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Trigger a script when EZB audio plays, exposing live Min, Max and Avg audio-level variables for looped monitoring; stops when audio ends.

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Learning To Program With Ez-Bot?

Hi, I'm not really a programmer and I'm not in university for it. But I would like to learn programming with these robots using C (I have programmed in high school and on my own. I just sort of lost interest) - I was wondering how open source can these robots get? Can I create my own colour recognition system from scratch if I really want to? I...
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Parts Like Servo City

Parts Like Servo City

I was wondering if anyone knew of a European / UK seller of servo mechanical attachments similar to ServoCity's stock. https://www.servocity.com/html/channel___brackets.html...
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Print The Character To A File

Hi all... Can anyone tell me how to write the " double quotation mark to a file...? I can do this ... FileWriteLine($filename, "'" ) But I can't do this... FileWriteLine($filename, """ ) Here's what I'm doing... I have one EZB project called "Lawrence" that runs on three different computers in two...
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New Preorder Camera Specs

New Preorder Camera Specs

Did i read somewhere a few days ago that the new camera that's being offered in preorder status is better and stronger then the old one that was offered? I thought I read...
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New And Improved Ez-B!

Quoted from the store: "EZ-B v4 120MHz, 150 DMIPS, unique chip ID#, DAC amplified audio with Speaker for Robot voice, 8 Analog ports, 24 Digital ports, Wifi connectivity, i2c, UART, Resettable fuse protection, Reverse polarity protection, and on-board 3.3VDC" More ports, additional protection, audio, wifi....all of it is gold to me! PS:...
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Ez-B With H-Bridge & Sharp Collision Question

Ez-B With H-Bridge & Sharp Collision Question

Need some insight here..... When I add just the H-Bridge control to the EZ-B(V3) I can run the H-Bridge direction controls...
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Sept 18 2013 Version Has Wrong Ver Number At 11:57 Cdt

ARC just flagged a new version as available but the date appears to be wrong on it. EZ-Builder Version 2013.09.01.00 [Download] [Release Notes] [Manual] * Requires Microsoft Windows 7 or Windows 8 The version I have currently installed is 2013.09.04 It won't install because a newer version is already installed.
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Need Help In Making Garden-Bot Work Outside In The Weather.

Need Help In Making Garden-Bot Work Outside In The Weather.

This is garden-bot my latest robot project. I need help in making garden-bot work outside in the...
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Yahoo! The Revolution Has Started

PRE-ORDERS NOW AVAILABLE. YOU CAN PRE-ORDER ANY OF THE ROBOTS.
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Heavy Duty Motors.

Heavy Duty Motors.

I am interested in building an Omnibot 2000 or Omnibot 3000 from the scrap... Using fiberglass... But I would like to know which motors shall I use to bear the weight (about 12-15 Kgs)...
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Wireless Camera Driver

Hi Everyone, Right now I have a very old lappy which runs on Windows XP... So it can't install drivers on its own.. I need the driver of the wireless camera that comes with the EZ-kit.. Can any one guide me please...
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Using ARC Behind A Proxy And Firewall

Our school uses a Proxy Server that requires authentication to access.... I would guess that most schools do the same. DJ I have started this thread so I can get our schools technical support involved in this one. They should join this thread sometime soon.