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Trouble With My Camera

Trouble With My Camera

I have 2 problems with my camera. 1. Orientation. I reassembled my eyes and I need to rotate the image 90 degrees. That is not an option in the drop down. I guess 270 deg and...
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Led Fade

Led Fade

I am trying to get the PWM going to fade an LED on my IOTiny, but it doesnt seem to be working. I have an IOTiny with 2 servos and camera. I am trying to get an LED to fade on and then off (repeatedly). I...
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ARC Error At Loading Of Ippsp Libarary?

After update today causing error, ARC starts OK but as soon as I select a project or Add an item (Camera causes the error when selected), I get the following error: Error Title: Error at loading of ippSP library Error Comment: No DLLs were found in Waterfall procedure. After error flashes ARC freezes and then closes Worked fine prior update....
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Robot Volume

Wondering what people do if they want louder volume on their robot? I had some students record their voices, but when they added movements, the sound of the servos overpowered their grade 2 voice...
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Dynamixel Communication

Hello, I am slightly confused about which protocol is needed to run dynamixel servos. I purchased a few ax12 a servos for lower strength applications, but I'm also interested in an mx 64 t or 64 r which appears to be either ttl or rs 485 protocols. Which protocol does port d5 on the ezb 4 use. I read some posts from old bit builder , he was using...
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Image Overlay On Twitter Image

Image Overlay On Twitter Image

ok, i cant seem to find what i am missing.. I have setup the camera with motion and face tracking. I have added overlays on the camera config, and linked it up...
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New Dynamic Speed When Turning Does Not Work For Roomba Controls

New Dynamic Speed When Turning Does Not Work For Roomba Controls

When using the Roomba control panel, the new Dynamic Tracking Speed (spelled...
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Motor Controller For 24V Dc Motor

Motor Controller For 24V Dc Motor

I've been reading up and not quite sure which is correct for me, sabertooth, kangaroo, hbridges, and that easily work with the ez-b. It seems there are a...
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4-In-1 Orientation Sensor Coming Soon?

4-In-1 Orientation Sensor Coming Soon?

Confused... I have four 4-in-1 Orientation Sensor that match, exactly, the PCB depicted in the DYI picture marked "coming soon". I...
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Auto Position Action In Random Modus

Auto Position Action In Random Modus

Dear EZ-Robot Team and Fans, If my camera notice something.. I want to play an action from auto position.. but not every time the same.. I want a...
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Am Confused Making Ed Mech-Jd

Am Confused Making Ed Mech-Jd

am making a new ez robot.the ed mech chooter but with an jd styl. as am looking the config how to build it,i see diff asigments from ports. one says d0 is left...
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Camera Movement With A Continuous Servo

In my R2 build I put the camera with a 180 servo that controls the up and down in the radar eye. I'm using a continuous spin servo to spin the dome and would like the camera to control that servo for side to side tracking, but in settings it appears that it has setup for a 180 degree servo. I tried the min/max with the continuous spin servo but it...