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Connect Leds

This tutorial will explain how to connect LEDs to the EZ-B. Peripherals: 1 x LED [eBay] 1 x Servo Cable [eBay] Instructions: Step 1 Purchase LEDs and Servo Wires from eBay or your favourite electrical supply shop. Step 2 Cut the MALE side off the servo wire if it exists. Step 3 Expose the conductive wire of the White and Black. Cut the Red short...
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Quick Question Regarding Camera

so another probably noob question here but, i wanna put the camera i got with my ez b in the robot and control its on/off etc from the ez board, so question is as the camera obviously has a push switch on the back and a built in battery how do i connect the camera to the ez b, i presume i use a d port for the power but how does that work regarding...
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Robie SR

DJ, I saw that you had a Robie SR in your possession. will life be brought to the old robie sr anytime soon. Because I recently bought one off ebay and looking for some ideas thanks
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System Requirments? Will A Netbook, Or 2Gb DDR Ram Laptop Work Well?

I'm going to buy a new laptop to mount on my bot. Would a laptop that is 2gb DDR ram work well? How about netbook like acer?
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Finally.....A Sucess!!!!!

Just wanted to say I had my first sucess today!!!!!! I wanted to share it. I got my bot to say, "My name is Gizmo" when I ask, "What is your name"? Second, I got it to turn its head to the left, then back to the right, then forward, when I said "Gizmo"! May not seem like to much to advanced users, but after so much...
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I May Buy A USB Wireless Camera From Ez-Robot.Com

Dj I noticed the power cord for the ez robot's wireless USB camera you sell will not work for my wall outlet here in USA. Do you have my type of plug? TheGoodRobot
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An SDK Idea

I hope I didn't miss someone already discussing this. I would love to see for the SDK, rather than all of the EZ-B functions in my program, the ability to create my own controls for things that ARC and even EZ-B don't talk to today and add them to the ARC framework so they can be activated by scripts. This way I don't have to re-invent everything...
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Removing Posts

Just wondering why my post with the inquiry about the wiring of the Sparkfun motor controller (along with a sketch) was removed? I don't want to burn my controller up if I wire it wrong! I don't know why you would remove a legit question! Please clarify.
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Old Robot Website Check It Out!!!

Hey DJ, Check out this website might be useful. It has almost all classic robots, most with PDF's of the service manuals and user manuals too. www.theoldrobots.com/index.html
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Shipping

I ordered my ez-b kit and it was shipped last Monday I had it shipped by expidited business class and was wondering after Canada post who does it go to next in th us going to Utah
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Member's Post Auto-Forwards To Youtube????

DJ when i went into project showcase, and tried to view 3 axis skull Halloween Prop it sent me to youtube.com automatically. for about 1-2 seconds i could see a few other postings by members, so i wasnt sure why i was getting auto-sent to youtube, i did not even click the video in the post at all. can you please let me know if its something wrong...
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Auto Robot Hand Control Preview

Auto Robot Hand Control Preview

Automatically closes the hand and executes an ez-script when an object is placed in the hand