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Counting Switch Closures

Hello all, just a quick question and I'm sure it will be simple. what I'm looking for is something to count how many times a switch closes. is there something in ARC? i want to use a switch to count wheel rotation, kinda like a encoder. thanks, airwave1206
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Battery Charger

Just opened my ez robot today, and I have a problem with my battery charger, a think is a problem with the manufacturer, cause I tried everthing you say I can do. I hope you can help me with a new battery or a new proccedure. Thank you
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I Just Made  A Ezb Start Program

I Just Made A Ezb Start Program

i have both a bat file and exe program,to change the file name to open your file just go to edit command on bat file and change myfile.ezb to yours on exe...
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Canadian Dollar

I am wondering why a Canadian company sell its products to fellow Canadians in US dollars?
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Ruined A Ezb4 Before I Even Started

Ruined A Ezb4 Before I Even Started

Has anyone had this happen to them? Tried installing the comm upgrade board onto the EZB today, noticed once plugged in there was no power except for...
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The Language For The Grammar Does Not Match The Language Of The Speech Recognize

The Language For The Grammar Does Not Match The Language Of The Speech Recognize

"Set Dictionary Error loading phrases (Custom): The...
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Bad Servo?

So yesterday I got my AdventureBot in the mail and began setting it up with my daughter. Battery got a full charge and everything went together according to instructions. Fired it up and went to use the movement panel and it spun like a top. No big deal I figured, things are plugged in properly so one servo is just going faster and I need to...
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Multiple Ultrasonic Sonars

My bottom board came in today replacement for the one I burned out last month trying to hook up second ultrasonic sensor. This time I did it correctly by shutting off the main battery switch first, LOL! So I noticed there is an increment value that can be raised higher for the sonar radar scanner. I noticed putting both sensor increments at 10...
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Using Ez-Robot Hdd Servos Instead Of Hs-805Bb On My Inmoov

I'm experimenting with HDD Servos on my InMoov, using them in place of the HS-805BB to stop the buzzing under heavy load. I started with the Elbow servo and it seem to handle the weight etc, and no buzzing when holding up the arm, unlike when using the HS-805BB servos! Seems to work well. See quick video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bySzD2kxSSM...
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Sony Move Controller And Ezb

Hi All, I was searching the forums looking to see if anyone has had success getting the EZB and Windows to work with the single handed Sony Move Controller for PS3. I'm currently using a move controller with an Arduino Mega for driving a sabertooth and I would really love to ditch the mega. Anyone have any info, links, or ideas? Thank you, Douglas
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Dagu Wild Thumper 6Wd Project

Hello everybody, I'm the new member in this forum. I join here to look for a help in my project. My professor gave me a project that using flysky transmitter to control Dagu Wild Thumper 6WD (specific detail here www.pololu.com/product/1560). Honestly, I have no experience in this field and do not know what I have to do. I already have a flysky...
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Ssc-32U Servo Controller Script

Hey Everyone, I can't seem to figure out why my Servo Controller isn't working. I have put in the start up and opened up the control in ARC and it still doesnt seem to work. I have power to it from a port on EZB (D18 UART 2) and have it connected to a battery source. (I even tried it to UART 0) I have tried Baud Rate 38400 and 115200 and it seems...