I recently borrowed a BotBoard programming cable because it has a serial-TTL converter in it, for the purposes of reprogramming the eprom in my monitor....
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Jeff Sampson
jws8675309
Nov 2, 2008 8:19 am
... The schematic of the board has the pinout: http://home.earthlink.net/~tdickens/68hc11/docs/botboard1.pdf http://www.kevinro.com/BotBoardPlus.pdf This page...
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Robert & Elaine
robert.zeiler
Nov 2, 2008 3:49 pm
You can simply test the pins with a VOM or continuity tester; diagram the pin out yourself. ... From: Rich Chandler To: SRS Sent: Saturday, November 01, 2008...
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Rich Chandler
mauser712
Nov 3, 2008 7:40 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4X9Zuf9kPKU Cute or creepy robot (your choice) sings the ending theme from Portal. Very interesting use of colored light in the...
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Rich Chandler
mauser712
Nov 3, 2008 7:40 am
... Short of physically destroying the cable LENT to me, that's not likely. The 4 pin end is unpowered. It would get its juice from the TTL supply in Monitor....
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dlc
dennis_lm_clark
Nov 3, 2008 3:41 pm
Indeed. What IS the world coming to? hmm, DLC ... -- ... Dennis Clark TTT Enterprises www.techtoystoday.com...
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Richard Greenway
fenagogue
Nov 3, 2008 7:14 pm
Come and join in tonight, for another rousing Monday night Chat! Directions below. Richard And the new announcement for this week, is I am trying out a new web...
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timbomcnuckle
Nov 3, 2008 7:44 pm
Hullo all, its been a long while since I've contributed but I still read the interesting topics! anyways... I have a couple of items I want to get rid of, I...
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Justin Wagner
thewagx99
Nov 3, 2008 9:13 pm
I am using that autoit program, and so far its working out, but I can for the life of me figure this one out. I am posting a screenshot of my code, maybe one...
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Justin Wagner
thewagx99
Nov 3, 2008 9:31 pm
ok, i figured out the problem, it isnt waiting for that last window to come up with the finish button, but sending the command immediately. Is there any way to...
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Matthew Tedder
teddemc
Nov 3, 2008 9:47 pm
The sleep function. Type in sleep and, put your cursor over it and press F1. Or, you can wait for the specific window to open. First you set the...
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ss beard
carlturner17
Nov 4, 2008 12:21 am
i just read and enjoyed your article about how to modify a servo to run continuously (without stops). I dont understand how it can reverse its direction. i...
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twcarroll@...
Nov 4, 2008 12:33 am
Carl, You were wondering how to reverse a servo modified for continued rotation. If you've modified the servo in the 'typical' way, in that you removed the...
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Justin Wagner
thewagx99
Nov 4, 2008 1:15 pm
Thanks for all the help. One more question and then hopefully Ill be able to leave you alone. How do I use the functions keys like F3? ... From: Matthew Tedder...
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ss beard
carlturner17
Nov 4, 2008 4:29 pm
thanks Tom" PWM--you'd have thought i could'v figured it out myself--thanks for the info. you can tell i'm a novice hereabouts. so i suppose then from a...
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Thomas D. Dean
tomdean@...
Nov 4, 2008 4:54 pm
Look at the articles on the SRS web site. http://www.seattlerobotics.org/guide/servos.html ...
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Justin Wagner
thewagx99
Nov 4, 2008 7:54 pm
Anyone have an idea on how to do TCP/IP to USB? Is there an off the shelf adapter that I can use? ... From: Thomas D. Dean <tomdean@...> Subject: RE:...
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Jim McBride
jymmyrig
Nov 4, 2008 8:03 pm
USB wireless adapter? ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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Matthew Tedder
teddemc
Nov 4, 2008 8:05 pm
Use the send("{F3}"); command. Hit F1 with your cursor on the "send" command and scroll down a bit. There is a list of all special keys.. AutoIT is pretty...
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Thomas D. Dean
tomdean@...
Nov 4, 2008 8:08 pm
A couple hints http://www.windowsnetworking.com/articles_tutorials/w2kusbip.html http://www.serialgear.com/CONTACT.cfm http://foxlx.acmesystems.it/?id=705...
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ed@...
phoneguin
Nov 4, 2008 8:12 pm
TCP/IP is a suite of communications protocols that can run on virtually any medium, from RS232 serial to ethernet to 802.11 WiFi to fiber optics. There are...
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Leland Fox
leland_fox
Nov 4, 2008 9:51 pm
Are you thinking of something like this? Fry's has them on sale every once in a while for about $5. TCP/IP on one end and USB on the other ...
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Peter Balch
peterbalch@...
Nov 5, 2008 1:43 pm
... seems to involve connecting two computers together via their USB ports and the result looks as though they're nodes on a LAN. Right? ... looks like you...
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ss beard
carlturner17
Nov 5, 2008 5:03 pm
ok, did that: ran into an interesting problem designing my wing folding mechanism. i employ four servos, two per each wing. one does the locking, one does...
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Long, Dan T
danlong777
Nov 5, 2008 5:06 pm
Reverse the wires on your motor AND your feed back resistor (POT) ... + and - switched around ? ________________________________ From:...
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Peter Balch
peterbalch@...
Nov 5, 2008 11:41 pm
If you're using standard servo control pulses, Google for "servo reverser". Peter...
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Chris Baron
jojo5552000
Nov 7, 2008 1:29 am
Digital servos such as those from Hitec can be reversed in there internal software. There is a little programmer box that can get that does this as well as...
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Kevin Impson
internetgiest
Nov 7, 2008 7:59 am
Hi All, I will most likely wake up tomorrow and think, why did I post this, I know the answer, but my brain is just malfunctioning I guess? USB to BlueTooth...
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Rob Purdy
gausswave
Nov 7, 2008 8:15 am
They are pretty universal. I have one on my pc at work. It's scary to see how many unsecured devices there are out there. I'm pretty sure you can connect...
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Brian Lane
bcl98312
Nov 7, 2008 7:14 pm
... Hash: SHA1 ... Yes. Bluetooth is a point-to-point protocol for the most part (there is a hub protocol, but I'm not sure if anyone actually uses it). For...
