Dear Robot group,
I am not a memger of your group, but I am interested in joining if possible.
I have a question reguarding a RF design problem.  I need an RF transmitter
receiver pair to drive a switch on the receiving end.  Do you have any
suggestions or places I could purchase such a thing.  I have already checked
with MrRobot.  Thank you for your time.

                                             Jim

The signal is the lightest color wire, followed by power then ground.
--Scott

eric smiley <ebs-@...> wrote:
original article:http://www.egroups.com/group/mrrobot/?start=28
> Hello, I just received my order today (two servos hacked for
continuous
> rotation).  Do you have datasheets on these servos, or could you let
me
> know which of the three wires are for DC power and which used to be
the
> signal wire?  Thank you for your help.
>
>     Eric
>
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kiolbas-@... wrote:
original article:http://www.egroups.com/group/mrrobot/?start=27
> We are students considering using the TJ-PRO for a few projects.  We
> have a few questions:
>
> Is there any way to connect the IR sensor for the remote control other
> than using the COM port, since we'd like to use this port for other
> communications?
>
Yes you could use the Input Capture we do not have code for that
available but you could certainly do it

> Would it be possible to interface an LCD display to the
microcontroller
> board?

Yes the easiest is to use a serial LCD and hook it up to the serial
header on the TJPRO

>
> What exactly do the IR sensors on the robot do?  Can they be used for
> proximity detection, or as optical sensors?

They measure the amount of light that reflects off an object giving the
distance to that object.

>
> Do the supported C compilers compile code to an S19 file that would be
> downloaded to the board?

ICC11 compiles to .s19 code

>
> We want to mount some stuff to this thing.  What kind of payload can
> this robot handle?  Specifically, we plan on mounting a wireless
camera
> and possible some other wireless communication hardware.

on a TJPRO up to several times its mass (a couple pounds)
We will be comming out with wireless cameras and RF data links soon for
the TJPRO.
>
> Please CC any respnses to my e-mail address:  kiolbasa@....
> Thank you.
>
>

Hello, I just received my order today (two servos hacked for continuous
rotation).  Do you have datasheets on these servos, or could you let me
know which of the three wires are for DC power and which used to be the
signal wire?  Thank you for your help.

     Eric

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                     Eric Smiley
                     Duke University
                     Delta Kappa Epsilon
                     House 1C1 rm. 203
       : - )         BOX 96859                      ( - :
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                     ebs4@...
                     919-613-1383

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We are students considering using the TJ-PRO for a few projects.  We
have a few questions:

Is there any way to connect the IR sensor for the remote control other
than using the COM port, since we'd like to use this port for other
communications?

Would it be possible to interface an LCD display to the microcontroller
board?

What exactly do the IR sensors on the robot do?  Can they be used for
proximity detection, or as optical sensors?

Do the supported C compilers compile code to an S19 file that would be
downloaded to the board?

We want to mount some stuff to this thing.  What kind of payload can
this robot handle?  Specifically, we plan on mounting a wireless camera
and possible some other wireless communication hardware.

Please CC any respnses to my e-mail address:  kiolbasa@....
Thank you.

Do you have a printed catalog? If so, please send me one.

Thanks,

Nels Samuelson
47 Therin Drive
Hamburg, NY 14075


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In a message dated 11/14/99 1:05:53 PM, jcab00@... writes:

>I am currently attempting to program a TALRIK JR PRO
>robot but I  am having a difficult time programming it
>in C.  Is there any software that can help me?  I am
>looking for a software that can make it easy to
>program the robot.  Please respond.
>
>Thank You.
>

I have a TJPRO using the MTJPRO11 circuit board.  I am having trouble
using the databus for digital input and output.  The manuals state that
the memory addresses range from 0x4000 to 0x7000 and Y0-7 indicates
which address and whether it is input or output.  However, I can not
get anything to work.  The IR emitters work by writing a value to
0x7000 (Y6), but if I try to write a value to, say, 0x4000, I would
expect it to show up on the databus, but either random bits are high
and low or all of them read between 1.5 and 2.5 volts.  What am I doing
wrong?  Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Jason

>I need to know exactly how to install a dc motor in my TJPRO or a
>servomotor.

I assume you mean a different motor than the servos that come with the
robot (the details on installing the servos is in the TJPRO manual at
www.mekatronix.com).  To add DC motors to the TJPRO requires the
addition of an H-Bridge and for that schematic look at the ME11 board
manual on www.mekatronix.com.  The MTJPRO11 board has been designed for
servos and hacked servos you can add 3 additional servos or hacked
(acting like DC gearhead motors) servos to the MTJPRO11 using ICC11 and
the servo controller software.  I hope this answered your question.
--Scott





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I need to know exactly how to install a dc motor in my TJPRO or a
servomotor.

