Inmoov Community
Hi all,
I have tired of MRL, the incessant changes, and the near total lack of support and documentation. I have an InMoov all built and rearing to go, but nothing that can successfully and reliably drive it! The best InMoovs I've seen so far all seem to use EZ-Robot.
I want to connect with the community for support and assistance getting everything in place. My InMoov has 27 servos running on 25 channels (Top/Mid Stomach are each a master/slave) , a PID, two Cameras for eyes, two speakers driven by a little audio board, a 16 Neopixel Ring on an Arduino Nano, and a Kinect (which so far has only been a decoration). I've uploaded a bunch of mods to Thingiverse.
Shall I just post to this forum as the need arises? For starters I think I need two EZBv4 or one EZBv4 and one SSC-32?
Thanks! Stephen
Hi All,
I am also building my INMOOV. Tried MRL for nearly 2 months and finally gave up. Bought an EZB and it was not easy but easier than MRL. Slowly getting the hang of it, then BOOM, EZB died on me. Bought a new EZB and gonna try it again. So far, I have completed both arms, and is now printing the torso.
Lets hope my new EZB doesn't blow again.
@jimbo - there may be a return policy if the failure was not yours... Be careful about overloading the ECBv4 which is rated at 5 amps continuous, 20 amp spike. I provide direct power to the hands and wrists so 6 servos are NOT drawing power through each two ECBv4s.
I know. I am powering the servos separately. Not through the board. Only the signal cables and ground goes to the board
Also, apparently there is no return policy from the authorised re seller that I bought the EZB from
@jimbo. Be sure to share the ground between your EZ-B power source and your servo power source. Probably not related to the blowout of your first EZ-B, but needed for signal reference.
Might want to add a 20 amp fuse to the EZ-B power source as well since you don't know what caused the failure.
Alan
Tech Guru,
Hows that?I am currently using 6xAA battery for EZB power source and 4xAA battery for Servo. Loop the ground? Already looped. Doesn't the EZB already have a fuse?
I hope its not because of the ground looping that caused the card to be damaged.
There is a 20 amp fuse in the bodies of the robots and in the power base. If you are using one of these, you have a fuse. If not, you should add a fuse. The EZ-B does have a polyfuse also on the bottom board of the V4, but if you are not using one of the robot bodies or in the power base, you should add one inline between the power source and the EZ-B.
On the ground, all of your devices (servos, sensors and EZ-B) need to share a common ground. Having a ground for the servos that is not the same for the EZ-B will cause devices not to communicate with the EZ-B.
All-righty then... I've added external speaker wires and power lines to my two ECBv4's, set each one to client mode, turned off the bat warning since I power with 6V SLA, started a test project, added a vertical servo control, set min/max, (and the servo didn't do anything when changing the value with the mouse), scripted so I could manipulate the (hacked for 180) test servo via the external pot -- got it spinning L, R, and Stop.
What to do next? I'm a coder. @bhouston I think I dowloaded a big xml file from you - not sure what that is or where it goes... I've printed the EZ-Script Function Set
What are the big steps to bring my InMoov back to life? servo Movements, Speech Recognition, Scripted Gestures, Camera Stuff once it comes, Neopixel Ring (have a nano loaded with code I found on these boards -- how to command it?)
Thanks in advance! S~