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Omnibot 2000 Drivetrain Motors

Anyone know a good place to find 2 replacement motors ? Would like them to be about the same size so I dont have to fiddle with the gear box to much
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23 Pins Only On EZB On Arduino Mega?

How many outputs can you control with EZB on Arduino Mega?  The board has 53 outputs but it seems EZB only lets me use dropdown selections for 23. This cant be right. I 3D printed Johnny 5's head from Short Circuit the movie. all the servos, LEDs, relays, and sound files use 39 outputs. What am I doing wrong? Someone please help. I don't have any...
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Min Voltage For IO Tiny

I am working on the T3-DO project from Michael Baddeley Printed Droid.  I am planning on using the IO Tiny with MG90 and FS90R servos.  These are basically max 6V servos.   Does the IO Tiny regulate voltage?  My guess is no as I am pretty sure the EZ-BV4 does not either.  So, what is the min voltage for the IO Tiny? I don't want to use the EZ-Robot...
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Connecting A Iotiny/PCA9685 Together?

Was wondering if anyone has connected a PCA9685 to a ioTiny? I am building a robot head for my grandson. Have a extra ioTiny and PCA9685 lying around here and would like to use them. The head has 13 servos, the ioTiny 8 ports, not going to workie! Was hoping I could connect them together for enough ports! I don't want to spend too much on this as I...
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Why Does A Windows Volume Slider Pop Up On ARC?

Why Does A Windows Volume Slider Pop Up On ARC?

Does anyone know why I have a Windows Volume Slider pop up on top of ARC? It will pop up in the upper left corner by the menu....
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Setup OLED I2C Display With EZ-B V4

I need help with setting up an I2C OLED display with the EZ-B v4.  The display is connected to the EZ-B v4 based on my understanding of the pin outs on the EZ-B I2C slot as per the manual.  The display doesn't seem to light up (not sure if it should) and I have no idea which skill I use to enable sending of text and EZ-B display information to the...
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EZB Not Responding

Can't get ECB to connect? I'm getting the EZB Not Responding error. "Unable to connect to 192.168.10.1:23. This PC apperas to be connected to a network with the IP address that was specified. However,, the connect could not be established with the EZB." The EZB Wifi network is running. I turned Norton Anti-Virus on and off. Same problem...
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Connect To A Secure MQTT Broker

Hi everyone, I have a MQTT cloud service, deployed on Amazon Web Service. It has secret credentials like username, password & client Id. My question is: on EZ-robot MQTT client, how to connect to a secure MQTT Broker using username, password & client Id? Also how to configure the qos (quality of service)? How to configure these credentials...
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Anyone Building A Full Size R2D2 From Mr. Baddely Design?

Synthiam/ARC users, I now have some series 3D printers and I am starting to build a full size R2D2 unit working with this designer who has a FB page.... https://www.facebook.com/groups/MrBaddeley Most R2 builders use  Padawan 360 build which is based on Arduinos and various other components.  I am thinking about implementing an ARC build using an...
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Ultrasonic Distance Sensor

Can you confirm whether the Ultrasonic Distance Sensor (Collision) works with the Mobile App? Comments from 2017 suggests not, and it doesn't work for me. Works fine with ARC.
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Dome Lift Mechanism R2D2

Dome Lift Mechanism R2D2

I am trying to convert a system so it can be used in EZ-B/ The Dome Lift MEchanism by Matthew Zwarts https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3654411 The system works with a...
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Switch / Case Statement

I am neck deep  in programming my "Simone" robot. I know that I can use multiple or nested if/elseif/then statements, but what would really make my life easier would be a "switch / case statement." switch(expression) { case constant-expression : statement(s); break;  case constant-expression : statement(s); break; ...