 | | Problem with expansion board or code
|
|
I have taken a program for the basic hadyboard analog port and converted it over to us the expasion board analog ports. The only problem is it only read the first port. I have tried it on three of my handyboard with the same result. I have recheck (...) (24 years ago, 16-Oct-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
|
| |
| | DC motor & Photoelectric sensor
|
|
Hi, I have a slight problem with my handy board, and I wonder if someone could help me out. I have to use a photoelectric sensor and a DC motor on my handy board, and both have to work at the same time. The sensor requires a 10 volt supply voltage, (...) (24 years ago, 16-Oct-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
|
| |
| | Where can i get a kit to build?
|
|
Hello. i want to build a handyboard but live in Scotland, U.K. Can anyone point me towards a location that i will let me buy a handy board in kit form. Cheers. (24 years ago, 11-Oct-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
|
| |
| | Re: Sorry ~ and a question
|
|
(...) I've used Karl's sbasic a LOT on a Marvin Green Botboard 2 with great results. Its Basic, plain and simple. Which means its pretty verbose, C is a bit cleaner, but to each their own. I have a Miniboard that I use the freeware ICC11 with and I (...) (24 years ago, 15-Oct-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
|
| |
| | Re: Sorry ~ and a question
|
|
Steve, You might try this. It is Karl Lunt's SBasic for the HC11. I haven't used it, but a lot of people swear by it. (URL) Luck, Gary Livick (...) (24 years ago, 14-Oct-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
|
| |
| | Re: Sorry ~ and a question
|
|
(...) I think Fred is migrating away from the MIT mailing list. Both still work currently. Anyway, your message to lugnet.robotics.hand...lugnet.com was probably rejected because you hadn't filled out the news-posting setup form[1] yet to let the (...) (24 years ago, 14-Oct-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
|
| |
| | Sorry ~ and a question
|
|
Sorry about that eirlier post fokes ~ but I was useing what was posted from Fred, that said for us to use this e-mail address: lugnet.robotics.hand...lugnet.com when posting to the Handy Board list or by way of the Lugnet web page. It seams that (...) (24 years ago, 14-Oct-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
|
| |
| | posts will not go through???
|
|
I've tried 3 times to write to the list ??? keeps getting bounced back to me ~ but I recieve other's posts?? why? (24 years ago, 14-Oct-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
|
| |
| | Help!
|
|
Dear Sir, I desperately need a circuit that can drive a single 4 pole steeper motor, with lcd output. Press button, motor turns 180 degrees LCD display shows "Flipped" Press button again motor turns 180 degrees again, display shows "Trickster Ready" (...) (24 years ago, 12-Oct-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
|
| |
| | revised msleep() function for standard IC library
|
|
Based upon a student suggestion in our Autonomous Robotiics course Subject: revised msleep() function for standard IC library here at CWRU, I have written a new, multitasking-friendlier version of the msleep() function. The old version was a (...) (24 years ago, 12-Oct-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
|
| |
| | re: MCI commands in Visual C++
|
|
hi everyone, ok this is off the topic but i'm hoping someone can help. i can play .wav files using the Multimedia control interface in Visual c++, the only problem is i can't figure out a way to play without having to rewind the .wav file every (...) (24 years ago, 11-Oct-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
|
| |
| | Re: More on Miniboard woes and woohoos.
|
|
The current version of ICC11 has a builtin downloader that talks to MB. Only for W95/NT/... though. ICC11 works with just about ANY HC11 boards, minus lack of support for paging. (...) -- // richard (URL) (24 years ago, 7-Oct-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
|
| |
| | Re: Linux and handyboard help!
|
|
I got it!! Thanks! I was loading the wrong library. I had the correct library in the directory, but I hadn't run ic -config and changed it. Thanks again. ___...___ Jesse Dosher, K7DSP University of Washington, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, (...) (24 years ago, 6-Oct-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
|
| |
| | Re: Linux and handyboard help!
