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EZB Question

I've ordered my EZB about 3 1/2 weeks ago from their main site. I've tried to contact ezb via their contact form and via email several times with no avail. I've not been able to find a contact phone number. After spending ~$100 I'd really like to start working on my time sensitive project soon. I normally don't write in forums about this kind of...
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Any One Have A Spare Wall-E?

I missed out on the recent wall-e with no remote on ebay.....now prices are at the cheapest $80.00 I cant pay 80 for a toy im going to break. I just cant...... help?
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Use EZ-B To Create Universal Remote

Is there any way to use the EZ-B to create a universal remote with IR LED like the Arduino one I found online: https://www.zovirl.com/2008/11/12/building-a-universal-remote-with-an-arduino/
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Hbridge

Hello to all, I am powering my drive motors with an HBridge and it works great except when I first turn on the EZ-B, before it sees the Bluetooth, the HBridge sends power to the motors. Does anyone know how to avoid this? Also, my joy stick is backwards. Anyone know how to reverse it? Best regards,
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Is There Any Way To Buy A Wall-E?

Today I watch the "Wall-E" video and I really love it but I don't know how to build my own, I try to watch some tutorials but I just don't understand and my english sucks...So that's why I wanna to know if is there any way to buy one from this site like the Wall-E on the video...
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Solarpanel

Hello. Got a 9.6V battery i use for my ez-B. If I shall charge the batterypack with a solarpanel, how much voltage should i go for? Should I use a solar panel with 10v? or more? And what about the ampere? Is it okay with a solar panel with 0.2amp for a 0.7amp battery? And would I need a charge regulator, or simply just a one-way diode on the...
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BT Question

I have a question, If i hook this up to my arduino, will i be able to configure it as a bluetooth COM-port so i can upload sketches to it via BT and send it serial data?
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Solarpanel

Hello. Got a 9.6V battery i use for my ez-B. If I shall charge the batterypack with a solarpanel, how much voltage should i go for? Should I use a solar panel with 10v? or more? And what about the ampere? Is it okay with a solar panel with 0.2amp for a 0.7amp battery? And would I need a charge regulator, or simply just a one-way diode on the...
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Share Bluetooth Connection With ARC

I wrote some VB code using EZ-SDK. I want to use the same Bluetooth connection ARC uses, so I don't need to rewrite every feature ARC already has. Is that possible?or did I miss it again? confused
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EZ-B Stops Connecting To Computer.

EZ-B Stops Connecting To Computer.

Hi everyone, I got my ez-b 2 weeks ago. I was able to successfully connect it to my computer, although it would sometimes take several attempt to have a...
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Embedded Computing

Embedded Computing

Some applications may be large enough to support an embedded PC motherboard. Mini-ITX motherboards are a great solution for this application. The Mini ITX motherboards are usually 17cm...
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Could Not Load File Or Assembly 'Microsoft.Directx' Or One Of Its Dependencies

Just for your reference, I was trying to add ez_b.dll to MS VB Express. It poped up a window shows "Could not load file or assembly 'Microsoft.DirectX' or one of its dependencies". You need to install Managed Direct X, which you can find here. sims.ambertation.de/files/mdxredist.msi The problem may only apprear to XP user.