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Power Connection Ezb

My Rad 1.0 project robot is nearly completed but have one serious question about causing power damage to either the 4 wire H bridge pwm or the EZB_4. After completion of successfully wire soldering to original rad 6 volt motors to H Bridge which is sharing the same dual 7.2 Nimh battery packs with Ezb_4, I also rewired the original Rad wires and...
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Tutorial Update Questions

It was noticed that the Arduino sketch I put in the Neopixal tutorial wasn't working. https://synthiam.com/Tutorials/UserTutorials/150/1 I have tried to edit it so it will work, however, I can't add a missing line that has somehow gone missing from the sketch. In the sketch there is a line that should read; #include <Adafruit_NeoPixel.h> I...
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Ez-B V3

Hello, I bought the EZ-b robot kit many moons ago (approx 5yrs), The v3, yes I know it's discontinued ?? Life has been chaotic and my robot project has been slow in the making. Long story short, I can't find the documents that came with it, so I don't have the Bluetooth password. Please help! EZ-B V3
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Ezb Formula Race Car?

I was thinking about getting this 8 year old Giant race car to work with my Lap top,it is huge about the size of my kitchen table and really,really fast,needs a huge empty parking lot to use with Radio control but thinking how neat it would be to watch Live video and drive it with cell phone app or Lap top.Has anyone done this and is the EZB camera...
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Neopixel Control

Neopixel Control

I see there is a NeoPixel (software) Control Ok - Now what? Board 1, Port D8 -- do I connect my ring here? I see it says, "no" but that was two years ago, before this control...
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We Made The Local Paper

Just my small town paper (population 130k - ish) but a pretty good article. And I made sure that EZ-Robot was mentioned. iRobot in my local paper
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Virtual Programming

We would really like the ability to program a virtual JD robot so that we can preview the behaviours prior to connecting to the robot. This would enable a whole class to participate. While we can buy 10 robots, we cannot get enough to satisfy the 30+ kids working in pairs.
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Dc Motors And H-Bridges

Dc Motors And H-Bridges

Hey everyone! I wanted to ask for help with some dc motor assistance. I currently have 2 12v DC Motors with an L298 H bridge I will attach both of them in pictures. The issue...
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Display Popup Not Working

I just try things because I see it. This caught me by surprise . First video. It should at least work with the auto entered example. First fail mode Tried to figure out how it worked in fail 2 Fail mode 2 That is enough for now, Good Night.
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Dynamixels And Herkulex.Again

Dynamixels And Herkulex.Again

Love digging up a horse and beating it again? Well fellas I'm here to help you out! Lets start another up to date discussion about the use of, and the support of,...
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Microsoft Face Cognative Service

Has anyone tried to used this to identify a person's name yet? This would finish off the group of Plugins quite nicely. A robot who knows your name, and can tell if you are happy about it. I do not have the skills to investigate this idea, but I think it would be cool. Ron
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Plug In Fuse Board Does Not Fit In My Six

Just printed all the six parts..Noticed the power connecter board with fuse. Does not fit inside of six bot.seems the plug in connecter.needs to be wire in instead of directly Soldered to board.do they sell power fuse board that fits in the Six.thnks jeff?