Recent content by newcastlenellie

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    movedata() function

    tfinch2: apologies I believed the first site I read, my mistake, have now seen that it is a standard command in string.h Reading the manual again, I says that the 4Kb of memory on the board is Dual Port Ram, and when it is plugged into an IBM-PC a portion of the DCX's memory appears in the...
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    movedata() function

    hello, I'm (attempting) to write a driver for a motion control board for use in player/stage robot server. player stage site I have written most of the driver but cannot work out how to address the motion control card (which is fairly major!). I have a programme which works in windows...
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    C++ serial help

    Hello, I'mdoing a master in mechanical and mechatronic engineering, for my project I am creating/designing the motion control system for a mobile autonomous robot. I have inherited an old robot with a vey old motion control card, I have worked out how to programme the card from the examples...
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    Webber grills

    my mate brought a weber charcoal bbq the other week, i abusd him for spending quite so much, tho now have used it for a week (he's gone home from uni and left it with me (damn nice bloke)) i love it got a chimney for lighting the coal using just paper, its so quic and simple!
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    the agp bus

    i have found that by slightly under clocking my laptop i get better battery life, now i know that the agp/pci bus (mines a dothan on 855 chipset) cannot be pushed too high by overclocking the fsb, is the same true for underclocking? just wondering before i push it too far! cheers
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    damn business law, finance and quality is jus boring

    hell yeah i agree, i'm a second year mech eng in newcastle uk, and i need 60% this year to get on the masters and i think i've been royally screwed by my business and law module, it just seems so pointless!
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    3 phase induction motor and synchronous one!

    got a book! so no worries, quite easy as it turns out
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    3 phase induction motor and synchronous one!

    well no, very good point mind! not enough time now either!! i have seen a quote which i strongly believe in which says ' buying textbooks is an insult to the wine industry' i use it as my motto, never mind, its going to be over by this time tomorrow, off to my mates house now.
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    3 phase induction motor and synchronous one!

    I have a horrible feeling this is in the wrong place but I'll give it a go anyway: I've got an exam coming all too soon on 3 phase motors, and one of the questions is draw the phasor diagram for synchronous and also draw circuits for induction motors that are simplified using Thevenin's...