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Is There A Quick Hack To A Rad 2.0?

I just found a rad 2.0 i want to hack just want to know if it is a few wire hack or a full on for the basic system ? I have not been in there yet ( stupid job lol. taking too much of my robot time)
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Introduction And First Question

Introduction And First Question

Hi my name is Dani, I'm from spain and I'm studding for a degree on electronics, but I always love robots, and now I'm trying this amazing board. I just build...
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Baby Level Electronics Question

Baby Level Electronics Question

Hi Hardware, Is there such a thing as a double-adaptor for 4, 7 and 10 pin connectors? What I want to do is have my Robosapien running normally, but be able...
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Ez-B On/Off Switch

Ez-B On/Off Switch

i thought about my wall-e... and thought...and thought... and one of the things i thought of was an on/off switch(painful to open up, close, open, close, etc.) I decided to put a power...
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Need Help With Connecting Ez Robot.

Recently, I bought this EZ robot kit, and everything looked impressive. I built a WALL-E EZ robot from a u command toy. Sadly my EZ robot isn't connecting to the ARC software causing me to feel worried and a little agitated. before it was getting the connections from the Bluetooth adapter, although it still didn't do anything to begin with as I...
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Ez-B As A Simple Switch

Ez-B As A Simple Switch

Can I use my EZ-B as a simple switch? I want to trigger my camera remotely. To activate the shutter I just need to provide a ground to the remote trigger jack on my camera....
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Ez-Board Auto Disconnect

Just wondering, is it possible to shut off the Bluetooth auto disconnect? I'm going to be running the board as a controller for two servos that will move a distance sensor. This means the board will not be receiving commands constantly as I will need to communicate with the sensor. If it can't be shut off, is there an option to increase the wait...
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My Brookstone Rover Hack

My Brookstone Rover Hack

while i am waiting on my parts for ROOMBA project,i started hacking the ROVER since my girlfriend who bought it for me wants to see it finished quick i tore it down and...
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Compass, Gps

Can anyone advise on some cheap addons for me to add GPS, compass and a gyro to the board
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Shiping

Do You Ship to Faisalabad , Pakistan , Asia. 38000. Or Islamabad , Pakistan , Asia. 44000. Also Tell SHiping charges for both Cities. I am getting this error. Please fix these errors: Cannot verify your shipping information. Please review your information.
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3 Pin Fan

hi i am using a 12v power supply with my ez-b i started to get i little hot so i bought a 5v cooling fan for ez-b but my fan has 3 pin instead of 2 it has an extra signal wire does this make any diffrence i am thinking of connect fan to lets say d1 if i write set(d1,on) it should turn the fan on right?
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Bluetooth Help

Hello,i have this Bluetooth dongle bluetooth And i need to do the initial install of the firmware.the weird thing is i does not find the ezb at all.but it can find my smart phone, and my phone in turn can find the ezb. I am using the windows Bluetooth stack.the USB is windows 7 compliant.i tried everything i can think of, rebooting, changing USB...