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Gas Motor Control. Just An Idea.Again.

Gas Motor Control. Just An Idea.Again.

So I asked this once in the past but I lossed the link. If you took a gas motor with a manual throttle, how could you control it? I know I...
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Hi I'm Neil

Hi I'm Neil from the UK ! I've been watching the forum with great interest for a while and wanted to know if the 5-7 week delivery time is up to date as I want to get a JD for Sam my sons birthday which is in mid May. We have scratch built 5 robots together up until now but they have all been arduino based so far. I will try and post pics in the...
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Discount

I can't remember where but I saw a coupon for 10persent of your first ez robot purchase is the offer still available.i would really like the coupon because I live in South Africa and the currency is Zar 1$ is equal to 11 rand
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Why Does This Script Not Work?

Below is a script I wrote to have my robot smoothly look around the room (relatively that is)... I want each servo move to execute one right after the previous one finishes... However, when I run the script it blazes through the script in about a 10th of a second.. The servos don't move(except for a quick jitter)... Do I need to use sleep() instead...
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Source For Large Plastic Project Boxes?

Source For Large Plastic Project Boxes?

Tried eBay, but was hoping to locate a online retailer for various sizes of electronic enclosures... Looking for large sizes of about 8"...
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Rtc & Localized Positioning System Update, Shaft Sensor, And Solder Rig

Rtc & Localized Positioning System Update, Shaft Sensor, And Solder Rig

Hi gang. I have a couple items i'd like to ask. Some have been addressed to an...
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Mp3 Trigger And Servos

Mp3 Trigger And Servos

Is there anyway to make the sparkfun mp3 trigger play WHILE a servo or servos move? It seems when I play a track and move a servo, the mp3 trigger stops and then refuses to...
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Instructables

Have you all seen www.instructables.com? I have some of my robots up. They have great contests for robots and stuff. There is one robot contest right now! With the stuff going on here, if you all entered, I bet one of you will be taking home a prize!!! I can say it helps to make a video also... Pictures are really important. The more information...
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Robotic Arm On Ebay

Robotic Arm On Ebay

Hey Gang, I found this robotic arm on ebay and it is ripe for an EZ-B. ROBOT ARM SOMEONE BOUGHT IT - HOPEFULLY SOMEONE FROM THE EZ COMMUNITY
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Digital Port On/Off Status When Ezb Disconnected

Digital Port On/Off Status When Ezb Disconnected

I seem to remember that there's a way to set the EZB so digital port stay in OFF mode (current=0) once it is disconnected. I...
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Ez-B V3 For Sale?

Ok now the updates for the V4 have been released, anybody wanna get rid of their (working) EZb V3s? I'm gonna need a few for my projects, and since the V4 is not readily available yet... Send me an email and offer: [email protected] Thanks!
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Power Distribution Daughter Card For Ezb-V4

Power Distribution Daughter Card For Ezb-V4

@EZ-Robot I'd like to float the idea of creating a daughter card that interfaces with the EZB-v4. The main purpose would be to allow a...