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(...) Oh, that's easy. Just check out your local electronics store. I don't know if there is a Fry's Electronics in your area, but they have them. Radio Shack? I don't know, but I would assume anyone who sells electronic components would have them. (...) (22 years ago, 6-Feb-02, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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(...) Actually what I was looking for was how to make the male header pins to connect to the HB. Is there anywhere to buy them or how did you make them. Thanks for your answer, brendan (22 years ago, 6-Feb-02, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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(...) Actually, you can make a half way decent replica of the Lego two plate high connector at this point quite easily. When you prepare the 2x2 piece of the electric plate, cut the center circular section away from the underneath. Then, solder the (...) (22 years ago, 6-Feb-02, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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I've bought some lego electric plates (part 5037) from lego.com, and they seem to be withstanding the heat of a soldering iorn quite well (that was my fear... that I would turn them into bubbling messes). Actually they're holding up better than the (...) (22 years ago, 6-Feb-02, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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I currently have lego motors and wires that I have used with the RCX but now Im using the Handy Board. The book explains how to connect the motor to the handy board by connecting a wire to a sensor connector but it doesnt state where to get such a (...) (22 years ago, 6-Feb-02, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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Actually, Fred's announcement is a little premature, sorry. Several important things to know if you do choose to download the current version of IC: 1) The libraries are tuned for the Botball contest (www.botball.org) and by default include a (...) (22 years ago, 29-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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Hi everyone, Randy sent me the enclosed msg which answers some of Scott's questions. Or at least, indicates they will be answered. I'd suggest we wait for Randy to update things as he indicates he will, and then later fire away with questions to (...) (22 years ago, 31-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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(...) To answer my own question, look in ./Interactive C 4.0/RCX/lib_rcx.doc for a list of RCX specific functions. To summarize the important ones: IC NQC ---...--- fd(A/B/C) OnFwd() bk(A/B/C) OnRev() brake(A/B/C) Off() off(A/B/C) Float() (...) (22 years ago, 31-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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Duncan, You've done a good analysis of the potential impact of changing the motor supply to an external source....when you are using the Expansion Board. Undoubtedly there are several ways to accomplish what you want, but the way I did it DOES (...) (22 years ago, 31-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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Hi Fred Is there a summary of the new features developed in IC 4 ? From the Newton Labs IC 3.x page they list the improvements over the freeware (2.x) version as: (...) Does the 4.x pcode support structs/multidimensional arrays ? What extras does (...) (22 years ago, 31-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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