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82 What is the Handyboard? (Robot Controllers)




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This article is from the Robotics FAQ, by Kevin Dowling nivek@cs.cmu.edu with numerous contributions by others.

82 What is the Handyboard? (Robot Controllers)

The Media Laboratory at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
announces the Handy Board, a new microcontroller board ideal for
experimental and educational robotics projects. The Handy Board
features the Motorola 68HC11 CPU with 32K of battery-backed RAM, a
16x2 character LCD screen, four DC motor outputs, sixteen powered
sensor inputs, infrared I/O, and a built-in rechargeable battery, all
in a convenient hand-held size. The Handy Board runs Interactive C, a
multi-tasking development system for MS-DOS, Macintosh, and Unix host
computers. [19]News release

The Handy Board is the latest in a series of boards released under
MIT's free licensing policy, in which the printed circuit board
artwork, schematics, and driver software may be freely licensed for
personal, educational, and commercial use. Past designs disseminated
under this policy include the 6.270 Robot Controller System and the
Mini Board.

Handy Board kits and assembled systems are distributed by Gleason
Research ([20]gleason@tiac.net, 617-641-2551), CW Technology
([21]cwtech@infinet.com, 800-547-7479), and Digital Micro Systems
([22]dutta.4@osu.edu, 614-299-2566). Blank printed circuit boards are
sold by Douglas Electronics ([23]info@douglas.com, 510-483-8770).

Fred Martin, a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Media Laboratory, is the
creator of the Handy Board. Dr. Martin is presently writing a textbook
for an undergraduate engineering course based on mobile robotics
project work. The text (working title, The Art of Engineering by
Robotics) will make extensive use of the Handy Board, and is scheduled
for publication in late 1996 by Addison-Wesley.

For more information, contact one of the distributors, or see the
Handy Board home page on the World-Wide Web:
[24]http://el.www.media.mit.edu/groups/el/projects/handy-board

 

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