurate
 
I guess now I could use GPS for the navigation of my robot. GPS signals are now unscrambled. (URL) Mulampaka Software Engineer e GE Global eXchange Services ___...___ Ph#: (770) 698 4436 (O) (770) 390 0887 (R) (24 years ago, 2-May-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
 
  Sonar and overflow
 
Hi I've tried to use my Polaroid Sonar not only for distances up to 2.7 meters. So I want to check the overflow flag. But my code doesn't work. Can anybody give me some advises? Here is my code: long sonar_sample() { int start_time; int help; (...) (24 years ago, 1-May-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
 
  CANCEL
 
(...) are being refunded each year. (...) utility/telecommunication billing has errors. It’s true! At CDG we find errors, refunds, credits and/or savings for 98% of our clients. Just a small error in your gas, electric, water, data and/or (...) (24 years ago, 29-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
 
  Ming Microsystems communication system.
 
Hello, My team mate and I have built two robots for our senior project. We have been trying to build a communication system between them and now at this point we got STUCK. Our question is how do you send out(transmit) signals through handy board. (...) (24 years ago, 29-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
 
  Re: CWRU LEGO Robot Egg Hunt Competition (Sunday, 30 April 2000)
 
(...) I'll try to be there! And I'll be attending CWRU in the fall, just got the confirmation of my enrollment today. --Bram (24 years ago, 28-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard, lugnet.loc.us.oh, lugnet.loc.us.oh.cle)
 
  Re: problems met in my project
 
(...) There are no simple questions, only simple people! Apologies to whomever originated the quote that I just butchered. ;-) (...) Our robots do not have the rich sensory input that we enjoy. We have to help them along quite often by making their (...) (24 years ago, 28-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
 
  CWRU LEGO Robot Egg Hunt Competition (Sunday, 30 April 2000)
 
The 10th LEGO My Egg-O Robotic Egg Hunt is being held on Sunday, 30 April 2000, 12:30-3:00 PM, at the Cleveland Great Lakes Science Center. Admission to the Egg Hunt proper is free. The Egg Hunt is the final design competition of the course I teach (...) (24 years ago, 28-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard) ! 
 
  REFUND
 
***...*** If you have received this message in error, please reply with the word CANCEL in the subject line. ***...*** Hundreds of millions of dollars in utility/telecommunication errors are being refunded each year. Recently released government (...) (24 years ago, 28-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
 
  Re: Any other handyboard resources?
 
(...) Check out this link: (URL) haven't read through the IC manual yet, but the table of contents looks promising. Best of luck! -- Will +---...---+ | ^^ <^ ^> | | / òó ó°° \ | | / =Y= U \ | | Wendy, Will, Tatoosh & Tenzing | +---...---+ If the (...) (24 years ago, 26-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
 
  Modifying the tone( ) function
 
Dear All I need something like the tone( ) function, but I need to specify the port the signal is output to. Does anyone have some code to do this? Where does the code for the tone( ) function reside in the lib directory? Maybe I could copy it and (...) (24 years ago, 26-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
 
  Re: Robotic Simulation
 
Do you actually want to do the simulation, or just show what your robot would do? The easiest way will be to create a model of your Robot in 3D Studio MAX then write the inverse kinematics rules as a MAX plug-in, then run the rules and capture the (...) (24 years ago, 25-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
 
  Robotic Simulation
 
Hello. For one of my project in robotic, I would like to create a computer simulation (possibly 3D) in order to show the special functions performed by my robot. I would like this program to run under a windows (9x or NT) or linux platform and run (...) (24 years ago, 25-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
 
  Any other handyboard resources?
 
Dear friends, Can anyone tell me where can I find some more references on the handyboard and the Interactive C programming (other than the MIT handyboard homepage)? I have built the handyboard from Hong Kong. I have read the handyboard technical (...) (24 years ago, 25-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)


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