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Thanks for the insight, I am sorry that I did not mention the main controller would be a Handyboard (implied though due to the news group). This is still a good point and has given me a lot to think about. The slave controller would continue until (...) (24 years ago, 16-Feb-01, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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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 (...) (24 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 (...) (24 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 (...) (24 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 (...) (24 years ago, 13-Feb-01, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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