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Remote Mouse DPI Scaling On Ohmni

Remote Mouse DPI Scaling On Ohmni

I’m running ARC directly on an Ohmnilabs Ohmni telepresence robot (Windows 10 Pro on the UpBoard. I use the Ohmnilabs Standalone movement panel to drive...
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Atan2 Bearing Geometry Fix

Atan2 Bearing Geometry Fix

Summary: incorporating atan2() geometry @Athena - please review the following Arduino Mega sketch. This sketch implements a UART packet protocol over Serial3 to...
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Ultrasonic Radar Sweep Spikes On EZ-B V4

Ultrasonic Radar Sweep Spikes On EZ-B V4

I’ve got an EZ-B v4 on my 2WD bot (WiFi client mode), running an HCSR04 on a pan servo and using the Ultrasonic Radar skill to do simple...
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UART_V6 Subject Line Options:- UART_V6 Waypoint Be…

UART_V6 Subject Line Options:- UART_V6 Waypoint Be…

Hi @Athena, I'm trying to make an ARC UART script that works seamlessly with an Arduino Mega. Both scripts are...
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Connect By Name On Ohmni Dual NIC

Connect By Name On Ohmni Dual NIC

Hardware/setup: Ohmnilabs Telepresence Robot (Ohmni) running Windows 10 on the onboard UpBoard. I’m using the Ohmnilabs Standalone movement panel to drive...
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Ultrasonic Radar Left/Right Flipped Lattepanda

Ultrasonic Radar Left/Right Flipped Lattepanda

Running ARC on a LattePanda (Windows 10) using the onboard Arduino Leonardo with the EZ-Genuino_Leonardo firmware (Dec 11,...
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Vuzix AR Drift On Roli Pan/Tilt

Vuzix AR Drift On Roli Pan/Tilt

I’ve got a Roli Rover (EZ-B v4 over WiFi, client mode) with the EZ-Robot pan/tilt and camera mounted up front (pan on D0, tilt on D1). Camera Device skill is...
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Tiny Yolo2 Not Triggering Camera Scripts

Tiny Yolo2 Not Triggering Camera Scripts

Working with a ROBOTIS Darwin Mini (OpenCM9.04) connected to ARC by USB (freshly flashed with the ARC-compatible firmware from...
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Micro:Bit Buttons Driving Tic Tac Toe

Micro:Bit Buttons Driving Tic Tac Toe

I’ve got a BBC micro:bit connected to ARC over USB using the BBC micro:bit skill (flashed the firmware from the skill and can see Button A/B and...
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Safeint And Clampint Explained

Safeint And Clampint Explained

@Athena, can you explain the functions safeInt and clampInt? Why are they used and how can the values be changed? Thanks - Jack. Context: This looks like an ARC...
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Left Motors Stall Until Scan Request

Left Motors Stall Until Scan Request

@Athena - can you review the Arduino sketch below and explain why the left motors (LeftFront and LeftBack) do not run until...
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Sound Servo To XL-320 On Darwin Mini

Sound Servo To XL-320 On Darwin Mini

I’m trying to get my ROBOTIS DARWIN MINI (OpenCM9.04, 16x XL-320) to "talk" using the Sound Servo (PC Speaker) skill, but the selected...