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Hi Todd, You don't need the expansion board to connect the Polaroid transducer to the Handy Board. In fact, Kent Farnsworth has code to show exactly how to do it. Check out: ftp://cherupakha.med...trib/kent/ I hope that helps. - Prabal (...) (28 years ago, 16-Oct-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Connecting Sonar to the Handy Board
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I am trying to find the easiest way to connect sonar to the handy board. I already have the polaroid soanr units but have no idea how to hook them up to the handy board. I have read about the expansion board and its capability of doing this. The (...) (28 years ago, 16-Oct-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Encoders routine
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I am having difficulty using the Encoders.c routine for the handyboard. I have written some code that continually reads the encoder (port 0) and writes it to the LCD, then waits 30 [ms] so that the value is readable. I called this code testsens.c (...) (28 years ago, 14-Oct-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Passive IR motion detectors
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(...) A while back B. G. Micros had passive IR modules for $8 or so. I haven't used them so I don't know if they work well. The phone # for B. G. Micros is (214) 271 5546. -- Randy (28 years ago, 10-Oct-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Looking for SN754410s.
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Richard Hughes sells individuals of the L293D. I don't know if that is good enough for you, but there aren't many places to buy onesies and twosies. (URL) (28 years ago, 9-Oct-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Looking for TI SN754410s.
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I am looking for four (4) TI SN754410s. I have tried all of the usual electronic parts distributors, but they are all out of stock. I would appreciate any leads or suggestions. Thanks. (28 years ago, 9-Oct-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Looking for SN754410s.
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I am looking for four (4) TI SN754410s. I have tried all of the usual electronic parts distributors, but they are all out of stock. I would appreciate any leads or suggestions. Thanks. (28 years ago, 9-Oct-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | IR Detectors
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Does anyone know where to buy the electronics that are used to make security system IR/motion detectors? The complete wireless modules cost about $50, I was wondering if they could be bought without the transmitter and if these would be easy to (...) (28 years ago, 9-Oct-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | More info of serial I/O
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I am trying to get the handyboard to communicate with a standard COM port. I have Randy Sargent's code of how to communicate serially, however, a terminal program cannot find the handyboard (I get a "Cannot open COM Port" error). I think that there (...) (28 years ago, 9-Oct-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | looking for a web site...
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Along similar lines, I've been searching for a web site I saw once. It features a basic stamp or PIC controlled LCD terminal, to be directly connected to a serial line. I was hoping to possibly scavenge some code off of the site, but I can't find (...) (28 years ago, 6-Oct-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | serial code
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I'm just curious if anyone has written any code to communicate with the handy board through its serial line - either on the PC or handy board side. (Yes, I have the routines Randy Seargent posted, I'm looking for implementations of them...) I'm (...) (28 years ago, 6-Oct-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Tutebot
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I am just starting to learn about basic electronics and robotics. I purchased the book "Mobile Robots" and have read through parts of it. I decided to try and build the "Tutebot", a simple analog brained robot with a bumper sensor. If anyone has (...) (28 years ago, 4-Oct-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: mobile robot books
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(...) The solution is something real dumb. I sent a message to all. You'll laugh at it. :) (28 years ago, 1-Oct-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: mobile robot books
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Accessing the Borenstein thing seems to be a problem quite a few are having. I got a few messages questioning how I eventually got in. Instead of responding to all of them, I figure I'd post it to everyone. Below is the message from Sriram to me. It (...) (28 years ago, 1-Oct-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: mobile robot books
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I think if you access the file via the web at port 80: ( (URL) than by ftp , you might have luck scott in ann arbor (28 years ago, 1-Oct-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | HandyBoard's Baud rate
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My name is Micah Krider and I asked for the information on changing the baud rate on the handyboard to communicate serially. You sent me the following code to communicate serially: void xxxxxx(int c) { while(!(peek(0x102e)&0x80)); poke(0x102f,c); } (...) (28 years ago, 1-Oct-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Adapting the LMD18200 (CORRECTION)
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Matt Harlan found a mistake in the following drawing. (...) Glad someone checked it, yup, the drawing is wrong. pin 3 on the LMD18200 goes to pin 2 on the handyboard, and pin 5 on the LMD18200 goes to pin 1 on the handy board. Sorry for the trouble (...) (28 years ago, 1-Oct-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: mobile robot books
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The address should be ftp.eecs.umich.edu/p...le/johannb ^ not just eecs.umich.edu/ from netscape ftp://ftp.eecs.umich...le/johannb anonymous login works for this address. I had the same problem too! matt (...) ___...___ Matthew J. Harlan Cornell (...) (28 years ago, 1-Oct-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | using Buffalo with the HB
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Ronan -- I don't think it's the LCD per se that is causing problems, but rather the fact that the HB runs the 6811 in special mode. The main effect of this is that the interrupt vectors, including the reset vector, live at $bfc0 to $bfff rather than (...) (28 years ago, 1-Oct-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: mobile robot books
