Ryan, Answer the following so I can give you a better answer: 1. Do you program in the C language? 2. How many servos do you want to control? 3. Do you want to...
jack
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Feb 11, 2002 8:36 pm
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I would like an umbilical cord but RF would be nice. I want to run about 14-16 servos, but only need to run about four or so at the same time, but i need to...
I am having problems using the IC software . The message "board was not found" keeps coming up. I got it to work for a while, and then the error comes up...
I just got through a problem very similar to this one. Are the lights on the board lighting up correctly? I could not connect to the board on the COM2 port on...
For some reason, NT 4.0 will not work with IC software. You might contact <www.newtonlabs.com> to see what they say about it. WIN98, on the other hand, should...
jack
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Feb 12, 2002 9:44 pm
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Has anybody used this with the TJ Pro, I am thinking of trying it. What do you think....
For some reason the MJPRO11 board is sending a continuous reset pulse inhibiting communication to and from the mother board. We have checked the voltage...
If you have added extra hardware to the MTJPRO11 that uses the 5V supply you might be over taxing the power supply. You can try adding more capacitance on the...
Scott Jantz
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Feb 15, 2002 8:00 pm
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Hi , I need ur help in one more thing. we " Concordia"university bought from u a robot "TALRIK JUNIOR". after following all the steps in the manual. i still...
For some reason i tried to use the printf statment and all i get i the line that returns <int> 0 I tried running a simple program whose sole purpose was to ...
hello friends/sir, my name is prashanth and i am carrying out a robotics based project as part of my undergraduation. I am facing a slight difficulty with my...
tjhell2002 wrote: For some reason i tried to use the printf statment and all i get i the line that returns <int> 0 I tried running a simple program whose sole...
Craig, If you are using IC, printf() does not work on the TJ Pro. IC uses a hack to direct printf() output to an LCD display. You can use printf() with an IC...
jack
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Feb 22, 2002 1:01 pm
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See reply to Craig's email. ###jack...
jack
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Feb 22, 2002 1:02 pm
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... Here is what I don't get... If I did use printf(), with any compiler, while code is executing on the robot, where will it print? The bot has no...
Craig, The output always goes to the SCI. Now, the problem is what do you do with it. There are several options. 1. As explained in the manual, you can have a...
jack
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Feb 22, 2002 5:58 pm
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Running the batch file to compile Libtk on my machines produces code that can't operate servos. There are no errors reported. I've tried two computers, and...
Zach Zink
z@...
Mar 7, 2002 2:42 pm
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The problem is in <isrtk.h>. Add the following at the beginning of this header file. /* TALRIK II Servo handler */ #define TOC1_isr This disables <isrtk.h>...
jack
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Mar 7, 2002 7:39 pm
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Okay, I thought I saw where you are going and got a bit ahead of myself (I think). So much for my idea of messing with the servos to learn interrupts. I made...
Zach Zink
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Mar 11, 2002 7:35 am
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Zach, I got burned. I should have tested the change. As you pointed out it does not work. In fact, it should not have been made at all. I recompiled all the...
jack
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Mar 11, 2002 4:58 pm
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Nope, no physical changes are made when my servos stop working. I have a functioning servo with the original libtk.a, using my own version of avoidtk.c (I've...
Zach Zink
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Mar 11, 2002 5:23 pm
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What version of ICC11 are you using? It must be version 5.0 or greater. jack At 09:20 AM 3/11/02 -0800, you wrote: Nope, no physical changes are made when my...
jack
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Mar 11, 2002 5:45 pm
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I've been trying use the motor/servo ports PA4-PA6 on the tjpro microcontroller to turn on an external motor. The function fd() does not seem to work. What...
It's version 5. No errors given my libtkmake.bat. Can you recompile your libraries properly? What's in your autoexec.bat file? And, do you need to add lines to...
Zach Zink
z@...
Mar 13, 2002 12:23 am
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Hi you can run a 3 servo motors on PA4-PA6 with additional software or you can run a 5 DC motors with additional 5 H- bridge (7400 + L293)to operate the motors...
I've also used "servo guts" hooked up to other motors, and you can use RC car parts if you have them laying around. They often don't like going into reverse...
Zach Zink
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Mar 13, 2002 3:35 pm
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Hi: I'm new to this group are there any Java code for these Robots. Thank You...
That would be cool, but it would be tough to fit in a VM you'd think. http://www.interstice.com/~kevinh/khlib/pubdocs/Tree.html That's all I found, stuff to...
Zach Zink
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Mar 14, 2002 5:36 am
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Hi: I currently doing requirements, architect design using several difference proto Java chips sets for a Robot system, not sure which one I will traget. ...