You can connect the MRC11 to the MSCC11 by connecting the transmit pin of the
MRC11 to the receive pin of the MSCC11.  Then with the super servo code
loaded on the MSCC11 you can control up to 16 servos.  Using 2 MSCC11s is not
nessecary and much harder to interface.  Dimentions are 3.5 in. square for
the MRC11 and MRSX01 combo (about 2 in. high for the stack) the MSCC11 is 2.5
inches square.  However if you are a "newbie" to robotics I suggest that you
start with a robo-bug PA kit first and add other boards later when you fully
understand walking robots through the robo-bug.  Serial comunications code is
included in the software packages that go with these boards.

In a message dated 10/27/99 3:21:10 AM, puckvega@... writes:

>I am thinking of using 1-3 MSCC11's for leg
>servo/sensor control with the MRC11/MRSX01 stack as a top level brain.
>

You proabably only need one. The Robobug uses one MSCC11 for its complete
walking alg. (The MSCC11 can control up to 16 servos).

I'll let someone with more knowledge answer the rest of your question.

I am designing an autonomous hexapod, and am looking for the right
brains for the job.  I am thinking of using 1-3 MSCC11's for leg
servo/sensor control with the MRC11/MRSX01 stack as a top level brain.
What I am unsure about is exactly how the MSCC11's and the MRC11
comunicate.  I gather it is through the use of the MRC11's SPI header,
and a serial linkage of all the MSCC11s' 6 pin serial communications
header. (please correct me if I am wrong!) For example, will I need to
design some sort of routing board with multiple inputs from the
MSCC11's and a single output to the MRC11?  Also what if any system
degradation will I experience by connecting more than one MSCC11 to the
MRC11? As you can tell, I am new at this.  Unfortunatly, this is an
independent research project, so buying a complete hexapod kit isn't an
option.

Thanks in advance for any information
Ian Lanphier

Just go to Mr Robot downloads page, its there. (ASM11)





ilm86-@... wrote:
original article:http://www.egroups.com/group/mrrobot/?start=17
>   Hello, My name is Gary. I have a Talrik Jr. robot and would really
> appreciate if someone could send me a copy of the motorola assembly
> language. Not the source code, but the listing of all the actual
> instructions. Thank-you, in return for help I can send picture of
> beautiful women. Yeah, I have some ready to e-mail. I just find it
hard
> to believe that someone would help me for free. Thank you all. My
> address is ilm86c@...  That is ilm86c@ yahoo.com
>                       Gary
>

Hello, My name is Gary. I have a Talrik Jr. robot and would really
appreciate if someone could send me a copy of the motorola assembly
language. Not the source code, but the listing of all the actual
instructions. Thank-you, in return for help I can send picture of
beautiful women. Yeah, I have some ready to e-mail. I just find it hard
to believe that someone would help me for free. Thank you all. My
address is ilm86c@...  That is ilm86c@ yahoo.com
                       Gary

Hello, My name is Gary. I have a Talrik Jr. robot and would really
appreciate if someone could send me a copy of the motorola assembly
language. Not the source code, but the listing of all the actual
instructions. Thank-you, in return for help I can send picture of
beautiful women. Yeah, I have some ready to e-mail. I just find it hard
to believe that someone would help me for free. Thank you all. My
address is ilm86c@...
                       Gary

I have been using Dunefeild SW for 6 months and have outgrown it.


>I am considering buying SW from ImageCraft. Have you used it? I want
>to get in touch with an end user. I am also looking for some good HW
>that mates well with the SW package. Do you sell just 68HC11 boards?
>
>My application requires two serial ports.
>
>Thank you
>
>Rob Cohen
>

mrrobotcustome-@... wrote:
original article:http://www.egroups.com/group/mrrobot/?start=13
> I have some stuff you might want to look over and see if you can use,
robotics, HC11 stuff and whatever...
>

Does the software work with the TJ Pro? What is it written in?

22pf

jack


mrrobotcustome-@... wrote:
original article:http://www.egroups.com/group/mrrobot/?start=11
> The MSCC11E2U, MB2325U, MC68HC811E2 and MC68HC711E have been received!
>
> There is some technical problems, that is the X-tal's capacitors which
> in
> the schematic shows are 10pF but your parts supplied are 22pF?
>
> Although I knows both values can be used but which one is better?
>
> Yours faithfully,
> Dewayne.
>

The MSCC11E2U, MB2325U, MC68HC811E2 and MC68HC711E have been received!

There is some technical problems, that is the X-tal's capacitors which
in
the schematic shows are 10pF but your parts supplied are 22pF?

Although I knows both values can be used but which one is better?

Yours faithfully,
Dewayne.

mrrobotcustome-@... wrote:
original article:http://www.egroups.com/group/mrrobot/?start=5
> I recently purchassed a TJ Pro and I have had trouble programming it.
> I
> purchassed a set of progo software for Macintosh and an interactive C
> translator.  One of my problems is that I can't find a place to write
> my own
> programs.

Use your favorite text editor on the MAC. Write IC compatible
C-Language code and then just download to the TJ PRO with IC pcoder
installed on the robot. If the program is syntactically correct, it
will load and execute (note: Mekatronix TJ PRO programs require a press
of the rear bumper to start the robot... after, of cours, you have
downloaded the program and reset the computer to start the program.)


