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Battery Voltage Monitor
This is really a question aimed at DJ but if anyone else knows the answer please chip in, i want to know how i can use an ADC port to monitor the battery voltage on my 6v...
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Gunner |
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Heavy Duty Servo Requiring External Power Source
If I had a Heavy Duty Servo Requiring External Power source ,HOW would I hook it up to the servo? My batteries now are...
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Gunner |
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Rover And H-Bridge.
I'm trying to get a Rover 5 chassis going with EZ and an H-298 H-Bridge. I've watched DJ's video but I have a couple of questions. I'm using an external source to power the motors, connected to vcc and gnd. I have all the signal wires connected to digital pins on the EZ. 1. Do I need to connect the +5V line, or will the board draw power from the...
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strathcona |
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Idea For You D.J.
Some others may benefit also. Because of our agreement not to talk about other robots, I will not mention names. There were two robots that in the last two years recognized themselves in a mirror. that recently, last year was very popular reading. They were said to be self-aware. WARNING: This MAY go over some peoples head. (Like Mine) Now, Moving...
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MovieMaker |
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Sensor Integration Questions
Hello again, We are atttepting to scan the room looking for a glyph. Once detected we would like to drive over to it and stop just before it. To do this we mounted the ping sensor on top of the WIFI camera and mounted the camera to a servo. We used a modiifed servo movement panel to command the wheels to go when a glyph is detected. This work,...
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Troop191Roboti… |
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How To Wire Up A Robot
here are some ideas to have less problems with you robot one is try to keep signal wires seperate from power wires.if you cant then twist the power wires to blocks the EDDY...
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RobotMan |
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How To Make Servo Brackets Like Those On Lynxmotion Robots?
How can I make servo brackets like those on LynxMotion Robots out of wood and plastic? I want to try...
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jstarne1 |
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Maker Faire Anyone? Im A New Poster But Regular Reader.
Hi everyone, I can't make it to the Maker Faire this year.
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sfoy |
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Ez B Control Of Pwm Motors
I have a box of VEX motors, both 2-wire dc motors and 3-wire PWM motors, which contain an internal motor controller. When I connect a 3-wire PWM motor to EZ B and try to control with PWM, nothing happens. Yet, when I connect it to a servo slider, I can control it. I am sourcing power from an external source, rather than from the EZ B port. Any...
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DJ Sures |
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Wii Remote Questions
Hello Forum, We have been enjoying our EZ-Robot kit and making great strides in a short time. We are having issues with the Wii remote. We are using MicroSoft BlueTooth SW. We are using a BlueTooth dongle in the USB port of our laptop. We do have fresh batteries. We did try 3 different Wii remotes. We can add it as a BlueTooth devices and see it in...
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DJ Sures |
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Option To Invert Display On Digital
Hi DJ Sures. We have a flood of relays on the market that are turned ON when a data line is brought LOW. See https://www.trademe.co.nz/electronics-photography/other-electronics/other/auction-515915060.htm The only down side of these cheap boards it that when I brown out my EZ-B and it drops the Bluetooth connection everything turns on... (My fault...
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Tameion |
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49 Quadrocopters In Formation
Someone has way to much money and time! www.dump.com/quadrocoptersformation/
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Nonsonic |