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Spelling

I could have swarn that the forum had spell check at one time. Am I missing something? Yes, spell chack. (lol)
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Need Help Hooking Up An External Motor Controller

I have a motor controller that only requires 4 inputs. 2 for direction, and 2 for PWM. I can make the wheels turn constantly by applying +5v to the PWM inputs- and the wheels reverse when I apply +5v to the direction inputs. I can activate the motor by connecting the wire to the center-pin of an EZ-B digital port- which is always 5v. But when I...
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Task Distribution Concept

Various companies distribute their jobs and tasks through special websites. These websites act as hosts for hundreds of different people, all specialising in a particular area. By using these "un-official employees" they are able eliminate any problems that may occur in the workplace, temporarily decrease their work-load and temporarily...
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Picture

Picture

Hello, DJ asked me for a picture of my fan to cool the voltage regulators so I took one. Then I went to place it and found out the Forum needs a URL to show a picture. I haven't established an account with...
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New EZ-B Compatible Products!

New EZ-B Compatible Products!

Solarbotics has just released a couple products that are "A" word compatible, and you know what that means, they are EZ-B friendly as well! Those new...
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Joystick Y Axis To Control 2 Modified Servos?

Hello, Is it Possible for the Joystick to control 2 servos when the +y or -Y is moved? I am driving a track robot with 2 modified servos. Thanks!
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List Of Free .Mp3 Sound Files For Robots

List Of Free .Mp3 Sound Files For Robots

hi, i'm TJ I like some of wall-e's words, and would like some others too in my robot. if anyone has mp3 files for communication or basic...
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Memsic 2125 Dual-Axis Accelerometer

Is it possible to use the Parallax Memsic 2125 Dual-Axis Accelerometer with the EZ-B? I have worked out what I think would be the proper wiring based how it worked on the "A" Controller. But I do not see how I can tell the EZ-B to Read the Digital values (PWM). Thank you for ANY assistance.
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You Are Not Going To Beleive This.

Click To Watch Video I can't ever get the Add YouTube Video to work. Here is a link. https://www.wimp.com/teachrobot/
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Getting No Where Fast

Getting No Where Fast

Seems I'm stuck going in an endless circle. I'm making no progress at all trying to use ARC!!!! I've been trying to download the files that are attached at the bottom of the...
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Voice Controlled Roomba

Hi, me and partners are doing voice controlled roomba to clean a floor. The user has very few vocabularies and (may be 15 max and his meaning are not same as ours). So, using those voice commands, we want to control roomba using bluetooth connection. I saw a video of DJ showing voice controlled roomba, but how is he talking to the roomba?...
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Writing Scripts

OK. Here we go again. This is what I want to do. I say the robots name (BGee) then I want it to look to the left and then to the center (looking straight ahead). I went to the SPEECH window. I typed in "BGee" under "phrase" and then typed: Servo(d10, 36, 1) That didn"t work! I typed: Servo(d10, 1) That worked and it looked...