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Wiring Question From A Newbie.

I am working on my R2D2 Project and have a simple question. I hope one of you guys can help me with it. I am trying to wire existing 4.5v motor to ez-b. Existing toy has a small head turning motor with 2 wires coming out of it. One Black and Red reversing the polarity reverses the direction of the head turning. My question is how do I wire this...
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Adc Value Monitor (Read Adc) Overload

Hi all, I "was" having major performance problems within ARC that was getting worse and worse. The program would lag badly and sometimes lock up and crash. It was driving me nuts. Window 7 was not effected but I could not decide if it was my laptop, win 7 or EZ-B. The problem got worse to the point I couldn't even click on a button or...
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Can You Use And's Or's In Ez Script.

Can you use and's and or's when you are wrting a script? I.E. if(d2=0) and if(getping => 30) result i.e. forward() I am trying to write a script but its seems a very long way of doing it if I have to type each if or else statment with the same result after each one. I mean i have a bunch of IF's that will result in the same action like stop(). I...
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Lipo Batteries

I finally decided on the battery to power my build (5000mAh Turnigy LiPo) but since ordering it I've read a lot of disturbing information on these... i.e. they can catch on fire very easily Is it a bad idea to use it in my build if eventually I will be making it unattended and programmed to recharge itself once it get's low on power? Obviously a...
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Help Me Hook Up Arduino Joystick To Ez-B To Control Servo

i have a joystick, it looks like a ps3 or something, its for arduino boards. it has 3 connectors on it, each has a 3-wire attached. (9 wires total) connector 1 is blue wire, black wire, red wire and labeled (S, GND X, VCC) connector 2 is same, blue, black, and red wires labeled (S, GND Y, VCC) connector 3 is green wire, red wire, and black wire...
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Change Email

i want to change my acount email for family reasons can i and how kudo
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Wireless Camera Freezes After Single Frame Capture.

Hey, I've managed to make a limited port of ez sdk to C# Mono and now I'm running all the software and developing my robot on my Mac, now I know it's not your job to help me as you do not support mac, but I suspect I'm not too far from this. When I try to use it it just captures a single frame and stays there, but the frame updates each time the...
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Smart Robots

Smart Robots

i want to make a intelligent robot you know something that can make disisions with the information it is given and talk to people and learn do you think that is possible with ez-robot?
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Typing In The Script Control Via The Http Server On A Tablet

So I am thinking it would be nice to keep laying in bed Sunday morning. So I grab my Galaxy Andriod tablet and log on to ARC http server and go to remote control and then go into the script command and try and type... No dice. Can't get the keyboard on the tablet screen to show up. Has anyone been able to do this on an android device?
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Trying To Get Connected

Trying To Get Connected

brand new laptop with windows 8.... error message; Attempting connection to COM3 Comm Err: The operation has timed out. BbytesToExpect: 1 Received: Disconnected Connection...
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Android Phone As A Gps, Compass And Tilt Sensor By Sending Uris To The Ez-Builde

Android Phone As A Gps, Compass And Tilt Sensor By Sending Uris To The Ez-Builde

Objective: Use my Android phone as a GPS, compass and tilt...
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Omnibot 2000

please tell me if anyone knows a cheap omnibot 2000 for sale i tried ebay but even that cheap one that started as 1$ went to 200$