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Increase Servo Speed

G'day Guys, I have installed 2 x HS-645MG ultra torque servos and have modded them for continuos rotation for my robot. I would like to know if there is anyway I can increase the speed beyound the standard limit for this servo. Please let me know if you have experience with this using Ezb. Thanks and loving Ezb Art
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CHEAP Servo Wires

I just bought 2 packs of 10 servo wires for only $5 (3!) at BuyInCoins First, i bought it from ebay and i left positive feedback so i got the 10% off coupon 10%eBay2011 I know this may sound as a advertisement but i just want to share this EXTREMELY cheap offer, you can also buy 15cm cables for even less money!
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Homing Beacon To Charging Station?

Anyone have a good link for the best way to go about this?
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Windows CE?

Does ARC work on Windows CE? if so, you could possibly use this laptop in your robot.
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Speaker Power

Okay, so I bought the USB sound card and it works great with head phones but I want to run it to the speaker in my Robot. I guess I need a LITTLE amp. Anyone have a simple answer?
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Nixie Eyes Featured On Hack A Day!

Just saw that Vanilla's Nixie Eyes were featured on Hack a Day yesterday morning! You'd think they'd let a brother know?! Using nixie tubes as robot eyes (Hack a Day)
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Ping Obstacle Not Working

I have ping obstacle control on, my ping sensor works perfectly but the robot doesn't stop once it is at the set min. distance to a object.
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Visual Basic Speech

As a first robot project I plan to make a voice-controlled robot that goes to a given colored ball (among many) on command. I like the idea of the multi-function EZ-B single-board controller and the off-board intelligence provided by a Bluetooth-linked PC. That certainly makes voice recognition a lot less expensive! However, I'm having trouble with...
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CANNOT CONNECT!

I just got my Bluetooth adapter in the mail today, when I went to connect to the EZB, it couldn't find the device. It must be the EZB as my phone will connect to the Bluetooth and be recognised easily. The only thing I have done to the EZB since I got it was rewire the power to the two connection points beside the barrel connector. The reason I did...
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Sparkfun Serlcd

Hey everyone! I finally got my EZ-B (after 5,5 weeks) and i am trying to get my lcd with sparkfun's serial backpack working, i found THIS great arduino site. I adapted the code to this: SendSerial(D13,9600,0xFE) //command flag SendSerial(D13,9600,0x01) //Clear LCD Sleep(10) SendSerial(D13,9600,0x7c) //command flag for backlight stuff...
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Hackable Toys Thread

I found on Ebay a Sir Galaxy robot that looks prime for hacking with Ez-B. Take a look sometime. Here is a brief description: Transmit your voice from the Remote to Sir Galaxy! (excellent for sending those R2D2 sounds if you hack its remote) Arms are poseable with spring loaded hands. (prime for servo transplant) He can walk forward, turn left or...
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Tomy Verbot On Ebay

Just wanted to post this for who ever was looking to hack a robot verbot on ebay click me Shipping: $5.95 Expedited Shipping