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Hi. I am putting together a Handyboard and have been having success until it came time to test the bootstrap mode. The interface board's voltages check out and it blinks as it attempts to download. I am using an E1 and the Mac 6811 downloader. The E (...) (22 years ago, 9-Feb-02, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Sensor Connector
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The LEGO shaft encoder and light sensor are active sensors that need a special circuit. The Expansion Board for the HB provides this ckt and the requisite drivers. Your simplest path to using these with the HB is to get an Exp Bd. Barring that, you (...) (22 years ago, 7-Feb-02, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Sensor Connector
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(...) Thanks, I thought there might be a special connector but I see now that its a standard enough connector. Another question: How can I get the handy board to read from the lego rotation sensor and the lego light sensor? I can get the touch (...) (22 years ago, 7-Feb-02, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Sensor Connector
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Info on doing this is at (URL) . The male strip header is 929400-01-36-ND from Digikey. Fred (...) (22 years ago, 6-Feb-02, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Sensor Connector
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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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| | Re: Sensor Connector
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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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| | Re: Sensor Connector
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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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| | Re: Sensor Connector
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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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| | Sensor Connector
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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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| | Premature announcement of Interactive C 4.0
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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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| | Re: Interactive C Version 4 is available for free download
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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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| | Re: Interactive C Version 4 is available for free download
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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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| | Re: External motor power and expansion board combo problem?
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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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| | Re: Interactive C Version 4 is available for free download
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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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| | Re: Interactive C Version 4 is available for free download
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(...) I started playing with this on the RCX last night. Is there a README somewhere on the RCX-specific aspects of the firmware? eg I noticed analog() isn't supported to read raw sensor readings, although digital() works to read passive touch (...) (22 years ago, 31-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | External motor power and expansion board combo problem?
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I wish to make the small mod to allow for external power to the motor outputs of the main board. However, this seems to cause several potential problems with the expansion board. First, the motor power connector is occupied by the motor power (...) (22 years ago, 30-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Why can't we manipulate TMSK1
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Hello, We have some problems to manipulate TMSK1(address is 0x1022). We wrote the following test code: test.c ***...*** ***** void main() { int i, j; printf("\n"); i=peek(0x1022); printf("TMSK1=%d ", i); j=0x00; poke(0x1022, j); i=peek(0x1022); (...) (22 years ago, 29-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Interactive C Version 4 is available for free download
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Hi! When I first fired up IC 4 it was wiithout the expansion board, and the HB booted fine. I suppose you could save some memory and processor time if you didn't load the expansion board libraries.) The list of files it downloads seem to be in (...) (22 years ago, 29-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Crispy Fried Sonar Board?
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Yep I got this box of goods from Acroname, containing a sonar module and some servos. promptly tore it open, soldered the sonar jack to the board, and then apparently plugged the cable in backwards. When it didn't work, I put my hand on the sonar (...) (22 years ago, 29-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Help for measuring pulse width
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Hello, We are trying to write the code to measure the pulse width which is less than 1ms. We use the input capture ports to generate the interrupts. We wrote the interrupt service subroutine by assembly language. But since this is the first time for (...) (22 years ago, 28-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Broken Charger/Interface board--last chapter
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Well, it looks like reparing this charger/interface board is beyond me. I have now replaced all the capacitors, both 'lytic and not, and the MAX 232. I'have even been able to get an original Max232CPE. But the board doesn't work still. I get a (...) (22 years ago, 28-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Interactive C Version 4 is available for free download
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Hi everyone, The KISS Institute for Practical Robotics (KIPR), a non-profit educational organization, has been sponsoring continuing work on free versions of Interactive C. In the last week, Randy Sargent has announced Interactive C Version 4, which (...) (22 years ago, 28-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Garmin GPS25-LVS
