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Control Feetech serial-bus servos via EZB UART or PC COM, mapping servo IDs to ARC virtual ports; supports position, speed, release, acceleration.

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Wall‑E replica using EZ‑B v3 controller: wheel/arm/head servos, BlinkM eye, 2.4GHz camera, SparkFun MP3 trigger, 6V 3000mAh NiMH battery, PING...

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The Robot Program

The Robot Program

how do i check the robot program as read or seen the video's.
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Accidental Short To Ezb4 At Sonar Ports

I was adding a second new ultrasonic sensor and forgot to turn off main battery switch, a power wire accidentally touched a wire I was adding to the EZB4 front D21 D22 area for sonar connections and there was a spark but the main EZB fuse did not blow and it still powers up but no more audio on the start up voice and the Wi/Fi is still connecting...
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Ssc-32U Servo Controller

Ssc-32U Servo Controller

Hey Everyone, I am currently trying to figure out how I will connect this servo controller to the Ezb V4; I am stuck on which cable to use as well. I also wondering about...
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Hdd Servos

Is there a US authorized retailer that sells the new HDD servos.
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Camera Lights

I have an ezb camera and tested it before putting it into my robot eyes, when I connect after installing it, the lights goes red, green blue then no lights at all. When I tested it before it went green and I could see images. Does the ezb camera have a reset button on it some where? Thanks for anyone's help.
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Multiple Ez-Robot Microprocesssors

Couldn't find answer to this question. I know I can have more than 1 micro-controller on a Robot. How do I install it and how do I operate them both at one time.
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Multiple Blinkm

I am not understanding how to change colors via scripting if I have 2 blinkm connected. This will fade to blue I2CWrite(0,0x09,"c",0x00,0x00,0xff) How do I make the other one fade to another color? I cant figure out how to address the each blinkm individually. Thanks.
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Darth Jader Software

is there comming a darth jader for download? and the helmet for 3d printing.
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Robot Only Turns One Way

Robot Only Turns One Way

Afternoon All. I am using Ultrasonic radar which scans and displays reds dots ok. Also 4 wire H bridge which operates in all directions ok. But when used together the Bot...
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Long Range Xbee & Other Robot Communication

Long Range Xbee & Other Robot Communication

I was browsing the EZ forum and saw some one mention the incredible distances that you can communicate with robot,RC vehicles,balloons...
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Google Home Diy With Raspberrypi

Google Home Diy With Raspberrypi

FIY The MagPI magazine #57 contains a DIY project for a Google Home in a Box: https://www.raspberrypi.org/magpi/find-the-magpi-57/ Copies have been shipped...
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Auto Position Thread Error

As soon as I connect SIX I get the following error. If it's being caused by a frame how do I tell which one? I can open the servo configuration and the servos alll move fine. 4/6/2017 12:01:09 PM - Auto Position Thread Error: System.IndexOutOfRangeException: Index was outside the bounds of the array. at EZ_B.AutoPosition.MoveImmediate(String...