|
|
Chuck, here's the results from ic -config: jdosher@keynes:~...ic/ic:8# ./ic -config Interactive C for 6811. Version 2.860 BETA (Oct 4 2000) IC written by Randy Sargent and Anne Wright. Copyright 1994. (uses board pcode by R. Sargent, F. Martin, and (...) (24 years ago, 6-Oct-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
|
| |
| | Re: More on Miniboard woes and woohoos.
|
|
(...) I'm hitting two posts at once here... James, It came as a printf.c file with the freeware ICC11 compiler on the Miniboard site. I was curious as it was to be used with the dhry.c code Richard Mann included. However, that dhry.c code when I (...) (24 years ago, 6-Oct-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
|
| |
| | Re: More on Miniboard woes and woohoos.
|
|
(...) I didn't think printf() was even available on the shareware (old) version of icc? (24 years ago, 6-Oct-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
|
| |
| | Re: Linux and handyboard help!
|
|
Do an ic -config and check to see what library it downloads, make sure its the handyboard library and the 6.270 board library. --Chuck (...) (24 years ago, 6-Oct-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
|
| |
| | Re: More on Miniboard woes and woohoos.
|
|
If you upgrade to the commercial version of icc11 not only do you get a downloader that works under windows 9x but also very nice library interface. (disclaimer: I wrote the library :-) In general on embedded systems you _don't_ want to use printf, (...) (24 years ago, 6-Oct-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
|
| |
| | Linux and handyboard help!
|
|
Hi all, HELP! I seem to be having some strange behavior using IC under linux. For some unexplainable reason, when using IC under linux to load a file onto the handyboard, the board's digital inputs don't respond. I can take the same board and the (...) (24 years ago, 6-Oct-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
|
| |
| | More on Miniboard woes and woohoos.
|
|
Hi again, Thanks to those who sent suggestions. Running in DOS mode, not W95 dlm does work just fine. Ick. Oh well. Anyway, I thought that 2K of EEPROM would be enough to do something with, and it may be, but probably not in ICC - The printf.c (...) (24 years ago, 6-Oct-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
|
| |
| | Re: Miniboard download random failures
|
|
(...) "expected (...) James, Yes, I am running from a DOS window in W9X. Do I have to boot to DOS mode to correct for this? Uhm, I'm a Mac person, so, have patience, how does one boot to DOS instead of Win95? thanks, DLC (24 years ago, 5-Oct-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
|
| |
| | Re: Miniboard download random failures
|
|
(...) Are you running DLM from a dos window in Win9x? I've had this problem but it usually stops when I run it in DOS. Just a thought. -Jim Munro <jimmn@xnet.com> (24 years ago, 5-Oct-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
|
| |
| | Freeware ICC11 and bad iasm11.exe?
|
|
Me again, I just got the ICC11 freeware from the Miniboard site and installed it, moving the crt.s over as it says to do in the docs, etc. I tried to compile the test compile of icc11 dhry.c printf.c and got a LOT of "phasing" errors, whatever that (...) (24 years ago, 5-Oct-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
|
| |
| | Miniboard download random failures
|
|
Hello, I just finished building a Miniboard using the HC811E2 processor. After swapping the Rx and Tx lines on my serial cable the download and reset switch do as the manual says. However, when I use dlm to download a program the bootstrap section (...) (24 years ago, 5-Oct-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
|
| |
| | serial communication
|
|
Hi.. I am also facing problem in serial communications. My problem is that I am trying to use the handyboard to drive a modem. I have used a cross-serial cable to connect my handyboard's external serial board to a modem. But whenever I run my app, (...) (24 years ago, 5-Oct-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
|
| |
| | R: communication via serial port
|
|
Using java and comm API ? ----- Original Message ----- From: Ray Tang <raytang_1@hotmail.com> To: <handyboard@media.mit.edu> Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2000 4:49 AM Subject: communication via serial port (...) and (...) the (...) a (...) (24 years ago, 5-Oct-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
|
| |
| | Linux and v1.21 handyboard (fwd)
|
|
