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Voice Activated Door Lock

Today I discovered the obvious. You can not only control robots with the EZ-B but you can control any peripherals compatable with it. There a so many different possibilities, varying from simple to complex. So I have set out to create a simple voice activated door lock. I am still in the planning stages and I hope I will be successful. Here is the link. The key will first rotate to lock or unlock the door. The pinion will then rotate moving the servo back. This whole mechanism is contained within a metal box which can be slid across to reveal the door knob.


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#17  

Imagine, when your famous and everyone is talking about you I can just say "I'm best friends with DJ Sures." It is strange how having connections with well known people can change how others view you. Not that your not famous now.

I love how your are slowly expanding your business. It is a good move. And because of it you are being recognised on Hack-A-Day, MAKE Magazine. Even news.com.au had an article about you. And it is a very well know news website here in Australia. It is actually how I discovered you.

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Synthiam
#18  

Haha, that's cool! I've never had so many internet friends before! Sure is a cool feeling. It's nice because there are so many people on the forum. I can log in at any time of the day and have a great conversation! Even the facebook wall is quite active. I'm glad to see our passion for robitics bringing a bunch of good people together

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#19  

Quite a few years ago when I was much younger I would draw all these robots and machines. Some of them looked cool but I didn't understand the electronics and programming and I desperately wanted to. Now I am beginning to grasp the concept. The EZ-B is a brilliant starting point for people like me who have a very basic understanding and are very interested in the concept. Before I didn't have any where to go but now I am expanding my knowledge. I have been teaching myself a few things but having people like you DJ and everyone else on the forums is brilliant way to learn. My dad is an electrical engineer so he is able to help me aswell. Three cheers for DJ Sures!

P.S I am thirteen and not a man still living with his parents, spending his day building robots:)

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Synthiam
#20  

:) Man we're such a mushy forum lately! So many happy people:D

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#21  

If I were to use ToggleDigital(D1) would this toggle between the digital port on and off? Also, how are you going with enabling us to upload files for sharing?

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Synthiam
#22  

It toggles the port, but it won't turn on and off the camera. You'd have to do this to turn it on, and then again to turn it off...


SetDigital(d1, true)
sleep(1000)
SetDigital(d1, false)

You have to simulate pushing the button. I think it's 1 second. Might be 2 or 3 even.

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#23  

That's annoying. I wanted to push down on the right and left joysticks to turn on and off the corresponding servos. Perhaps I should just drop it. Unless there is an alterative

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Synthiam
#24  
  1. Create a script control called "cameraToggle"
  2. Paste the above code in it
  3. On the joystick button use this code:

ControlCommand("CameraToggle", scriptstart)