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Re: Is there a device that...?
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Sun, 19 Sep 1999 23:53:48 GMT
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I'll vouch for the efficacy of the Fascinating Electronics board. I
got one years ago after reading the series in Electronics Now/Radio-Electronics
using it as a weather monitor. It works fine connected to an HP48 calculator
for control of I/O as well as some on board Stepper motor drivers. I used
the steppers with Lego gears but it really is overkill since there's so much
free play in the Lego plastic gears.
In lugnet.robotics.handyboard, handyboard@media.mit.edu (Chuck McManis) writes:
> One manufacturer of such a device is Fascinating Electronics of Oregon.
> They make a device that hooks to your serial port, you send it "commands"
> and it answers. The board has a/d inputs digital inputs and outputs a relay
> output, etc. It works by talking to an on board 80552 that is running a
> control monitor.
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The Parallel port on the IBM style PC is one of those non-standard standards
that seem to change with every new system they bring out.
> Driving a parallel port directly is possible, but as Parallax will tell you
> it is fraught with compatibility dangers (their original BASIC Stamp used
> the parallel port for communication.)
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| One manufacturer of such a device is Fascinating Electronics of Oregon. They make a device that hooks to your serial port, you send it "commands" and it answers. The board has a/d inputs digital inputs and outputs a relay output, etc. It works by (...) (25 years ago, 15-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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