Hi, I've successfully located and compiled the IC files for the Handy Board. I can load and run programs on the board, BUT the digital input(s) are not being "seen". E.g. a simple program like: void test3(){ while (1){ if (digital(10)) printf("10 is (...) (24 years ago, 5-Oct-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
|
| |
| | communication via serial port
|
|
Hi, This isn't an off topic question... Has anyone tried programming the serial port (on Linux) to communicate with the Handyboard? I am working on an RF link between the Handyboard and a PC via serial communication, but I don't know much about (...) (24 years ago, 5-Oct-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
|
| |
| | Re: external power
|
|
I am by no means an expert on the subject but this is how I did it. First I cut the heavy motor power trace as shown in the FAQ. Next I soldered a four pin female header on top of the expansion board where the expansion board picks up power for the (...) (24 years ago, 4-Oct-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
|
| |
| | Re: Multiple GP2D02 range sensors
|
|
Greetings, (...) From what I could understand from the documentation ((URL) you could use one timing signal for all of them, as long as each sensor is connected to its own output line (to which the sensor would serially output its 8 bit value). (...) (24 years ago, 4-Oct-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
|
| |
| | external power
|
|
i was wondering if i can modify the handyboard to accept a secondary power supply for the motors and still use the expansion board at the same time. if there is anything else i need to know or do, i would greatly appreciate hearing about it. thank (...) (24 years ago, 4-Oct-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
|
| |
| | Re: Trouble with handyboards
|
|
It is common when polarized caps are put in backwards! Some of those little beggars are hard to see, and easy to get backwards. Other things, such as solder bridges or bad solder joints, can be a problem. Some have even reported finding debris under (...) (24 years ago, 4-Oct-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
|
| |
| | Trouble with handyboards
|
|
I am having students in one of my classes build handyboards, and most are working fine, but some are failing. They all passed intermediate tests, but failed when fully assembled. The most common failure mode that I am seeing results in the (...) (24 years ago, 4-Oct-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
|
| |
| | Multiple GP2D02 range sensors
|
|
I would like to connect multiple (two to four) GP2D02 range sensors to my handyboard. Will each need to have is own timing signal or can they share somehow. If each does need a signal, how many can I connect? Should I get an Expansion Board? any (...) (24 years ago, 4-Oct-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
|
| |
| | Re: announcing handyboard.com !
|
|
Dr. Martin ... Good luck in your new steps down the path of life! -Nick (...) (24 years ago, 2-Oct-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
|
| |
| | announcing handyboard.com !
|
|
Dear Handy Boarders, I'd like to officially announce some changes in the Handy Board world. First, I've left MIT. My last day of work was August 31, 2000. I'm don't have a new job yet, and I'm not sure when (or if) I'll have a normal job. (I do have (...) (24 years ago, 2-Oct-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
|
| |
| | PWM decoding
|
|
I sent this email a while back but didn't get any response so I'm trying again. What I am after is a way to decode the pwm output of a standard radio control receiver (the same signals sent to the servos) into a numerical form that can be used (...) (24 years ago, 29-Sep-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
|
| |
| | flow control with Switch
|
|
I try to use a "switch" instead o using alot of "if... else". I use the one like a normal C compiler, but it doesn´t work. What can I do?. Daniel (24 years ago, 29-Sep-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
|
| |
| | Found C7
|
|
Fred, Thanks for the tip. You're right - it is printed on the board itself. I found it as soon as I put on my glasses. :-) Steve Mosiman (24 years ago, 26-Sep-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
|
| |
| | Re: Capacitor on Sonar Board
|
|
look on the polaroid board itself. it has (or used to, anyhow) a blank space where you could mount a component that is labeled "C7". the cap goes there. if you absolutely cannot find a spot on the polaroid board labeled C7, they must have updated (...) (24 years ago, 26-Sep-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
|
