Robot Programming Questions and ARC Help

Discontinued Sparkfun Mv2

Sorry I fat fingered the title and added an M Anyone know why Sparkfun discontinued the V2? I want to get a trigger and I can get one of these but I don't want a product issue, or should I just get the one Sparkfun sells now?

Auto Startup

How does one create a script to self start the robot program? It must load the file, connect to the comm port in use, and then start the program. It should have a time delay upon startup to allow someone to abort the auto startup. What do you think DJ?

Logitech Gamepad F310

I have this controller but am unable to use the the arrow buttons on the left (i think it's called the directional pad) or the analog buttons to control a servo https://www.amazon.com/Logitech-940-000110-Gamepad-F310/dp/B003VAHYQY/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1336612932&sr=1-1 also wanted to ask on how to control multiple servos...

Diy Project Page

Tell me if my computer is acting up or is there no open source projects on the DIY Project page. I would like to see what DJ and others have done.

Dual H Bridge For $6.00

Just picked up this dual H Bridge for $6.00 on eBay(.99 for the H Bridge and the rest for shipping) Here it is, I hope this will work for my 12v wheel motors. L298N DRIVER MODULE H Bridge DC stepper Motor Driver Board module Description: Driver chip: L298N Dual H Bridge DC Motor Driver IC Drive part terminal power supply range Vs: +5 V ~ +35 V; If...

Using A Computer Mouse As An Encoder

Anyone heard of doing this before? I found this link talking about hacking a computer mouse to use as a cheap encoder for position indication. This might come in handy. Mouse Encoder Home brew shaft encoder

Transformer

amazing

Tracks For My Robot

Hi I am new here and I just ordered my EZ-B kit and can't wait to get it. I have been building robots on and off for years which my first one was the Popular Electronics Unicorn 1 robot. back in the 80's. My how things have changed since then. My robot I am working on now is 3' tall and is build using the 80/20 frame work, cool stuff (8020.net). I...

Im Back :D

Hello all im back and here to stay im now up in the north west of BC canada in a small city called Terrace its so small i find it hard to beleave its a city and not a town lol I moved into a little apartment the other day and soon will be saving up to build my first robot and kinda thinking about trying to start some sort of robotics club here as i...