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Hi! I'm a little in a trouble..... I cannot find the ic 74hc237 (3-to-8 Decoder/Demultiplexer with Address Latches) marked U5 on the expansion board......... I have two questions: 1) Can i replace this part with an equivalent one? 2) If (...) (23 years ago, 1-Dec-01, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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Hello, I have some questions about serial communication of the HandyBoard to PC. I tried to write to the serial line from HB. But I found that peek() and poke() functions don't work. (I used "list functions" to list all the functions available, and (...) (23 years ago, 29-Nov-01, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Controlling HB using PC serial port
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(...) I would posit that the easiest way is to use the serial cable. Then you don't have to do new cabling or only work with the digital pins which can also do output. Plus you're not spending your digital ports. You could also go through the SPI, (...) (23 years ago, 25-Nov-01, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Controlling HB using PC serial port
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Yes you can. The easiest way is to use some of the digital inputs and connect them to the parallel port pins. Then using QuickBasic or any parallel port program you can "send" commands to the HandyBoard. If you want to use the serial port then I (...) (23 years ago, 25-Nov-01, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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Hi all, I am new to the HB world and I am wondering if I can use my computer (PC with Windows OS) to directly control the motors and sensors installed on the HB. Please assume that I have no problem in writing a program for the PC to communicate to (...) (23 years ago, 25-Nov-01, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | GP1U52 and Polaroid 6500 Sonar in the UK
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Does anyone know of a UK source of the 2 above components (Not Maplins or RS)? (23 years ago, 14-Nov-01, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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All, The University of New Mexico's LEGO Robotics page has been extensively updated. Please drop in and check it out: (URL) In short, we build autonimous robots out of LEGOs and control them with the Handyboard. Make sure and check out the 2001 (...) (23 years ago, 13-Nov-01, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | PLEASE I NEED HELP
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Hi! I see that i've a real common problem, that's it: Now, i'd read "Windows Serial Line Debugging" and i'd follow its test sequence. But my problem still remain, on I/C board, i notice that, untill the complete discharge of the mainboard C3 (...) (23 years ago, 12-Nov-01, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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Am Sonntag 11 November 2001 22:04 schrieb Fred G. Martin: (...) Aaahhh, 6.81K gives me 43kHz - I think I will have a look at some higher values. I did not know that the HC132 could be that much of a difference! Big THX! Chris (23 years ago, 11-Nov-01, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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see the v1.21 parts list in the hardware section, for the following info: re: R4's value. Depending on the variety of the manufacture of the HC132 chip, R4 should be either 3.83K (Digikey 3.83KXBK-ND) or 6.81K (Digikey 6.81KXBK-ND). To test this, (...) (23 years ago, 11-Nov-01, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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