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Re: serial interface
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lugnet.robotics.handyboard
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Date:
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Thu, 30 Oct 1997 05:59:26 GMT
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Fred G. Martin <fredm@SPAMCAKEmedia.mit.edu>
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Lisa you could also use the HEXMON40 program you might already be
familiar with from the Mini Board. Basically all you have to do is
change the motor out and vector location definitions.
See the FAQ for the memory map of the Handy Board.
http://lcs.www.media.mit.edu/groups/el/projects/handy-board/faq/index.html#memmap
Fred
In your message you said:
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> I am interested in using the handyboard platform to do online robot
> learning on a unix platform. I would like to have my learning program
> (written in ansi C and compiled with gcc) running on a unix machine
> sending motor commands and receiving sensor readings through the
> serial line. I have looked at the serial code provided on the
> handyboard web page: serialio.c, conio.c, and debug_serialio.c. These
> seem to provide the backbone needed to do this, but do not include
> mechanisms to command the motors or read the sensors.
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> Previously using the miniboard I was able to set up such an interface
> by sending commands on the serial line that mimiced the monitor
> program. Should I use the same technique for the handyboard? If so,
> is there documentation available on the mon program? Specifically I
> would need to know the addresses of the motors and sensors.
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> Thanks, Lisa
>
> --
> Lisa Meeden **610-328-8618** Changed for sabbatical
> Computer Science Program meeden@cs.swarthmore.edu
> Swarthmore College http://www.cs.swarthmore.edu/~meeden
>
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