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Hi all, I am new to the HB world and I am wondering if I can use my computer (PC with Windows OS) to directly control the motors and sensors installed on the HB. Please assume that I have no problem in writing a program for the PC to communicate to (...) (23 years ago, 25-Nov-01, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Controlling HB using PC serial port
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Yes you can. The easiest way is to use some of the digital inputs and connect them to the parallel port pins. Then using QuickBasic or any parallel port program you can "send" commands to the HandyBoard. If you want to use the serial port then I (...) (23 years ago, 25-Nov-01, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Controlling HB using PC serial port
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(...) I would posit that the easiest way is to use the serial cable. Then you don't have to do new cabling or only work with the digital pins which can also do output. Plus you're not spending your digital ports. You could also go through the SPI, (...) (23 years ago, 25-Nov-01, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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