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Dslr Camera Trigger

Dslr Camera Trigger

Hi! This is my first post here! I have built a robot before using the arduino, but now really want to make something useful. As you can see in the video, my last robot didn't really...
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Sourcing Mini Usb Cam

Sourcing Mini Usb Cam

Hey there I'm looking for suggestions for a usb 1080p 30fps web cam and lens as small as the one sold here at store for the EZB with similar lens size. I've looked around and...
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Jerky Servos

I have constructed my version of jd robot using EzB-v4 ,7.4v Lipo and hi torque 7.4v servos. Works well but the servos are jerky. They work fine individually. Any ideas? confused
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Iotiny Used In A Real Project (Inmoov)

Iotiny Used In A Real Project (Inmoov)

Just a quick picture (so not much to see) of my new inMoov utilizing the ioTiny in his arm(s).... More later... @DJ hopefully you'll keep the...
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Continuous Servo Movement Panel

Continuous Servo Movement Panel

I plugged in 2 continuos rotation servos to my ezb one in D0 the other in D11 and selected continuos rotation movement panel while configuring i clicked on...
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Communication

I need help. I'm trying to solve this comm issue for my son and keep striking out. I copied and pasted as much info as I've collected, but basically it connects and then disconnects if I try to do anything. It seems as the ezb4 forces the connection to close, but the computer connection still shows the connection active. EZB 0: EZB 1: EZB 2: EZB 3:...
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Size Of The New 8X8 Rgb Animator

@EZRobot is there any way you can confirm the size (length and width) of the soon to be released 8 x 8 RGB? I am altering one of inMoov's parts to use with it so I just need to know the size of it... Thanks kindly Richard
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Fine Tuning V-Ports

Fine Tuning V-Ports

Hi, I'm really enjoying using an EZB-v4 to control my Humanoid. I had to switch to a SSC-32 to run the servos (due to amperage limitations of using 20 high torque servos) and...
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Right Shoulder Servo Not Working

Hi, We have used the EZ-JD robot the last couple of months with joy in our school. But suddenly the left shoulder servo will not function any more. We have tried to calibrate the robot, and tried to swap right and left shoulder port without any luck. Any tips, or is this a direct warranty claim?
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Communication Between Ezb4/2 And Parallax Dhb-10 Motor Board

I am building my robot by starting with an Arlo base. I am using the new DHB-10 drive board that takes the place of the HB25 drives. The board accepts serial commands on what is label CH1. The board has it's own processor and is pre loaded firmware commands that can be issued by its serial port. I want to issue these commands from my EZB4/2. I am...
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Serial Communication To Vintage Rs-232 Device

Hello All, I am attempting to communicate to my Heathkit Hero Jr. using the Terminal EZB control. I have no trouble communicating with it via TerraTerm/Hyper Terminal. I have connected the TX on the robot to the RX line on UART #0 and the RX on the robot to the TX line on UART #0 and the ground to the ground on UART #0. The robot is using 5V logic,...
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Mqtt And/Or Amqp

Any chance that the EZ-Robot software will support MQTT or AMQP? It would be great if it acted as the broker or as a client.