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How To Make A Low Cost 7.2 V Rechargeable Battery Pack

How To Make A Low Cost 7.2 V Rechargeable Battery Pack

parts needed ,5 cell holder that comes with EZB,6 1.2 V 3000 MA ni-cad rechargeable batteries and 1 cell AA...
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Friday Night Chat - Come Join In! March 16Th

Friday Night Chat - Come Join In! March 16Th

Friday Night Chat - Come Join In! Friday March 16, 2012 9pm EST - Eastern Standard Time This event repeats every week where...
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See Me.

Came across this and thought it might be of interest. See me in the mirror for the first time.
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Servospeed

Servospeed

Hello, When I take a servo and test the speed control by it's self it works just fine however when I put it into a script with other servos it seems to just skip over the speed comands. Can I get a...
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Need Suggestion On Using Ez-B Kit

Need Suggestion On Using Ez-B Kit

Hey guys, I'm very excited waiting for my kit to arrive however after reading and watching the tutorial videos im still confused on how to get started....
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Best Way / How To Make A Bump Or Contact Sensor

Best Way / How To Make A Bump Or Contact Sensor

So how does everyone make bump sensors. Is like to have a second sensor so that if omni runs into the edge iof a table or...
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Looking For Omnibot 2000 Gears...Maybe Some Of You Dont Need Them Anymore

Hi there! I know there is some of you out there upgrading and rebuilding Tomys vintage Omnibot 2000. I am wondering if anyone of you have some parts and leftovers they dont plan on using anymore. I am especially looking for gears of the motorized arm and a circuit board to get my robot which I had picked up at a local fleamarket working again. I...
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Thank You Dj And Ez-B

I just wanted to say "thank you" to DJ. The EZ-B is truly revolutionary and brings a realization to many of us who have dreamed of building our own personal robots. This forum is also a blessing. I have never been more proud to be associated with a group of people who are so helpful and friendly. It is funny how so many, who are into...
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Does The Camera Have To Be Attached To The Servos That Move It

hello Had an idea, since my wall e has a bunch of servos and light in his eyes, i wont be able to install my ezb cam in the head.... i was wondering.... if set up the camera above my monitor (stationary, separate from my wall-e) and i assign the wall-e neck servos (neck left and right and neck up and down) to the camera will wall-e head move (as if...
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How To Cut Plastic Without Melting It

here is a idea kinda close to what they use at factory ,like where i work and desgign using platics,sensor and more for in-house tester what i made i took a old wet saw and replace the blade with a stainless steel fine tooth blade and made shore plenty of water is inside the machine,can also make your own too go very slow cut stop and go again,cuts...
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Where Is The Ez-B Manual?

Hey guys, In the early days of EZ-Robot, I think a manual in a PDF form, was easily access on this site. Where is it? The one the site now is not what Im looking for. I need some answers for the questions: If anyone could help, that be great.. Max current/amp: 5amp? hence the 5amp fuse Max current/amp on a single I/O: DC current per I/O pin:...
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How Can I Change My Email Address In My Settings

Sorry to bother everyone with this but I can not find any information on how to change your email address. If you can help it would be great. BC