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Gyro

Gyro

hi, i have a question about gyros. i found some gyro cards. Gyro LISY300AL 300 degre Gyro Breakout Board - LY530AL. but i have no idea how gyros works, anyone feel like explaining ? and would it be compatible...
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Android Pad

I got a Samsung Galaxay Tab as an early Christmas/ birthday gift. Any chance we can download EZ-B onto the Android OS DJ?
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What Happened With The New Motor Controller?

Hey DJ, Are ya makin' us wait for the new goodie???????? What happened with the new (single connection) motor controller??????? Are ya gonna make us a christmas present?? BTW, I got the 2 power adapters I ordered. Thanks for the bonus!!! That was nice!!!!
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Turning My Camera On And Off

Turning My Camera On And Off

Hello, I bought a camera on line and the inside looks like the Konig that JD has in Wall-e. However I think the on off switch may be dirrerent. ON mine the switch...
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General Question

So after much fidling i have managed to blow up my sparkfun H bridge, oh well i hated the damn thing anyways so i have butchered an earlier bot i built and used the sabertooth H bridge controller i have, great.....nope for some reason the sabertooth doesnt understand the way that the modified servo panel works, but no issue i just made scripts to...
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Xbox 360 Kinect

Has anyone investigated using the Kinect as a robot control interface???? A google ; and youtube; search yeilded some absolutely mind boogling hacks of the Kinect sensor array. I also found a number of people that have already applied the technology. What do you think DJ ?
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Wall E Program

Hey DJ, a little clarification please. When I saved the "Wall e Big" file as a document; then opened it I'm seeing what I presume is promgramming code. Is this correct? I then opened it in ARC and it would appear that all the programming is there and ready to "start". Could it actually be that easy????????? Once the physical...
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Robot Cleaning Method?

Robot Cleaning Method?

My donor-bot, a Robie Sr., looks like it was buried in the dirt at one point. So I was wondering how people have been cleaning their older robots found on eBay, etc. I'll...
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Looking For A Tutor

I'm looking for someone that would be willing to tutor me with the EZ-B via personal email. A perspective tutor should have lots of patience. Since my stroke I've found that things come much harder for me. I've spent hours on end trying to get a grasp on this and I'm not making much progress. I would really appreciate it. My personal email is:...
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Regarding Batteries

Regarding Batteries

Hi so just bought an ez board, quick question, what kind of batteries and voltage can be connected to these and can you charge whilst connected to the board on a stable power supply...
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HC-SR04 Sensor

Any chance of a wiring diagram? Tutorial is great on describing operation. but I need help in connecting to EZB confused
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Servo Mounted Security Camera (2-Axis)

I am well on the way in the programming of my security camera. Camera servo tracking is enabled for the two servos- the horizontal and vertical axis. When one of the two servos moves to follow movement the alarm will be activated, starting both the Alert and Snapshot scripts. Here are the scripts I have written for the camera: System On Script...