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Hello!
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Hey there everyone! I'm looking forward to meeting my fellow Ez-B robot builders.
It has been a pretty exciting few months, since the launch of the Ez-B. I've been working on plenty of new features for it. Including a Roomba interface!
With the Roomba interface to the Ez-B, you will be able to remote control your Roomba via bluetooth. You will also be able to add additional sensors to the board. I think this will be a wicked feature for the project. How about adding a camera to the Roomba and be able to remote control vacuum your home from the office?
I also have a joystick module that is near completion. It will be implemented in both the SDK and ARC. The new module will allow you to assign servos to the joystick and control their positions. You will be able to remote control your robot, while adding autonomous and object detection capabilities in code.
It will be fun building with you, DJ
What version of the Atmel processor does the EZ-B board use ?
The EZ-B uses a 40 pin microchip pic 18f4685 @ 40 mhz
Just curious: will shipments be affected by the Canadian postal strike? Thanks!
Canadian postal strike will affect outgoing shipments minimally compared to us receiving packages. The outgoing shipments rumoured to have a small delay of 2-3 days. Of course, there are exceptions to that and some might take a few days longer.
Great to hear - thanks! I'm eagerly anticipating the EZ-B.
Hello,
I just received the EZ-B on Friday 6/24/2011. So far I gave it power, watched the white flashing led light on the board and the red led flashing on the bluetooth module until it stopped when it connected to my computer via bluetooth. There is no problem with the connection as my computer bluetooth devices states it is connected and the led lights are not flashing. It recognizes the ez-b as Linvor? Is that another name for the board? The com port it is recommending is Com 12 port there is also a Com 13 but your manual says to go with the lower numbered port. I connected a servo to the digital "D0" slot and tried configuring it in the move control, then servo, then either horizontal or vertical configuration, I select D0, then save, but when I go to use the slide bar to test the servo for movement it does not move. Am I missing a step? Are there more steps to configure the servo that I am missing?
Thank you,
Leo
Hi,
Looks like its all working ok the EZ-B does as you say show up as Linvor. One easy way to test it is via ARC and the Utilities drop down menu where you can turn the hardware status LED on and off then everything is definately working ok
If your servo doesn't move check you plugged it in the right way round thats easy to get wrong.
Good luck
:)