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Wild Thumper 4Wd Chassis With Gripper-Gear Ratio

I like the Wild "Thumper 4WD Chassis With Gripper". I just need to know what is its gear ratio and if it is available in stock. Is that from Dagu ? I found that one https://www.pololu.com/catalog/product/1565 but there is a big different in price. are they the same? if no, what is the difference ?
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My Software Friend Told Windows 9 Is Comming Soon

I woulder if its gong to be better then windows 7 or windows 8 He is a software guy hired by microsoft to check out mostly operating systems ,before the hit the market SO i woulder will it still work for EZB ,he said so far it looks better,but until he gets a copy of it and tell me about it i guess we have to wait and i guess after its out windows...
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What Is The Exact Model Identifier Of The Camera?

Hey, I notice the webcam does not work well with mac, just in bootcamp. The thing is I know it's a sonix camera, but I dont know the exact model, it's something along the lines sn9c20x no? I found a drivers page in sonix, but I need the model
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Wirles Mic Question

anyone find a wireless mic to put in thier robot .yet thanks. cory
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Cannot Start ARC- Gives Error

I could not copy and paste, has anyone had this error? Thanks Steve S. Unhandled exception has occurred in your application .... Could not load file or assembly "EZ-B. Verion=2013.1.5.0. Culture=neutral. PublicKey Token=83914fd54f35ea 1" or or one of its dependencies. The located assembly's manifest definition coes not match the assembly...
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Servo Auto Position

Just wondering how the servos auto position. When you plug them in do they centre? or do you have to do it manually? if manually, please tell me how. Preparing for my wall-e project. Hope i'm not hoging the forums!
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About Using Pot For Feedback Or Speed

Here is some info about using pots as encoder for motor speed its mostly for DAVE but info is for everyone IF you are looking to use a pot for speed of a motor as encoder its kinda hard Multiturn pots are high precision ,but not for feedback ,i dont know if anyone open up a pot but it has a stop inside and wafer and metal fingers,stop is one...
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Vex Microcontroller

Hello, I was wondering if you could use EZ-B software with VEX microcontroller! If so Please Reply, thanks
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Brookstone Rover 2

Can I use your design for the brookstone tank 2 and copter parrot 2? Or only for version 1? And if not then how i can use your development for this robot (brookstone tank 2 and copter parrot 2) What i can change in source of ARC program
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Making A Ir Illuminator For Low Light Or Dark Areas

Making A Ir Illuminator For Low Light Or Dark Areas

I have 150 or maybe more ir LEDs , most are flat top wide angle and others regular 5mm round tip LEDs. I also have...
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Wall-E Question Quick

here's the notepad info: The Real Wall-e without Script Manager Camera Power: D1 ModifiedServoMovementPanel: D13, D14 Left Arm: D8 (low 8, high 36) Right Arm: D9 (low 56, high 28) Left Eye: D15 Neck Horizontal: D6 (center 32, 50, 20) Head Vertical: D7 (center 35, high 44, low 24) Ping: (Trigger d2, response d3) What is the left eye servo? theres...
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Wall-E Autonomous(Think Thats How To Spell It)

I would like to know how wall-e in dj's video moved autonomous-ly. Using his wall-e example file how do you activate this?