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I Have 25 Windows Open Up. How Do I Make Them All Run Automatically?

I have 25 windows open up. The scripts all run individually. Now, How do I tie them all together and make them all run at once? For instance, I want marty to be voice controlled so that she is listening all the time. so , I can jump through voice to color motion, news, weather, sports,jokes, etc. I have included my file for you to look at. I could...
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L298 Official Howto Video

L298 Official Howto Video

For those of you who have a 2.5 Amp Motor Controller, here is a tutorial video that we did yesterday - hot from the render! For more information, visit:...
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Connection Issue - Newbie Question

Hi all. I saw the video of the 'real walle' and decided that I needed one!! So last christmas I bought myself a Wall-E and a EzB kit. And as a newbie it took me months before I pulled Wall-E apart. It took me a while longer to order all my parts - cos I needed ALL of my parts before I began (did i mention i'm a newbie?! lols!) In the last month...
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How Do I Use Sharp IR Distance Sensor?

OK, I have some standard sharp sensors on the robot both Horz and Vert. I have no servos on them. When I do a scan with the radar, it scans, but it doesn't show the red dots. But, when I hook a Meter or Graph, it sees when I put something in front. But, no red dots. That is weird. The Ping units show the red dots also. Sorry if I did not word this...
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Aa Battery Packs Don't Cut For Powering Screwdriver Motors

"It's a long way to the top if you want your robot to roll" - This substitute for the famous rock saying is what came to mind after I discovered a AA battery pack is fine for the EZ-B board but just doesn't cut it for running 2 electric screwdriver motors through a H-bridge. Initially I thought having a seperate battery pack of 4x AA's...
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Question Connecting Dual H-Bridge To Ez-B (Need Diagram)

Question Connecting Dual H-Bridge To Ez-B (Need Diagram)

Trying to connect L298N Dual H Bridge DC Stepper MotorDriver Module Board to EZ-B and need help. I cannot...
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How Do You Safely Transport Your Bot?

How Do You Safely Transport Your Bot?

For me I like to make sure my Wall-E is well protected Is a waterproof Pelican case a little overboard? I think not! Cheers!
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Hexy: Hexapoda Kick Starter

Hey ez-b friends, I just came across this hexapod article and I thought it would be pretty awesome. I may end up backing it for the $80 and get the frame so I can use my own servos and the EZ-B as its a much more powerful platform. How sweet would that be?! Camera is a must have! Just thought I'd share Hexy the Hexapod kit
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How Can I Use Sharp Ir For Cliff Detection?

How Can I Use Sharp Ir For Cliff Detection?

I got two of these i want to use on Wall-E and have him run without falling off the table. Asked robotmaker, he said i need a specific...
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Mouse Click Doesn't Work Properly With 22 Windows Open

Mouse click doesn't work properly with 22 windows open. Has anyone experienced this? I am not even using all of the ports yet. But, I AM using Teamviewer to control the notebook which is a dual core cpu. Brand new Acer notebook with win7. I intend to create a bunch of little windows and then make another program to control all of these little...
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Help With Damaged Project File

I worked all day yesterday and til about 3AM in the morning. I was on a roll. I saved my programs to the cloud and then I added personal stuff and saved them to my hard drive. Next I upgraded my builder. Things were working absolutely perfect last night. When I tried this afternoon at 2:00pm to open my file from my Hard disk, it said the file was...
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Looking To Buy Many Ezb Only At A Good Price

looking at buying 5 to 10 EZ board only at a very good price my email is jamerican at yahoo dot com someone might say check makershed,i know about them ,none in stock