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Usb->Serial Adapter
Hi DJ, For my omnibot, i am using a USB to Serial converter from SparkFun. However, since the newest firmware update, i haven't been able to connect. I've tried multiple converters but all fail... Did you change anything?
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DJ Sures |
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Finally Got My Firmware Updated
@Niek, Hey, Buddy. Did you get yours working? Mel @ D.J. Finally got my firmware Updated after 20 times. Please, next time give us MORE than 3-4 secs to do this. It was a nightmare and really... forgive me for saying this.....It took the EZ out of the firmware part of your Board. It was very Hard. Hope you don't mind me saying this. You have a Fine...
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Niek |
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Willow Garage , Robots In The Home
Wouldnt it be cool to sort of mimic the general design and run this guy of ezb? Look at there videos , they offer software open source for devepment and one guy tought his robot to play pool. https://www.willowgarage.com/
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jstarne1 |
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Is The Ez-B Windows Aware?
Hello, I am a university student working on a project that requires simple movement of two servos. I got your board because of its "plug-n-play" abilities. So far everything is working splendidly. Awesome product! I am using bluetooth to communicate, but for my project I am writing other software using MATLAB. I have discovered that...
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DJ Sures |
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Bad Bluetooth On The Ez-B Board
Hello everyone, I have a problem the Bluetooth on my EZ-B board. When I tried to modify it for an antenna. To make a long story short I messed it up and now it does not work. Can anyone tell me were I can buy a new Bluetooth for the EZ-B Board. Thanks BC stress
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nicolson |
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The Great L.H.F.D.I.Y. Challenge !
The great L.H.F.D.I.Y. ( Lowe's. Harbor Freight. Do It Yourself. ) So, here's the challenge. Build a robot with items purchased ONLY from Lowe's ( or any home improvement store in your area) and Harbor Freight; excluding electronics. However, if you can find any electrical, electronic, and/or electromechanical items, all the better! Get your...
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ww321q |
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Can I Build Autonomous Robot With Ez-B V3??
Hi Dj I Have Big Problem For My Robot Project. My Project Is Autonomous Robot And With Computer Vision,Voice Recognize,... I Write C#...
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veria70 |
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Hello!
Hey All, Just wanted to drop a quick introduction. My name is Kris and I'm an R2 builder here in Alberta. My R2 is basically complete and I've been debating on different control systems for it. Met DJ at the Calgary Expo this weekend and really like the EZ-B setup. Wife picked me up a kit for my birthday! I'll be adding some pics shortly as I...
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MovieMaker |
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Attention Dutch People
Are we still going to Maker faire 050? I was thinking we could try to get a table there to demonstrate all of our bots (and promote EZ-Robot) Anyways, i'm going. If you're in contact me at redacted
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Niek |
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Robot Drive Compontents/Parts
Here are a couple of links that may be interesting to everyone. Diverse Electronic Services Kadtronics
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rgordon |
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Ip Camera
Can you use Ez builder with an IP cam ?
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pittom |
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Hard Drive Access?
Is there any way to read or write to a hard drive within the ARC? I wrote a MS Kinect software application that writes Kinect date to text files and updates them in real time. (I call it the "painless data exchange protocol.") It would be really great if I could get Kinect data into ARC. If not directly, does ARC have the ability to run
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TMesserschmidt |