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Translating Arc Javascript To Teensy 4.1

Translating Arc Javascript To Teensy 4.1

Hi @Athena, I’m looking for advice on translating a Robot Skill script for an ARC project. My objective is to convert a Robot Skill written...
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Audio.Playaudiofile() Vs Soundboard Skills

Audio.Playaudiofile() Vs Soundboard Skills

Could you explain the advantages and disadvantages of using the ARC JavaScript command Audio.playAudioFile() inside an ARC script? For...
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MEGA STEPS AND BEARING FAILURES

MEGA STEPS AND BEARING FAILURES

Hi @Athena, I'm running an ARC project on an EZBv4 that manages an Arduino Mega (motor control) and a Teensy 4.1 (servo/sensor control). The Mega and Teensy...
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Microphone Playback With Iotiny Head

Microphone Playback With Iotiny Head

I’ve got an EZ-InMoov Robot Head running on an EZ-Robot IoTiny over WiFi. Servos are on D0-D5 (eyes pan/tilt, neck, jaw), EZ-Robot camera streams to...
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Mega UART Protocol Troubleshooting

Mega UART Protocol Troubleshooting

@Athena - please examine the Mega sketch and EZBv4 script below. Summary / expected behavior - ARC project where ARC communicates with an Arduino Mega...
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Merging Two ARCX Project Files

Merging Two ARCX Project Files

I'm sure there is no way to merge an ARCX and an ARC project file, but is it possible to merge two ARCX project files, i.e loading the contents of one into the...
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Debouncing Darknet YOLO On Turtlebot3

Debouncing Darknet YOLO On Turtlebot3

Running ARC on a TurtleBot3 Burger with an Intel NUC (Windows) on the base, USB to OpenCR for motor control, and a Logitech C920 as the camera....
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Mega And Teensy UART Handshake V3

Mega And Teensy UART Handshake V3

@Athena, I'm using an EZBv4 on a rover as the overall controller. The EZBv4 hosts ARC scripts (Robot Skills written in ARC JavaScript) that manage two...
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Auto Position Servo Limits

Auto Position Servo Limits

When I use the Horizontal Servo window in ARC, I can set a min and max for a servo. However, when I use the Auto Position control panel (Auto Position Robot Skill) I...
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Lattepanda Sharp IR Collision Jitter

Lattepanda Sharp IR Collision Jitter

Running ARC on a LattePanda (Windows) and using the built-in Arduino Leonardo over USB as the EZB with the EZ-Genuino_Leonardo firmware. DTR Enabled...
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Chat GPT API Key Won’T Save

Chat GPT API Key Won’T Save

Subject: ARCx Robot Skill "Chat GPT" - OpenAI API Key Won't Save I'm using the ARCx Robot Skill "Chat GPT" in my ARC project. When I enter my...
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Teensy IR Tracker V4.2 Cleanup

Teensy IR Tracker V4.2 Cleanup

Hi @Athena, Below are the files IR_TRACKERv4.1.ino, IR_TRACKERv4.1.h, and IR_TRACKERv4.1.cpp, plus the compilation warning I get when attempting to compile....