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            Re: Basic Sensor Question
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            lugnet.robotics.handyboard
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            Wed, 21 Oct 1998 22:07:13 GMT
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            Julian Porter <jporter@mindspring.STOPSPAMcom>
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      You were right, also it seems my board is wired incorrectly analog(0) 
controls the connector marked 7 on the hb. 
 
Thanks for your help! 
 
Julian 
-----Original Message----- 
From: Scott R. Harris <srharris@phoenix.Princeton.EDU> 
To: Julian Porter <jporter@mindspring.com> 
Cc: handyboard@media.mit.edu <handyboard@media.mit.edu> 
Date: Wednesday, October 21, 1998 5:54 PM 
Subject: Re: Basic Sensor Question 
 
 
>  
> It sounds like you've got the switch between +5V and GND. What pins 
> exactly are you connecting to? 
>  
> The sensor connections Are like this: 
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>        _ _    _ 
>        G +    I 
>        N 5    N 
>        D V    P 
>  
> You dont need a resistor to use a microswitch.  The HB inputs have pull-up 
> resistors, so all you need to do is connect the input to GND to make it go 
> low. 
>  
> -Scott Harris 
>  
>  
> On Wed, 21 Oct 1998, Julian Porter wrote: 
>  
> > I just got my HB and am trying to test the sensor input, the docs say to 
> > hook up the microswitch between signal and ground, when I do this and  close 
> > the switch my hb resets (because I just shorted it out...).  I tried  putting 
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