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Bind scripts to servo moves (V1-V99); triggers on position/speed/accel changes and provides ports, positions and speeds arrays for custom control.

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A Variable Range

A Variable Range

I cannot get a variable range function to work. [:loop sleep(1000) #get compass value print($CompassHeading) sleep(1000) if ($CompassHeading = 145) Print("Left") # this will...
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Servo Not Working

so i plugged in all of the servos and the when i gave my revolution six a command to move one of the servos wouldn't moved so i tried to move it with my hand unplugged and it won't move. i don't know what to do?
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Connect L298n Motor Driver Hbridge To Ez-B Robot Controller V4 Update

Connect L298n Motor Driver Hbridge To Ez-B Robot Controller V4 Update

Is there an updated version of using this H-Bridge with the EZB v4? I'm assuming...
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Roboscratch

My project has one servo with min and max values set then I switch to roboscratch and would like to create a loop is this possible
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Robotscratch Save

Hello! Is it possible to save the Robotscratch code in the mobile ARC version? How can it be done? We didn't find the possibility... Thank you.
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Expanding Roboscratch

Are there any plans to implement more of Scratch 2.0 functionality (i.e. loops, conditional statements, etc.) in RoboScratch in the near future? My kid is somewhat proficient in Scratch, but text-based programming is beyond his grasp so far. And it's difficult to teach him robot programming without basic constructs. IMHO having some flavor of...
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Scratch Workspace Questions

Hi guys, First of all sorry for no updates yet on previous things that I was working on, too much other things going on at the moment to make those happens. But now I'm slowing getting back into developing this, and will update previous posts when I got around it. I just got a quick question today, within the ARC I'm going to experiment with the...
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New ARC Install, Crashes Upon Adding Camera Or File That Already Had A Ca

New ARC Install, Crashes Upon Adding Camera Or File That Already Had A Ca

New ARC install, Crashes upon adding camera or file that already had a...
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Dll Not Found Inwaterfall Proceedure

When adding a camera control the falling message comes up "no dll's found in waterfall procedure" and then the program stops working. I have tried with the camera attached and not and also loading latest version of windows builder on two computers. Can you assist? thanks Richard
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Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from the Bavarian Alps / Germany.
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Ultrasonic Radar Screen Display

Help Please I have added the ultrasonic radar to my project. I tested it with the 3 different controls and can not get a full display of the scan. It shows about 55 degrees of scan and the rest of the display is black. I know the scan starts at some point below the bottom left hand side of the screen by watching the "servo" info at the...
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Awesome C# Using Asp.Net Course Plus More

I have come across an awesome website that among other things has a great course on C# using ASP.NET plus other courses. Robert Tabor is well known in the programming world for his software courses with an emphasis on C#. Amongst his students are many people that work at Microsoft and other business/private concerns. The website is: www.devu.com...