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Hello Robo Word From Greece

Hello Robo Word From Greece

Hello everyone. My name is sakis and i am from Greece. Before two days I received my EZ- ROBOT KIT, it is very interesting kit DJ Sures. now I take ideas to make a...
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Pwm, Servo Speed, And L298n Motor Driver.

How ya doing DJ? Any projection on when the new serv o speed and PWM might be released??? I still have a question on that L298N motor driver. There are two pins marked ENA and ENB. Are they the pins that will allow motor speed control? You mentioned the two pins that DO NOT have +5 volts on them. There are two pins inbetween them that are labeld...
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Come Join In! - Friday Night Chat

Come Join In! - Friday Night Chat

Friday Night Chat - Come Join In! Friday March 23, 2012 9pm EST - Eastern Standard Time This event repeats every week wher...
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Wireless Camera Specs

Hello all geeks! I have some visual-intensive project in my mind and wonder to know specification of ez-camera: 1. what is resolution, bitrate, modes of hardware and so on 2. can I get a high-quality photo with it instead of video stream Thanks in advance
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Bluetooth Module

Problem: The bluetooth module no longer turns on, so no LED indicator light response when power is enabled to EZ-B. The fuse blow shortly before this problem was presented, the fuse was replaced and only the board power light is reponsive, flashes when power connected.
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Did You Ask For Servo Speed?

Did You Ask For Servo Speed?

The best is getting better! Did you ask for servo speed? How about 255 servo speeds? Did you also ask for double the servo resolution? Oh, and a few other speed...
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L298n Motor Driver

L298n Motor Driver

I ordered this before my stroke and now I can't remember how to wire it up? I attac hed pics and diagram. Any help would be greetly appreciated. Lloyd
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Servo Motor Direction Using ARC

I am coming from the Parallax Boe-Bot world, where one uses programming to change the direction (clockwise vs counterclockwise) of the servo motors to rotate the wheels of your robot. Left goes one way, right goes the other. I am experimenting with the EZ-B using my Boe Bot chasis, but cannot figure out how to get both wheels spinning in the same...
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Gizmo Update!

I have added an update on "Project Gizmo" progress. I am going to post everything under "Project Gizmo Underway" so all the pictures and comments will be in one place.
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Pwm Control In Scripts

Hi DJ, I am starting to use the PWM control on my H-bridge. The control itself works GREAT. What I need to do now is to get it into my movement scripts so i can change the speed of LEGION. I found out that I can use the Servo(DX,XX) and it works....Is this the script command I should be using? If so the problem is that it only limits to 75 and the...
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Using Wifi , 3G And 4G Data Stick , Endless Range

Using Wifi , 3G And 4G Data Stick , Endless Range

Ok I picked up.three.of.these for 99 cents each but usually tmobile sells them for 40 . Up to.21 mb connection. Not.sure...
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