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Greetings, From the specs ((URL) the unit you have (LVS) supports a RS232C level connection. Since the HandyBoard uses TTL level signals, you would need an RS232C to TTL interface. This interface would be similar to the one used on the serial (...) (22 years ago, 27-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Broken charger board...still broken
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Be sure you get the proper Max232 chip. I bought another, because I was having serial port problems, and thought it might be the Max232 chip... But the new one I bought wasnt *quite* right. What happened was in IC I could download pcode if I tried (...) (22 years ago, 27-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Broken charger board...still broken
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Hi all, just in case anyone feels like helping, I thought I'd post an update on the current (and very sick) state of the charger/interface board I accidently turbocharged by plugging the 120V adapter into a 240V outlet. As stated in a previous (...) (22 years ago, 27-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Garmin GPS25-LVS
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I am working on a robotic blimp project. I've acquired the Garmin GPS25-LVS receiver and I want to use it with the HandyBoard to control the blimp. Does anybody have a schematic that would show how to connect this GPS system to the HandyBoard, and (...) (22 years ago, 24-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Probably burned serial interface -- need help
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Thanks to all who offered help. But I'm afraid I may need some more... In response to some questions: Yes the pop came from the board, not the wall-mounted adapter, and yes, I do have a voltmeter. But it hadn't occurred to me to check the testing (...) (22 years ago, 23-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Compiling .icb files /Farnsworth files
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I thought originally you were interested in building .icb files, not rebuilding the pcode file. If you want to rebuild the pcode, you need the HB distribution of the pcode, which is at (URL) . There's also a makefile that has the flags for building (...) (22 years ago, 23-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Probably burned serial interface -- need help
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Stefano, Do you have a voltmeter? (...) (22 years ago, 23-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Compiling .icb files /Farnsworth files
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Fred, I've enclosed the section of the README that applies to my question: To build pcode for other robot boards, follow the instructions below. Copy the 'build_rw.bat' file to another, and replace the GCC command -D variables to the following for (...) (22 years ago, 23-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Compiling .icb files /Farnsworth files
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refresh my memory -- what's in the README, what is the question? fred (...) (22 years ago, 22-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Probably burned serial interface -- need help
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where did you hear the pop? in the wall-mounted transformer device, or the serial int board? fred (...) (22 years ago, 22-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Probably burned serial interface -- need help
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Hi all, yesterday I mistakenly plugged the 110V/9V AC adapter that feeds the Charger/serial interface into a 220V power supply (I live in NZ but used to live in the US and have a weird mix of appliances, converters, and transformers). After a few (...) (22 years ago, 22-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Compiling .icb files /Farnsworth files
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Howdy Fred, Yes, I did download the zip file from the HB site. As11_ic.bat is present. One question I have is with regards to the various references to Rev 2.1, Rev 2.2, et cetera, in the README file. How do these references relate to my V1.21 HB (...) (22 years ago, 22-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Handyboard Sonar question
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I don't have any connector in the J11 space (middle right edge of the expansion board). All I have are 9 holes in the board that are in the same configuration as the bottom of the sonar module's 9-pin male connector. So if I solder the bottom of the (...) (22 years ago, 21-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Senshist.icb etc
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hi john, the farnsworth stuff should work. did you download the zip file of programs from the HB site? there should be an as11_ic bat file in it. fred (...) (22 years ago, 20-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Handyboard Sonar question
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I've been trying to connect my sonar module according to the instructions in the following webpage: (URL) However, Since I'm using an expansion board with my Handyboard, the SCI port isn't available. Also, my expansion board didn't come with a (...) (22 years ago, 20-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Help! Hanyboard Assembly Testing problem!---I think solved!
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Hey! I've put in the memory, and the LCD screen, and I have interactive C running! Pretty cool that I can print messages to the screen. So problem solved! Anyone have some good instructions on how to properly desolder a part? I almost screwed up my (...) (22 years ago, 17-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Reaching back to the past ...
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Fred, You recently pointed to the new "cricket" controller. Its pretty cool, however as you recall I am a big fan of the Miniboard, having used several in various robots over the years. I recently got a kit from Microchip that they use to teach (...) (22 years ago, 17-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Senshist.icb etc
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Fellow Lugnuts, I'm working with some of the files in Fred's 'Robotic Explorations' book and would like to use the Sensor History Routines (page 291, Section 6.5.7). Between the HB software pages and the book publisher's website, I've managed to get (...) (22 years ago, 17-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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