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Subject: 
Re: Sonar and Compass
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lugnet.robotics.handyboard
Date: 
Mon, 19 Apr 1999 03:03:45 GMT
Original-From: 
Terry P. Gathright <669@WORLDNET.ATTavoidspam.NET>
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Hi Tom,
I would be instrested in using your code for using both sensors when
completed.
I used your eariler code for the v2x and it works great, Thanks for
your contributions and dedication to help those less competent  writing
code.
bye.
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> From: Tom Brusehaver <tgb@cozy.core.wamnet.com>
> To: kleang@eng.utah.edu
> Cc: handyboard@media.mit.edu
> Subject: Re: Sonar and Compass
> Date: Friday, April 16, 1999 1:14 PM
> 
> 
> > Now, with the expansion board, I can do the same and have both sensors
> > work, but the wiring is messy and I can't take advantage of the
> > Polaroid header on the expansion board, not to mention I'm out 2 motor
> > driver ports.  Has anyone tried to interface both sensors on the • expansion
> > board through a different method?  Perhaps some way of using the SPI • port
> > for both sensors?
> 
> I have started working on an expansion board version of the compass
> code. I won't have it done before fall probably (unless is snows or
> something really bad). I am involved in another huge project right
> now.
> 
> My thoughts are to have the compass in slave mode again, then do a
> manual clocking of the data in. I would connect more of the compass
> pins to the expansion board pins (reset, calibrate, etc).
> 
> If anyone thinks of a better way to do this, go for it.



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