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In a message dated 96-09-29 18:58:39 EDT, you write: << Subj: Re: mobile robot books Date: 96-09-29 18:58:39 EDT From: mar@cooper.edu (MAR ERICSON) To: sriram@ds5500.cemr.wvu.edu (Sriram Tirunellayi) CC: handyboard@media.mit.edu > the book titled (...) (28 years ago, 1-Oct-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Adapting the LMD18200
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(...) Right. (...) YIKES!!! you are right, I'll have to check this tonight. It looks like I have pins 3&5 swapped on the 18200. (28 years ago, 30-Sep-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: mobile robot books
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(...) It's actually 13MB. (28 years ago, 29-Sep-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: mobile robot books
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How do you log in anonymous? I tried user anonymous and and it failed. Like this: /usr/people/mar>ftp eecs.umich.edu Connected to eecs.umich.edu. 220 zip.eecs.umich.edu FTP server (SunOS 4.1) ready. Name (eecs.umich.edu:mar): anonymous 530 User (...) (28 years ago, 29-Sep-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | buffalo on HB
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Hello All! I know it sounds perverse *not* to use IC, but I want to give students exposure to direct machine-language access in a revised "peripherals and interfacing" course using HBs. Can anyone give me specific advice about getting the BUFFALO (...) (28 years ago, 29-Sep-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Adapting the LMD18200
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Tom I got a couple LMD18200's from National and I'm getting ready to connect them to my HB. Looking back in my list of messages I got this: (...) This part is OK, but I'm not sure about the rest. (...) The PWM inputs for each L293 are pins 1 & 9, (...) (28 years ago, 29-Sep-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Mobil Robots
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(...) Who is Borenstein? (28 years ago, 28-Sep-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | re:mobile robot books
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hi, the book titled -"Where Am I, Sensors & methods for Autonomous mobile robot positioning" by Borenstein can be downloaded freely from ftp eecs.umich.edu/people/johannb (anonymous ftp). its an acrobat file( 7MB). it discusses a lot about (...) (28 years ago, 28-Sep-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Upgrade for H-Bridge
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Just to let everyone know.. I have re-built the H-Bridge using TIP 140 and TIP 145 instead of the previous 120/125. I have just begun testing, but it seems to be working quite well. These parts are bigger, and a bit harder to find, but the current (...) (28 years ago, 28-Sep-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: How do you convert a int to a long or float?
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(...) Coercion is done by putting the type you want to convert it to in parens before the thing being converted; e.g.: float f = (float) 33; int i = (int) 10.; best, Fred (28 years ago, 26-Sep-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | How do you convert a int to a long or float?
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I need to convert a int to either a long or float. I've always had a compiler that auto converts. I don't remember how to do it. I'd welcome any help. Jim (28 years ago, 26-Sep-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Mobil Robots
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(...) Never mind, thanks. I found out. Quite "inexpensive". Hows the quality? How would you consider the level of the material covered by the book? (28 years ago, 24-Sep-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Mobil Robots
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(...) Mobile Robots: Inspiration to Implementation. (...) No. What is it? Thanx. . (28 years ago, 24-Sep-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Mobil Robots
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Does anyone know of any other similar books out there? Any books on the same subject but a little more advanced and newer? Thanks (28 years ago, 23-Sep-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | robot bodies...
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(...) Check out (URL) the B-BOT frame by Marvin Green, which costs around $30. It has a clever bumper arrangement which allows it to sense collisions in all directions (similar to the Rug Warrior). Of course, there's always LEGO. -- Randy (28 years ago, 22-Sep-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: robot bodies....
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(...) What is the purpose of the robot? Research, fun, robopet? (28 years ago, 22-Sep-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | robot bodies....
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Hello, A friend and I are planning on using the Handyboard to built a robot. Right now we're in the planning stage, and wanted suggestions for different types of bodies. We constructed a crude body using sheet metal, wood, etc., but we want to use (...) (28 years ago, 22-Sep-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | SPI
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|> 2) Can I just connect the 4 SPI pins to each other (SS to SS, MISO to MISO, |> MOSI to MOSI, SCLK to SCLK), or do I need to cross connect MISO and MOSI? |> Are there any termination requirements, etc? | |MISO = master in slave out |MOSI = master (...) (28 years ago, 20-Sep-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: SPI & Mini SSC
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With all this talk about the SPI, I was just wondering if anybody had any luck connecting the HB to either of the Basic Stamps. Just curious Matt ___...___ Matthew J. Harlan Cornell University Electrical Engineering mjh10@cornell.edu (28 years ago, 20-Sep-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: SPI & Mini SSC
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(...) Probably not, depending on how your write your code. The Master will send data on the MOSI pin, and the slave will receive on the MOSI pin, so that would be straight through cable. Depends though, if all your boards are masters, then you must (...) (28 years ago, 20-Sep-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: SPI & Mini SSC
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(...) It's in the 68HC11 reference manual. Not hard, but I don't think any handyboard library routines have been written to queue up bytes to be streamed out. If you write any, you might share your stuff here, I have such a need as well. (...) MISO (...) (28 years ago, 20-Sep-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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