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H Bridge Question:

I finally had a chance to get back to my robots. I wired up the Motor driver ( per the very through tutorial) and hooked it up to the EZ-B as follows: AIN1 to D15 AIN2 to D16 BIN1 to D17 BIN2 to D18 Left Trigger A assigned to D17 Left Trigger B assigned to D18 Right Trigger B assigned to D16 Right Trigger A assigned to D15 VM connected to seperate...
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Asus Eee Pad Transformer Tablet & Ez-B

Asus Eee Pad Transformer Tablet & Ez-B

Hi Guys, I currently have a Asus Eee Pad Transformer Tablet. https://www.asus.com/Eee/Eee_Pad/Eee_Pad_Transformer_TF101/ I would like to use it...
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Yet Another Omnibot Question For Dj ;-)

Yet Another Omnibot Question For Dj ;-)

So i am still a little confused about the motor H bridge and the omnibot, i have bought the sparkfun motor controller you suggest and please...
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Hi Niek My Friend Found The Board You Wanted On Sale

pico itx board this has the case ,and so far $69 and there is another just the board and memory and harddrive no case case is not needed too pico itx board no case
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Bluetooth Drivers

DJ, I have the Bluetooth adapter you sell but purchased it off ebay. It did not come with drivers, but I remember reading your posts suggesting using Windows 7 drivers anyway so I didn't worry about it. Everything works as far as EZB is concerned, but Windows doesn't load the drivers for the other functions of the adapter i.e. audio,... Does yours...
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12V To 7.5 Step Down Converter

12V To 7.5 Step Down Converter

I want to run my Mini-ITX off of my 12v battery supply which here are the specs for the battery,(26AH 12VOLT SEALED LEAD ACID DEEP-CYCLE RECHARGEABLE SLA...
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Discontinued Sparkfun Mv2

Sorry I fat fingered the title and added an M Anyone know why Sparkfun discontinued the V2? I want to get a trigger and I can get one of these but I don't want a product issue, or should I just get the one Sparkfun sells now?
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Auto Startup

How does one create a script to self start the robot program? It must load the file, connect to the comm port in use, and then start the program. It should have a time delay upon startup to allow someone to abort the auto startup. What do you think DJ?
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Logitech Gamepad F310

I have this controller but am unable to use the the arrow buttons on the left (i think it's called the directional pad) or the analog buttons to control a servo https://www.amazon.com/Logitech-940-000110-Gamepad-F310/dp/B003VAHYQY/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1336612932&sr=1-1 also wanted to ask on how to control multiple servos...
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Diy Project Page

Tell me if my computer is acting up or is there no open source projects on the DIY Project page. I would like to see what DJ and others have done.
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2D Environment Mapping Code

2D Environment Mapping Code

I have almost completed my Omnibot code as an autonomous pet. I am about an elegant and effecient solution to AI. Of course, giving the impression of awareness is all...
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Dual H Bridge For $6.00

Just picked up this dual H Bridge for $6.00 on eBay(.99 for the H Bridge and the rest for shipping) Here it is, I hope this will work for my 12v wheel motors. L298N DRIVER MODULE H Bridge DC stepper Motor Driver Board module Description: Driver chip: L298N Dual H Bridge DC Motor Driver IC Drive part terminal power supply range Vs: +5 V ~ +35 V; If...