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Right now I've got one Sharp GP2D05 IR Ranger rigged to TO3 and another to digital in 9. Those are working fine, but I'd like to add a servo motor, which needs one of those two ports for a signal. The FAQ mentions using the J6 SPI pins, might I be (...) (23 years ago, 23-May-01, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Need help with bumpers connected to the HB
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Hi, I’ve got a problem in getting started with the Handy Board. I’d like to connect a bumper detection circuit to the analog0 of my HB. But when I connect the bumper circuit to my HB , the HB turns itself off. Can anybody help me? Any help would be (...) (23 years ago, 23-May-01, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Will not keep P-Code.....
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Rmoving every chips except 62256 RAM and 74HC132, and try it again if it works. Besides the memory chip (62256), please also check the 74HC373 (under-neath the 62256 RAM). Patrick Hui (URL) Original Message ----- From: "Kurt Telep" <kt25@drexel.edu> (...) (23 years ago, 22-May-01, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Will not keep P-Code.....
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Well, I recently got a hold of a handyboard from a |friend of mine who swore it was "junk and didnt' work" | After cleaning up some ugly looking solder joints on |the board, it powered right up and began to work |great. Well, when I went to screw it (...) (23 years ago, 22-May-01, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | huip@hkstar.com
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Hi, I have two question. 1. I received my IR transmitter from you, but I'm not sure how to attach it (in what direction). 2. I also received the Polaroid sonar system. I wonder if there are any more info available about it beside the datasheet which (...) (23 years ago, 21-May-01, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Is the Handy Board compatible with Windows ME?
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I have a Gateway Performance (933Mhz) using Windows Millenium Edition. The Handy Board works on other computers (work, school, etc) but not with this one. I follow the HyperTerminal steps & get the message: "Unable to open COM1. Please check your (...) (23 years ago, 19-May-01, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: gcc hb lib
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Kai Schlamp writes: > Can somebody tell me what the assembler directive ".follow" means in the > GCC Handyboard Library written by Curt Mills? I can´t find it in the > documentation of the up to date as6811 version 3.0 and as6811 also > doesn´t (...) (23 years ago, 18-May-01, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | gcc hb lib
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Hy! Can somebody tell me what the assembler directive ".follow" means in the GCC Handyboard Library written by Curt Mills? I can´t find it in the documentation of the up to date as6811 version 3.0 and as6811 also doesn´t assemble the files with this (...) (23 years ago, 17-May-01, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: generating waves
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In lugnet.robotics.handyboard, Matthias Weber writes: I think your best bet would be to create an external oscillator that could be controlled using one of the TOC's. I mention the TOC's in case you need to pulse the oscillation (infrared remote (...) (23 years ago, 17-May-01, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: NiMh batteries
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You are correct, the NiCd batteries are a dying breed. HOWEVER, NiCds will retain their charge on the shelf whereas NiMh batteries will continually discharge slowly. After a couple of weeks your battery will not have any charge. The best of both (...) (23 years ago, 17-May-01, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | NiMh batteries
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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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| | Emergency....lost IC
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When I was putting my handyboard up for the night, the battery pack touched the side of the board with the LCD screen. The board was off at the time, but all of the red motor LEDs lit up. When I turned the board back on I had lost IC. I tried to (...) (23 years ago, 18-Apr-01, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Problems with bootstrap download
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I am having a problem putting HandyBoard into bootstrap download mode. When I turn the HandyBoard on(holding down the stop button) the two LEDs do not turn off, and the board is not being detected. Also, a line of black squares appears on the LCD. (...) (23 years ago, 17-Apr-01, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | hardware problem
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Hi We were uploading pseudo-code, and suddently the board turnend off. Now we can uploade the pseudo-code, but after we cut the power, the code is gone. The memory chip is getting hot, so maybe thats the problem??? and the condencer located next to (...) (23 years ago, 5-Apr-01, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Gameboy Camera Code
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Some of you have requested the code I used to interface the Gameboy Camera to a Handyboard w/ expansion libs. I put the IC code and a few good links here (URL) used a modified version of the VB Image Viewer from the Yahoo 68332 Group to display the (...) (24 years ago, 27-Mar-01, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard) !
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| | RE: Handyboard execution/operation speed
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Hi Everyone: Well, no responses, so I'll ask again: How fast does the HandyBoard with the standard interactive C libraries execute standard IC instructions? What about the software system interrupt at 1kHz and the multitasking overhead, how do they (...) (24 years ago, 27-Mar-01, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: How to get parts in Germany?
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Hans-Walter Auge schrieb: (...) The cheapest source in germany would be www.elpro.org but delivery takes up to 2 weeks and often some parts are not on stock. The A1FN is about 12 DM there. Just call them at 06154-63570 and ask for a catalog. Another (...) (24 years ago, 27-Mar-01, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: How to get parts in Germany?
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(...) Well, thats not a problem. For the LCD you can get a other one that is Hitachi compatible. In fact thats the most. You can get such one by Conrad (a german electronic distributor) Reichelt, Kessler, ... and the most local electronic stores. (...) (24 years ago, 27-Mar-01, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | How to get parts in Germany?
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Hello, i am from Germany and want to build two Handyboards with a friend. We have problems to get some of the parts in Germany. We don´t get the LCD (LM-052L), the Motorola MC69HC11A1FN and other pieces. So who comes from Germany and has built self (...) (24 years ago, 22-Mar-01, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Many Handy boards and one computer
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Hi all, I am trying to build the following system, and I thought that maybe Handy Board will come in handy. Anyone has experience with something like that - adding a touch screen LCD to it, networking many boards together? Here's the description: (...) (24 years ago, 24-Mar-01, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Emergency - Half Dead Robot
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Welp, I've fixed the problem. Apparently the inductor at L1 has burnt out. I have no idea how could this have happened beside wear and tear (although the board was pretty new). As others have suggested, replacing the motor chips (starting with U8 (...) (24 years ago, 24-Mar-01, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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