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RE: how many servos on handyboard?
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lugnet.robotics.handyboard
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Wed, 17 May 2000 14:11:50 GMT
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Mar, Ericson <ericson.mar@csfb.&IHateSpam&com>
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Remeber also that you have to cut the motor power trace and use an external
5V source for the motors in this case. The HB itself will output 9.6 V from
the motor ports.
> Ericson Mar
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: handyboard@media.mit.edu [SMTP:handyboard@media.mit.edu]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 17, 2000 1:29 AM
> To: lugnet.robotics.handyboard@lugnet.com
> Subject: Re: how many servos on handyboard?
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> The base Handy Board is designed to control 4 DC motors.
>
> The DC motor output ports CAN be used to control 4 (four) stepper
> motors. Remember that a stepper motor needs a square wave pulse
> continually sent to the motor for operation, and the mark / space
> (time high / time low) pulse determines the position.
> So by writing code for the motor outputs, you can control 4 (four)
> stepper motors, (but YOU need to entire the code to do this).
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> The expansion board has outputs to control servo's directly, but not
> having the expansion, I do not know about it.
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> > I'd like to know how many servos the handy board can control. On the FAQ • it
> > says 2, in the documentation it says 4 DC motors. what's the deal? (am I
> > stupid? I'm new at this)
> >
> > also, when you plug an expansion board, do you get 6 EXTRA servos? or • those
> > are the only ones you can still use? How about the rest? do all imputs
> > remain free on the handyboard and everything on the expansion board is
> > extra? than you.
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> Charles Hacker
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> School of Engineering
> Griffith University - Gold Coast
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