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Seems I'm stuck going in an endless circle. I'm making no progress at all trying to use ARC!!!! I've been trying to download the files that are attached at the bottom of the "Robots" pages, imparticularly Omnibot and Wall E big. I've saved them to "my documents". When I open the ARC and try to open them I get an error message. I've been at this for a couple of hours now,...............and still getting nowhere. I wanted to use those files as examples to help me better understand how to use ARC. I am getting soooooooooooooo frustrated. I;ve tried writing to the Script (or writing script) and I just don't get the results that are expected. I've even tried writing something very simple and it still doesn't work. I thought this was supposed to be easy! I wrote the following:

Servo(d10, 36) Sleep(100) Servo(d10, 1) Sleep(100) Servo(d10, 70) Sleep(100) Servo(d10, 36) Sleep(100) Servo(d10, 1) Sleep(100) Servo(d10, 36) Release() I save it, click "start" and the servo just sits there and jitters! Whats the prob????????????????????? Damn ! It would really be encouraging if I were to make some progress!!!!!!!! I"m sure it must be me.......................................and my 64 y.o. mind. bout to give it up................. hoping I didn't waste my money buying the EZ-B.............................sigh............................................


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#9  

There is also a really good thread on this here. I hope that helps. It did for me!

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Synthiam
#10  

As per this image.. Click on it to enlarge it

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(A01, A02, B01, B02)

  • Motor Out pins connect directly to your MOTOR

(AIN1, AIN2, BIN1, BIN2)

  • Motor Trigger pins connect directly to the EZ-B Digital I/O

(PWMA, PWMB, STBY)

  • connects directly to VCC pin

(VM)

  • Connects to the power source for the motor. Probably not a good idea to connect that to the power of the EZ-B. I would connect that to the battery positive side. That way you're not drawing current from the EZ-B's voltage regulator to power the motors

(VCC)

  • This needs to be a regulated +5 . Connect this to one of the +5 power lines of the EZ-B

(GND)

  • Ground
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Synthiam
#11  

You may not need to worry about wiring this anymore. I have a very fancy and amazing HBridge Motor Controller coming to EZ-Robot in a week or so. It only requires 1 digital connection to the EZ-B .. And it has many more features.

I sourced this item just for you:D

#12  

What can I say DJ. You're the best!!!!!!I don't know how you get everything done that you do! You must be like I was when I was in my 30's. I ran on as little as 4 hours sleep at times. I used to say: "I can sleep when I'm dead"! Age makes you take on a whole new perspective! These days I'm in bed at 10:00 PM !!

Australia
#13  

The only other Canadian celebrity I know is Justin Beiber and he is definitely last on my list. DJ is most certainly No. 1!

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