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Six Revolution

Hello , well this is the month that the Six will ship. I have one on order (pre-Retail). An would like to connect with as many other Six owners as I can. I will post here once Six is in but would like to start making contacts now. So if you have Six and are waiting as I for his arrival please post here so I can try to form a small sub community for...
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My New Customer Makerbot Experience

My New Customer Makerbot Experience

Just like i did with the Solidoodle I am sharing my overall experience purchasing a new makerbot. I will compare some of the same prints i did on the...
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5 Boxes

5 Boxes

wow 5 boxes .
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Uartread

I get " syntax error, unknown command " when I try to put in UARTRead(0,0,10) in my script. Anyone come across this?
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I'm Out

Guys and Gals , I'm out. I do not belong to this community. I will return when I am an EZ Robot owner.
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Playing With Red Ball?

Playing With Red Ball?

playing with red ball? for what? j
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ARC Audio

It's been a while since I've had time to experiment with EZ Robot. I have version 3. My son wants to build an animated Halloween skeleton. He wants it to play some audio along with the animation. I thought there was a discussion where you can have the ARC play the audio through your computer after some event occurs (like motion detection). Can...
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Generate A Random Colour

Good Evening, I am trying to generate a random colour from four predefined colours. The pre defined colours are Red,Blue,Green,Yellow. Please take a look at what I written so far. :COLOR $1 = "RED" $2 = "GREEN" $3 = "BLUE" $4 = "YELLOW" $COLOUR = GETRANDOM($1,$4) say($COLOUR) I know why the error I am getting...
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Please, Can We Have Detection Of Smile Or Frown

Please, Can We Have Detection Of Smile Or Frown

Hey, Justin or anyone. I just got an idea. How hard would it be to simply allow your Facial Software to Detect emotions. We...
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Roomba Pre-Defined Controls Via D0 On Ezb(4)

Are the pre-built controls within EZB going to be able to utilize any other UART ports or hardcoded to use D0 only on the new EZB(4) ?
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I Hook Up To My New Ezb Camera And The Light Comes On, But It Does Not Show A Pi

I Hook Up To My New Ezb Camera And The Light Comes On, But It Does Not Show A Pi

It does not show a picture in ARC. Do any of you have any...
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Uart Port Voltage

Looking at the EZB spec sheet the UART TTL Voltage Level (input/output) is listed at 3.3 volts. I am going to connect that port to a device that uses 5V TTL for communicating via serial. I believe I would have to use a bidirectional logic level converter. Am I correct? Thanks