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I am putting together a somewhat modular robot: The main controller and batteries are to be connected to peripheral motors (and controller) via cable-- around 5 feet distance. I'm looking for a connection cable that has enough pins for my data and (...) (24 years ago, 17-Jul-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | What is a bobbin(sp)?
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This is a silly question: What is a bobbin(sp)? I tried to find its function on-line or in textbooks, but I couldn't find much. A friend gave me a box filled with robot parts, including these things call bobbin. What are they? -- Ray (24 years ago, 17-Jul-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | PWM decoding
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Has any body used the HB to decode the PWM signals from a radio control receiver ?. I'm not sure if it can be done (I haven't looked that deeply into it yet) but I am construction a six legged walker with the twelve servos being controlled by a (...) (24 years ago, 17-Jul-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | IR Sensor Hack
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I wrote the following email to Mekatronix regarding the sensor hack to convert Sharp GP1U58X or Y sensors to IR range finder sensors. The pdf documentation currently on their website just shows how to solder onto a trace within the sensor to give an (...) (24 years ago, 17-Jul-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Handboard exp.
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Hi I have a small problem, I want to connect three sharp gp2d12s to the expansion board and I know I cant cut traces 0,1 and the gp2d12s need the pullups removed to operate correctly. How do I use them on the expansion board? Any help would be (...) (24 years ago, 17-Jul-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: HB power drain
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My board draws .068 amps when idle. MLB (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jul-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: IR (formally 6.8nF cap)
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yes, a variance of 1 kHz in the carrier frequency makes no difference at all to these sensors. f. In your message you said: (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | HB power drain
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Does anybody know what sort of power drain the HB has when it is not driving any outputs (servos or motors) ?. The reason I ask is that I am thinking of having a rechargable 9v PP3 battery connected as a reserve battery so that when the main battery (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: IR (formally 6.8nF cap)
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So as the 39KHz value would be ok for either the IS1U60 (38KHz) or the hacked sensors (40KHz), will my idea for the hacked IR sensor distance measurement using the IR output circuitry to drive multiple LEDs also be valid ?. Thanks for the help. John (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Pins to connect for stacking h bridges
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Hello all, I have built a robot before, and sold it, and had stacked H-Bridge chips. I had also fed in an alternate battery source. I want to do this again and can't remember which pin to use for pos battery terminal (pin # please). I am not an (...) (24 years ago, 13-Jul-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: IR (formally 6.8nF cap)
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there's not really a big diff in the performance of the ir sensors given 38 or 40 khz. so either is fine, +/- a few khz just doesn't really matter, you have to detune 10 khz or so for it to matter. there is an issue whereby there are two different (...) (24 years ago, 13-Jul-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | IR (formally 6.8nF cap)
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I have asked for confirmation as to which frequency (38 or 40 KHz) is correct. As my current components should give me a frequency of 39KHz (1/3.883KOhm*6.6nF) I should be able to use either with out to much problem. I am thinking of using the (...) (24 years ago, 13-Jul-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | IR Transmission/Reception
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Can any body confirm what frequency the IR transmission/reception system on the HB should be working at ?. The documentation (HB Manual) states that the HB has a 38KHz system but the Assembly Manual states for testing the transmission circuit you (...) (24 years ago, 13-Jul-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: "3D"
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[Steve Stevens] spake unto the ether: (...) I believe that IC variables must start with a letter a-z, A-Z, $ or _. Starting with a numeral 0-9 is illegal, yes? *Rich* (24 years ago, 12-Jul-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | "3D"
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I see the variable "3D" used in several pieces of code. What is it and why can't I get my IC to recognize it? I keep getting a "parse error close to D." message when I try to use it. (24 years ago, 12-Jul-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Robot positioning
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William - For my group project, we bought sonar transducers and built circuits for them. Our original recieving circuit is digital rather than analog as we were only going to have one. The circuits we used are on our group's website on our (...) (24 years ago, 12-Jul-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: 6.8nF Capacitor
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I don't suppose you know what the formula is for calculating the value of the frequency ?. 1/(R4*C6) possibly ?. This equation gives 38396Hz (38.4KHz) which means that my 6.6nF caps give 39560Hz (39.6KHz) which is closer to 40KHz than the 6.8nF (...) (24 years ago, 12-Jul-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Robot positioning
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Hi Kate, I just want to know how/where to get a sonar transmitter/reciever pair with different frequencies for robot positioning. Can sonar module from Polaroid do that? Thanks, William (...) on (...) (24 years ago, 12-Jul-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Robot positioning
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If you want to return to "base," all you need is a beacon of some sort. For example, you could use CdS cells (or anything that finds EM in the visible light/low IR range) and a lightbulb (or series of lightbulbs, like a strand of Christms tree (...) (24 years ago, 11-Jul-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Melissa Virus
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I have found the source and fortunately it is not from a HB site. It was from the Washington and Lee University EE school. (24 years ago, 11-Jul-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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