Robot Building Questions

Distance Sensor

does anyone know if you can use a 3-wire distance sensor, and if so how would you do it? Thanks 4/4/12

Curious About Something.

Let's say I have three sonars and three IRs or maybe a servo and one of each. (I don't have any yet.) And I set ALL sets to Radar Collision Detection. Will these work together for obstical advoidance ,or can you use only ONE type at a Time? Important Question. I also have four tiers on the robot so it would need to have possibly four areas to scan....

Newcomer To The Ez-Bot Site.

Few things I wanted to mention, 1. Thanks for making it a very simple process to register! It's nice not to have to squint at captcha and guess at things and wait on registration confirmation emails, etc. 2. I found EZ-Robot.com through a suggestion made by someone on another forum and, although it is outside my price range and scope for my current...

LED For WALL-E's Eye

Hey guys, I tried to use the original LED that comes with the WALL-E U-Command with the EZ-B, but the LED does not turn on (using digital ports). Should the original LED work, or should I use another type of LED with the EZ-B?

Nicd Battery Recommendation For Heavy Duty Servos

Can someone make a recommendation for rechargable NiCd battery for two high torque servos

Trex Motor Controller Problems With Ezb

I have several Pololu TReX motor controllers laying around. I hooked it up and connected a motor and a linear actuator to both channels. I started with an standard RC controller and made sure it was all set up. Worked fine. Then I replaced the reciever with the EZB. It worked for about 10 seconds then stopped. I had used PWM slider, then I tried...

What I Would Like To See

Here is What I would like to see. A Radar for the Video Camera like we have for Sonar and IR. Would that be too hard to do? Let us know. That way, the Robot could be Autonymous using the Video Camera instead of IR and Sonar. Thanks, MEL