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Hc-Sr04 Only Reports '20'

Hc-Sr04 Only Reports '20'

Hello. I have made the connections as report in tutorial. + on D0 5v - on D0 ground Trigger on D0 signal Echo on D1 Signal But the distance is always 20........ Can...
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Vista And Xp Systems

Vista And Xp Systems

I've been told that there are some people using these systems to run EZ-Robot. I'm retired and only have a small income so buying a new computer that runs either Windows 7 or 8 is...
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Hc-Sr04

Can someone please teach me how to use it in visual basic? I need to have sensor sending me a value when i push a button. How can i do?
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Ez-Robot Arm

Ez-Robot Arm

Hi all, I am interested in purchasing the EZ robot arm. IS there any more information available on the site? I was looking for a demonstration video and more pictures if possible. The picture in...
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Question For Dj

DJ, I know many people like me who are fairly new wonder "How did you simply just make a microcontroller, and then make a kit to sell it for $200 each?" To make something as simple as the ez-b and then sell it for $200 you must be fairly successful. What was it like to build the ez-b and ARC ?
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Epilepsy

Hello. Am i the only one having some strange epilepsy behaviour on my robot? It happens to me very very often and i don't know why. Sometimes, cutting off power, shutting down Windows and restarting all, the problem seems to be solved, but very often, i need to off/on, off/on, off/on many many times..... I don't know what is the matter, but...
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Rc Tank

Rc Tank

https://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNTQ5MTk1NDIw.html https://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNTQ4OTc1NjM2.html https://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNTQ5MTkzMDQ4.html The sound is not synchronized
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Rc Tank

Rc Tank

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Diy Robot Arm

Diy Robot Arm

heres a vid on how to make a DIY robot gripper arm for anyone who wants to know. Came across this just searching youtube.
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Omnibot Source Code?

Hi, new to all of this. So much fun though! So, I've built my Omnibot! He's great, and doing some cool things with ARC . I wanted to give the c++ source code written by DJ Sures a go. Only thing is, I can't find the download anywhere? Where oh where can I download them from? Have they been removed from the site? Many thanks.
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Ez Robot Decal Ideas

Ez Robot Decal Ideas

This is specifically for Ideas on decals for eZ robot projects. Since I'm going to make faire I'm going to have some decals made for the robots that have both my name and EZ robot...
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Robot Does Not Work

Something is wrong. when i connect ez-b to computer it gives me two ports COM3 and COM4. But on tutorial video shown COM3 and COM7. I connect to COM3 as it is shown in video. When i try to open examples botton it does not give same window as shown in video. (picture attached) In this window i cannot open calibration example project. It just not...