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Hello folks, I want to implement 8 Nimh (nickel metal hydride) batteries instead of Nicads on my robot. I have read that these are lighter, have more capacity and don't retain charge memory. The batteries I am looking at are 1200 mAh. Currently it (...) (23 years ago, 17-May-01, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Instructions for building own Handyboard
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Thanks for the advice. I might check out the kits. I'd really like to do it all myself - it helps having a Fry's Electronics about 2 miles from my house, but I understand about the multiple shipping charges adding up. It's also a matter of cost: (...) (23 years ago, 16-May-01, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | video of Spring 2001 Robotic Egg Hunt now online
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In case you missed our live webcast on 29 April 2001, I have put the complete Spring 2001 LEGO My Egg-O Robotic Egg Hunt video online. (URL) site in case www.eecs is down; it's been spotty lately, due to renovations in the machine room] (URL) 8 (...) (23 years ago, 15-May-01, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Fred's book available again
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Hi everyone, Sorry for the shameless self-promotion, but: my book is in stock at Amazon and Barnes and Noble again. If you'd like to order with me as an affiliate, below are links to the respective companies. Thanks for your patience and interest! (...) (23 years ago, 15-May-01, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Instructions for building own Handyboard
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James, Gerber files can be found in the Hardware:PCB Layouts link. The HB is a fairly complex board -- are you sure you want to make it by hand? If you haven't gone from Gerber files to boards before, the HB probably isn't the best board to start (...) (23 years ago, 14-May-01, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Instructions for building own Handyboard
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At the risk of coming off like a complete newbie (which I am) to this stuff, where can I find "Handyboard for dummies" kind of information about the Handyboard. I would like to build one from scratch (etching the board) this summer with my (...) (23 years ago, 14-May-01, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: HELP!!Arrays in IC
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(...) really? what was I thinking of then, does the commercial version of IC support 2d arrays? Thanks for telling me, I might have spent the rest of my robot programming days without arrays :-( <>< Chris ><> (23 years ago, 12-May-01, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: HELP!!Arrays in IC
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The free IC does support one-dimensional arrays. Fred (...) (23 years ago, 12-May-01, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: HELP!!Arrays in IC
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What version of IC are you using? I know the free version doesn't support arrays (at least I don't think so). (...) (23 years ago, 12-May-01, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | generating waves
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Hi from Germany, I need some help for generating a sqare wave with the Handyboard. The frequency should be 16kHz at least. And the number of peeks must be countable. I only could made a 1kHz symmetrical square wave with low=high=0,5ms. For that I (...) (23 years ago, 10-May-01, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | HELP!!Arrays in IC
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HI I have been trying to use arrays in Interactive C with the handybaord. I have to read from analog inputs 0,1,2 and 3 of the handybaord and put those values in an array. so I had written: int v0=analog(0); int v1=analog(1); int v2=analog(2); int (...) (23 years ago, 9-May-01, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Gcc with handyboard
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(...) If there exist a library and it's easy to use the gcc with handyboard - then i am will using it :) (23 years ago, 3-May-01, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | A rugwarrior question
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Hi, I am trying to use a handyboard with a rugwarrior pro. Are there any header locations that I could use for a +5V & Ground connection for a shaft encoder.I'd really appreciate your help. Thanks, Umar (23 years ago, 3-May-01, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Sorry, last posting was confusing
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Please see Curt Mills' gcc libraries for the HB, linked from (URL) . Fred (...) (23 years ago, 3-May-01, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Sorry, last posting was confusing
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I'm sorry, my last posting was confusing. I know that there's a port of GCC for handyboard ((URL) but, to my knowledge, there's no specific library (with function to control beep, LCD, motors, sensors etc., bootstrap code, ) for that port of GCC. (...) (23 years ago, 2-May-01, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Gcc with handyboard
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Is anybody using/planning to use/willing to use gcc with the handyboard? I'm planning to and before starting to write a new library, I'd like to know what's out there. Thanks, Valerio Aimale --- Valerio Aimale Scientist direct: 505.992.6741 Bios (...) (23 years ago, 2-May-01, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Spring 2001 Robotic Egg Hunt at CWRU, Sunday 29 April 2001
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The 12th "LEGO My Egg-O" Robotic Egg Hunt will be held on Sunday, 29 April 2001, 12:30-3:00 PM, at the Great Lakes Science Center, Cleveland, Ohio. The Egg Hunt is the final design competition of my Autonomous Robotics course at Case Western (...) (23 years ago, 27-Apr-01, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Startup help
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I'm a senior planning on using the Handyboard with a Mindstorm robot for my senior project. Is there anyone out there who could help my team and I get started with our project? We were thinking of purchasing the Handyboard first to play with it and (...) (23 years ago, 27-Apr-01, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Using own power source with motors
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Yes. Please see the info at (URL) directions on doing this. Fred (...) (23 years ago, 19-Apr-01, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Using own power source with motors
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Is it possible to hook up a 4.5V DC motor to the HandyBoard using your own power source(i.e. 4 AA batteries)? (23 years ago, 19-Apr-01, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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