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While programming your robot, these 9x7 inch personalized mouse pads deliver a smooth experience...
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EZB UART parser and Serial-TCP bridge to connect EZ-Robot cameras via Teensy USB, enabling ARC camera control and USB-to-serial bridging.

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Robot RSP: building a 5.4 ft robot with ez-b v3, traction system, ESCs, voltage regulators and batteries-community project with photos and progress.

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Using Dragon Naturally Speaking With ARC

This has been brought up before is some threads, but has come up again recently. I promised that I would make a post about this so, here it goes... There have been some posts where people have asked to be able to use Dragon Naturally Speaking (DNS) with ARC. To do this, there would have to be a separate application installed which would handle this...
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Phraseshow / Phrasehide

Do we have any movement on the Phraseshow / Phrasehide 'issue' or has the command been depreciated? It's just that I use it a lot in my projects and was just wondering. - Tameion
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Httpget - Site Not Available Error

Is there a way to trap the error message when you do an HTTPGET and the site is not available. Right now, if it cant get to the site it errors out and halts the script. I would like to just trap the error and keep the script running. is that possible?
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A Lotiny Blitz

Oh yeah! It was like lightning Everybody was fighting And the music was soothing And they all started grooving Yeah, yeah, yeah-yeah-yeah And the man in the back said everyone attack And it turned into a LoTiny blitz YA! Just ordered two!
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Designing With Stepper Motors

Designing With Stepper Motors

Hi Everyone, I was wondering your thoughts on using an EZB-V4 to drive a stepper motor such as the one attached. Stepper Motor link...
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Ez-B V4/2 Comm Upgrade Boards

Ez-B V4/2 Comm Upgrade Boards

My two V4/2 Comm Upgrade boards have just been delivered, please note they were packed up in a 'LiPo Balance charger' box. At first I thought I got sent the wrong...
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Usb Connectio

Direct USB connection has been discussed in the past. Will both the EZB-4/2 and the Io Tiny be able to connect directly to a computer thru USB in the future? Will additional hardware be needed if it does happen, or will onboard ports allow communication?
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Ezb Controller Disconnects With Error

My EZB controller keeps disconnecting after a couple of minutes and issues the message below, any ideas as to the problem? Comm Err: System.IO.IOException: Unable to read data from the transport connection: A connection attempt failed because the connected party did not properly respond after a period of time, or established connection failed...
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I Need Something 3D Printed

I Need Something 3D Printed

Ive asked a few people to 3D print these parts for me but the are taking to long to reply. So I'm not sure if they'll print it or not and i need these parts urgently...
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Adventure Robot Checkout

Adventure Robot Checkout

Hello, I assembled the Adventure Robot and have it working with the RGB Animation Display and the Ultrasonic Sensor. All seems to be working for the most part but I have a...
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Building A Drone To Live Stream Video

Building A Drone To Live Stream Video

Hi everyone. I am currently trying to assemble a drone to live stream video to a phone app. Right now, I am working on controlling the drone...
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Ipad Air Connecting To Ez-Bv4

Until two days ago had no problems connecting IPad Air to Ez-Bv4 in either mode AP or Client. Now all goes well until you hit the connect button and the controller beeps and the red light comes on. No servo's are connected and the Lipo is fully charged. I have two Ez-Bv4's and cannot get either to connect. Up till now it was a doddle but am I...