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Raspberry Pi ! Please Read Everyone! Asap!

Looking for a small computer that is no bigger than your iPod? check out the raspberry pi. It is great for all of us to use in our robots. And would be the smallest computer you could ever use.
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Sabertooth Hook-Up

Hi All. Could someone clarify the hook-up to a Sabertooth 2x12? Specifically, the EZ-B tutorial page says "The EZ-B connects to the GND, +5 and Signal to the Sabertooth. The Signal from the EZ-B connects to S1 on the Sabertooth." https://synthiam.com/tutorials/Help.aspx?id=173 I understand the 5V on the Sabertooth is providing 5V of power...
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Gripper

gripper
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Vertical Camera Tracking Question

Vertical Camera Tracking Question

I do not know if i'm in the right section. I built a boxbot as in the tutorial. I have a problem with the tracking function of the camera. For horizontal...
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Stuck!

Hello Everyone, I'm in the middle of my robot build ,and I need to calibrate the servos.I have two laptops. One has bluetooth, the other one doesn't. They both have the EZ download in them. When I go into the examples box to calibrate the servos, the computer without the bluetooth has the correct drop down box, and I see the servo calibration. When...
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About The Ez-Robot Story On Youtube

DJ nice info on how you started EZB But you said you made the board to have a replaceable micro chip ,but yet you said in the forum we cant buy the chip ,why is that Be a great idea for you to sell the replacement chip for a few reasons one if the chip on the board goes bad ,we just replace the chip ours self second if others want to make a board...
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Ezb And Android

Just wondering if android device like a powerful tablet could run the program itself without a pc or windows 7? Otherwise I'm gonna buy a embedded bord that way I can take it anywhere
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Hi Everybody

I present, JeremiE, I am French, I've always been attracted by the robot and crafts, so, I bought a recement ez pack I look different in the project section, I find it super interresant and there are good ideas. I hope enjoyed the experience of everyone because I'm not very good at the moment, but I'm hopeful. see you soon.
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Dual Axis Compass

Dual Axis Compass

I have order a Dual Axis Compass for my EZ-B. Please give me a wiring plan. Thank you very much
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Ez-Scripts

Just an idea, can we have a forum section for EZ-Scripts like we have for the SDK? I just think it would make scripts and script issues easier to find etc. and a place (other than the EZ-Cloud) for code snippets that seem to get lost in the middle of topics with no indication of the script in the title (such as my GetADC yesterday has my Battery...
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Screen Display Chopped Off On Top

All of a sudden when I open my project file the top part of the screen display is missing. The vertical slider bar can not bring it into view. However if I click on an older file it comes up OK. I have restarted ARC and Windows 7 to no avail. I just downloaded the latest ARC version and it was working fine until just now. Any suggestions?
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Can The Ezb Read Frequency

looking to get a sensor with a frequency output,i guess its sonar echo pin and how would i read it