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Changing The Battery Warning Voice?

I am building a BB8 and everything is going fine, however I was wondering if there was a way to change the "battery is low" warning. Having BB8 suddenly speak really ruins the whole effect. I was wondering if there was a way to change the warning to something else that would fit more with the BB8 character?.
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Wire Size Recommendation

Is there an optimal wire size recommendation for powering the Ez-b? I rewired my robot last week and took it to Long Beach Comic Con over the weekend. when rewiring it I used 18 gauge wire for the power lines. I experienced a lot of dropped wifi connections during the weekend and was not sure if this was a result of browning out the board. -all...
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Botz - Jd Green Camera Led? Whaaaaaaaa?

Dr. Howard Marner would like to know, "Well, why wasn't I notified?" that there is now a green LED around the camera for JD?
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Xbox One

Xbox One

The new Kinect it can read your heartbeat 'apparently'
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Rapu Serial Communication, Anybody Cracked It?

Hi Folks Unfortunately Brookshire's documentation on the RAPU is lacking many details. The short section on controlling with serial is fine, if you are connected to a COM serial port with an ancient DB9 straight-through cable (or USB-to-RS232 converter). Pull up RealTerm or similar, set the 19200 baud rate, and power up the RAPU. Console shows the...
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Saving Servo Profiles For Use On Mobile

Saving Servo Profiles For Use On Mobile

I created a servo profile and saved it locally and that works fine. I'm not sure how to save one on EZcloud for use on the mobile app without...
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Where Is The Getting Started With ARC Mobile App Info?

I don't want to build a custom app, just want to use a prebuilt one. I figured out how to do this and to connect and run my JD from my iPad but couldn't find instructions. For example, when I launch the ARC mobile app on my iPad I need to be sure to have an internet connection so that I can download & install the public app. then needed to...
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Ezb V4 Red Light Flashing And Saying Left

Hello Everyone, my Ezb v4 recently has been flashing red while connected to ARC and saying "LEFT". I have tried disconnecting and connecting again a few times, it stops then comes back. Still runs scripts just fine, but not sure what im missing. Any help is appreciated Thanks
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Assembly Instructions

Step 1 of the instructions cover connecting the H-Bridge to the digital ports, but make no mention of which pin of the three pins per port (Black, Red, White) to connect to nor do they mention the red/black pair connection. The next lesson describes in detail how to make all these connections. Shouldn't the "Connecting Roli's Motors (H-Bridge)...
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Video Camera Image Quality

I carefully removed the protective plastic yet the image looks unfocused, even at 640*480
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Getpwm Returning 0

I want to return the value from D1 and D0 whilst tracking an object, i'm using the GetPWM command but only ever get a "0" returned. Am i missing something? ControlCommand("Camera", CameraColorTrackingEnable) :TrackingLoop $head0=GetPWM( D0 ) $head1=GetPWM( D1 ) print($head0) print($head1) sleep(1000) Goto(TrackingLoop)
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Can We Buy An Ezb Camera With A White Lens?

Can We Buy An Ezb Camera With A White Lens?

The black plastic around the lens of my EZB motion tracing camera is an eyesore on my white robot. Also, it is only 640x480. I assume...