Hi, I want to sent commands from the Computer to the Handyboard in realtime. The commands will be simple numbers like 1, 2, 3 etc. From what i understand by...
Hello All! I'm new to the group and I was wondering if I could get some help. I understand that the board is programmed in IC and uses special functions...
... It's just a standard 16x2 character LCD (44780 controller). Nothing out of the ordinary at all. You can buy one much like the original, but with a...
Has anyone attempted to use the TAOS TCS230 color sensor with the handyboard. It has a daughterboard hookup with a 20 pin configuration for input/output...
Hi, I have two handyboards. Both have now gone into a mode where I can't seem to communicate with them at all. When I turn on the board while holding down the...
James Frye
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Apr 23, 2009 9:33 pm
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Hello James, The LCD will usually display a row of all square blocks on the top line when the battery runs down and the bootloader/firmware is no longer in...
... I think that may in fact be the problem with #2 board - after sending the message, I noticed that one of the wires from the battery had broken, so likely...
James Frye
frye@...
Apr 24, 2009 4:09 am
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... It appears that was half the problem. I found a Windows system with IC 4 on it, and it downloaded the bootloader & firmware, something I could not get the...
James Frye
frye@...
Apr 25, 2009 4:59 pm
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Hi, I need/want to use some assembly language subroutines with the HandyBoard. According to the manual, I need a special version of an as11 assembler, as11_ic,...
James Frye
frye@...
Apr 28, 2009 10:16 pm
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Hi, It's been a long long time since I've posted here. I've recently dusted off the robot and am re-doing the drive system to use Kam Leang's bipolar motor...
I have posted an Interactive C implementation of events for the Handy Board here: http://roboticdreams.wordpress.com/. The code enables an event-based...
I tried downloading the latest version of Interactive C 8.0.2 but when it is done compiling the Handyboard lcd says the firmware is IC 4.2. What happened to...
There are different version numbers for the desktop software and the firmware that runs on the board. The firmware hasn't changed through the latest batch of...
Just thought I'd add some info. If anyone is still using IC 3.2, the old Newton Labs one, it doesn't seem to work on Vista 64. Not sure of earlier versions. ...
I have a new Handy Board and I am attempting to read an analog input for the first time. I have a trivial infinite loop that reads an analog port value and...
Yes, the default software libraries assume an Expansion Board, and reserve those two pins for it. One simple workaround is to use analog(16) to get analog(0),...
As I have understood I have to cut the motor power trace and then plug the new power source into the motor power header. But what happens to the Expansion...
Hi everyone, I am refactoring the Handy Board web site, built on top of WordPress. I hope that this will encourage people who are still using it to share...
 PCB Design  We are one of the professionally managed Organization in India involved in providing CAD based PCB design & development services. We are...
 PCB Design  We are one of the professionally managed Organization in India involved in providing CAD based PCB design & development services. We are...
If I were to order extra pins to solder onto wires which could then be inserted into one of the analog or digital inputs on the HB, what size or gauge should I...
I have a handyboard v1.21k that was used in Botball a few years ago. I'm trying to get it going to practice with before beginning a new team. Interactive...
Jennifer, you can’t use a parallel adapter. You have to get a USB-serial cable, which provides a COM port. You then use a serial DB25-DB9 adapter to connect...
I went to botball.org and downloaded the Interactive C 8.0.2 program to write and test my programs for school. We are required to use "reset_system_time()" in...
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