[THE HANDY BOARD]



Breaking Items

Routines for driving shaft encoders from the seven analog HB ports are now available. (Fri Feb 7 13:36:36 1997)

Gleason Research posted a collection of pictures from Wellesley College's January robotics course. (Fri Feb 7 13:03:49 1997)

A schematic of the proposed Expansion Board is available. Please look at the specifications of the board and provide feedback. For example, there are two free digital output lines -- would you prefer to have +5v/100 mA transistor drivers, +9v/1A transistor drivers, or just the plain digital outs? (Fri Feb 7 00:08:39 1997)

Main Page

The Handy Board is a 6811-based controller board designed for experimental mobile robotics work.

Handy Board technical specifications. A summary of the hardware.

Why the Handy Board? What is the Handy Board's purpose in life.

Handy Board serial interface/battery charger. Details on the interface and charger system.

Handy Board Expansion Interface. Information on the planned Expansion Board.

Handy Board schematics, parts lists, and PCB layouts.All the inner hardware workings documented.

Handy Board assembly and debugging hints. Instructions for building your own.

Get your hands on a Handy Board. Where to buy Handy Board parts, kits, and assembled systems.

Join the Handy Board mailing list. Stay informed, get help, and share ideas with other users.

Handy Board software resources. Index to HB freeware, commercial-ware, and user-contributed programs.

The Handy Board FAQ. Common questions answered.

Handy Board Technical Documentation. A master index of available hard copy documentation.


Additional Links

Fred's Assorted Robotics Links. Started Sun Aug 25 1996.

The Handy Board Web Site for Local Browsing. The entire Handy Board web site is available as an archive file. Download it to your machine and enjoy local hard disk browsing speed. Available only as a GNU-zipped Unix tar archive. Last update: Fri 26 Jul 1996; 8,217,941 bytes.

Sensors for the HB. Drawings that show how to wire sensors and motors to the Handy Board.

Build LEGObug, a two-motor LEGO vehicle designed for use with the Handy Board.

Handy Board Press Release

Fred's Handy Board To-Do List


[Apple Logo] The Handy Board and this web site were created using Apple Macintosh computers. Find out more about how the Handy Board was designed and Macintosh advocacy.

Fred Martin / MIT Media Laboratory / fredm@media.mit.edu / Fri Feb 7 13:04:21 1997