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Turning On And Off Outlets

I know there is a lot of talk about this. Could someone point me toward a thread that could help me turn on/.off outlets with ARC ? Also if there is and hardware like a switch or wireless outlet trigger could someone tell me.?.
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Wall-E Mp3/Wav Files

Where can I find the wav files used in the EZ wall-e example? I want to put them on the sparkfun card I have and I cannot locate them or mp3 versions of them. I am finishing up this xmas present and time is short!
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Is My Camera Dead?

Is My Camera Dead?

Hey guys, My camera has worked perfectly for weeks, but today it's kinda dead :/ I've tried pairing the camera and the usb dongle to no avail. The D1 and D2 lights are on, on the the...
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No Video From The Camera

Hello, I just received the EZ-Robot complete kit and I am having trouble getting an image using the video camera. I followed the instructions including DJ's response to someone else having trouble with the video camera ( I took the cover off the camera's dongle and pressed the reset button as he instructed), but that didn't work. In the...
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Curious! How Long To Ship The Kit?

Curious! How Long To Ship The Kit?

Hello everyone, My name is PJ. I am currently a sr in college, majoring in computer engineering and biomedical engineering. I always wanted to get into...
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A Low Cost Li-Ion Battery Solution

A Low Cost Li-Ion Battery Solution

I use LI-ion cell phone batteries in the Roomba robot, the EZ-B, and the Wifi board. All of the batteries have built in Power control boards that...
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Improving Windows Voice Recognition Tips

Voice recognition is one of the most used controls within ARC however many struggle with accuracy and confidence, more so with the Pandora Bot control. So here are a few tips to improve the accuracy and confidence levels. Improve Speech Recognition Start Speech Recognition 1. Go to the Start button. 2. Click on Control Panel. 3. Click on Search box...
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How Do I Use Sound From Wall-E U-Command?

This question is for DJ and those who has done this. So im working on modding my Wall-E U command to incorporate EZ-B into, i read DJ Wall-E mod details and he has extracted the sound eeprom from the original board and it looks like he cut the board in half and soldered 3 servo wires in, the question is how do you do this? how do you make it talk...
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Another Ar Drone Question

Hey there guys! Went through the manual, but couldn't find the following: Trying to understand how do the AR drone variables $X and $Y work exactly....? Thanks, Roi.
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Question About Wall-E

Hi guys. I got ez-b kit and have already put it together. But dont know how does Walle speak. You know,those sounds he says like his name or Eva or sound when he got upset when ball disappears. Can some one help me please! I know that i have to use his original speaker but what else?thank you!
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If Question

Hello there! I want to put after an If (value condition) more than just one command. Is it possible? What would be the syntax? Thanks, Roi.
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Thread For Helpful How To Videos

Thread For Helpful How To Videos

Here is a nice and simple three input audio mixer project that I am looking at putting on my robot so I can use three different audio sources to my on board...