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The advantage of distributed processing is that you can take a sometimes considerable load off the main MCU. Consider a speed regulator: a sensor is needed to continuously monitor the speed at which the wheels are turning and adjustments in motor (...) (23 years ago, 16-Feb-01, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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I have noticed low cost PICs (such as OOPic) that are capable of controlling (and getting useful data out of) devices like the Polaroid sonar rangefinder and other devices. Is there a benefit in delegating processing tasks such as this to a (...) (23 years ago, 16-Feb-01, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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Hi from France ! I have assembled a Handy Board that works well with the original 9.6 V battery pack, but I would now use a separate power source with bigger motors to have more torque (I use a 7.2 V propulsion pack, with a H-bridge system). Since (...) (23 years ago, 15-Feb-01, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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Hi, I am a begginer programer and I'd like to know if there is anyone out there who has written code for there handy board bot that I could get and learn from? I have all of libraries from the HB site, but nothing that does a full routine that I can (...) (23 years ago, 13-Feb-01, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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(...) First off, beware that ordinary tap water contains dissolved impurities and is electrically conductive. (Water itself, BTW, is actually an insulator - it's the dissolved impurities that give it conductivity). It usually isn't an issue with (...) (23 years ago, 12-Feb-01, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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Terry Gathright came across this great site and thought you might want to check it out. We hope you enjoy it! (URL) Gathright wrote: Hi Guys, Check this location for some hi power motor drivers, I have ordered two of the 35 amp boards and will let (...) (23 years ago, 12-Feb-01, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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Make sure that your phone wire between the HB and interface board has four wires, most generic phone wires only have two wires in them. -Dan (...) and (...) MAX232 (...) I (...) any (...) (23 years ago, 12-Feb-01, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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James, maybe a moisture sensor out of a VCR could be modified to meet your needs??? They are made to detect condensation in VCR's. but if all else fails... water is a conductor, so you could theoreticly just put two bare contacts on the outer part (...) (23 years ago, 12-Feb-01, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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Raju, I have a handyboard version 1.21, on this board the battery led is working properly when it lights at power on and then goes off. According to the manual it should only remain lit when the power is too low indicating a dead battery. So I (...) (23 years ago, 12-Feb-01, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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Brian, I had the same problem with a board I built. It turned out to be the memory was bad. I would check all the solder connections to the memory socket and make sure that it is seated properly. -DAN (...) (23 years ago, 12-Feb-01, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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If you had two wires hanging out, stripped at the ends, you could just check the resistance across them. Water usually has less resistance than air. (not a very cool solution but I think it would work) (...) (23 years ago, 11-Feb-01, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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Nick.. I have exactly the same problem.. I couldn't even get the 'clicking' to start with and the chips on the sonar board got a little warm. I then have fitted the diodes in series with the power to the sonar board (connector pin 9) and added a 1K (...) (23 years ago, 11-Feb-01, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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Anyone know of any sensors that could be used to tell if a robot is underwater or not? I'm working on an amphibious robot and need a way to tell what environment I'm in at any given time. Thanks. James (23 years ago, 10-Feb-01, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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After the Hyperterminal test I found that the loopback portion of the test failed. I have checked the continuity on each line of the phone cable and it looks good. As mentioned before the MAX232 chip on the Interface board has been replaced. I will (...) (23 years ago, 10-Feb-01, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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Hi -- it might be driver issues on the Windows site. Please go through the debug instructs at (URL) let us know where you stand after the HyperTerminal test. Fred In your message you said: (...) (23 years ago, 8-Feb-01, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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Hi everyone, Need some help downloading pcode. Have a row of black squares right now and have tried several different computers with the same 'wrong port or board mode.' I'm sure its in the bootstrap mode and also have replaced the MAX232 chip on (...) (23 years ago, 8-Feb-01, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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Hi, guys i realy in trouble now. i thought my memory fried out and replaced it with new chip and quad nands(hc132). but still no luck. i ordered processor from B.G.Micro and waiting for that shipment. do you guys have any idea what's the problem (...) (23 years ago, 7-Feb-01, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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Hi All, I was wondering if there was a another sensor compatible with the handy board that i could use in place of the Sharp IS1U60 IR demodulator, that is more readily avalable (ie in Radio Shack etc), to recieve signals from a Sony remote control (...) (23 years ago, 7-Feb-01, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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Hi, I am doing some assembly programming for the Handyboard and I can't seem to locate the file ldxibase.asm used in many of the .asm examples I have seen posted on the Handyboard site. Any idea where I can get it? Or tips on creating it. Also, I (...) (23 years ago, 6-Feb-01, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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Fred and Jim, Thank you for your quick responses. I can now see that I was trying to make a relatively simple piece of code very complicated. I rewrote the program using Fred's suggestions and wound up with the following simple, efficient program (...) (23 years ago, 5-Feb-01, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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