   Another is that I can't find out how to download
> pre-existing
> programs to the TJ.

Use IC to download your existing programs (use the IC load command)

  My final but less crippling problem is that when
> the TJ
> Pro is connected to the computer the computer becomes so slow that I
> sometimes think It has frozen.  Any assistance you could provide would
> be
> greatly appreciated.

This has to do with your PC and not the TJ PRO. Some other program may
be competing for the COM port. Be sure no other application is trying
to use the COM port while you interact with the TJ Pro


> Sincerely,
> Shawn
>

mrrobotcustome-@... wrote:
original article:http://www.egroups.com/group/mrrobot/?start=4
> I want to attach 8 infrared emmiters and 8 infrared detectors to the
tj
> pro and I want to have each detector have a report separately. If this
> is possible then I wonder if you can add  those extra sensors and
> emmiters to one if the kits with instructions on how to connect them?
>
>

Mekatronix will soon announce a TJ PRO ARGOS Sensor Expansion board.

  This board will multiplex one of the analog ports to give sixteen more
analog inputs, eight of which are reserved for Mekatronix use. You will
be able to attach 8 IR detectors to it. Provisions have been made for
three IR emitter circuits. Each circuit can drive up to 3 IR emitters
in series at low current (about 10ma) or they can be used for visible
LEDs for line following applications.

In addition, this board provides for line following, battery level
check, charging check, charge input (designed for eventual drive-up
charging!) and other capabilities.

mrrobotcustome-@... wrote:
original article:http://www.egroups.com/group/mrrobot/?start=4
> I want to attach 8 infrared emmiters and 8 infrared detectors to the
tj
> pro and I want to have each detector have a report separately. If this
> is possible then I wonder if you can add  those extra sensors and
> emmiters to one if the kits with instructions on how to connect them?
>
>
Currently there are 7 left over analog ports (port E or
PE1,PE2,PE3,PE4,PE5,PE6,PE7) on the MTJPRO11 board.  PE0 is used for
the bumpers and so cannot be used for IRs.  The wiring for the
IRemitters and detectors is the same as the ones that are on the robot
now, just increment the header, for example add a third IR reciever on
PE4 and an emitter on IRLED OUTPUT HEADER pins 7,8.  You can keep doing
this up to 7 recievers and 8 emitters.  If this is not enough there
will be a TJNOSE board out within 3 weeks which will expand the analogs
even more.

mrrobotcustome-@... wrote:
original article:http://www.egroups.com/group/mrrobot/?start=3
> I loaded serbug.s19 on lower board (MSCC11) and bughead1.c on upper
> board (MTJPRO11).
>
> But can not move. Why? What's wrong? Please tell me method.
>
> Thank you.
>
> Regards,
> Sungho
>
Both boards need to be in run mode and they need to be connected from
the Transmit of the MTJPRO11 to the receive of the MSCC11.  The
MTJPRO11 is the "brain" of the robot and it sends commands to the
"spinal cord" the MSCC11 that controls the legs.  There also will be
new code for the MSCC11 that will do avoidance on that one board along
with other educational packages coming in the next week for the
robo-bug.

mrrobotcustome-@... wrote:
original article:http://www.egroups.com/group/mrrobot/?start=5
> I recently purchassed a TJ Pro and I have had trouble programming it.
> I
> purchassed a set of progo software for Macintosh and an interactive C
> translator.  One of my problems is that I can't find a place to write
> my own
> programs.

I think you can just use "Simple Text" for that.

  Another is that I can't find out how to download
> pre-existing
> programs to the TJ.

Make sure you have the TJ Pro libraries in the SAME folder as the other
libraries AND make sure to rename the library files in all caps.

  My final but less crippling problem is that when
> the TJ
> Pro is connected to the computer the computer becomes so slow that I
> sometimes think It has frozen.  Any assistance you could provide would
> be
> greatly appreciated.
> Sincerely,
> Shawn

I have no idea why that may be happening unless you are trying to use a
mac printer cable instead of a mac modem cable.

What type of Mac are you using?

D.W.
>

I recently purchassed a TJ Pro and I have had trouble programming it.
I
purchassed a set of progo software for Macintosh and an interactive C
translator.  One of my problems is that I can't find a place to write
my own
programs.  Another is that I can't find out how to download
pre-existing
programs to the TJ.  My final but less crippling problem is that when
the TJ
Pro is connected to the computer the computer becomes so slow that I
sometimes think It has frozen.  Any assistance you could provide would
be
greatly appreciated.
Sincerely,
Shawn

I want to attach 8 infrared emmiters and 8 infrared detectors to the tj
pro and I want to have each detector have a report separately. If this
is possible then I wonder if you can add  those extra sensors and
emmiters to one if the kits with instructions on how to connect them?

I loaded serbug.s19 on lower board (MSCC11) and bughead1.c on upper
board (MTJPRO11).

But can not move. Why? What's wrong? Please tell me method.

Thank you.

Regards,
Sungho

Anyone can ask questions about 68HC11 based robots and microcontrollers
AND anyone can answer questions. Just keep it clean and be nice.

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