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Voice Activated Door Lock

Today I discovered the obvious. You can not only control robots with the EZ-B but you can control any peripherals compatable with it. There a so many different possibilities, varying from simple to complex. So I have set out to create a simple voice activated door lock. I am still in the planning stages and I hope I will be successful. Here is the...
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Robot Documentaries

Robot Documentaries

I found these documentaries on youtube. It's pretty cool
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Camera For Omnibot

My omnibot goes in the dishwasher tonight and I will be ordering my EZ board with my next pay check. In the mean time, what kind of wireless camera do I need to use? Does it need to come with the receiver or how do I see it on my computer?
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Problem When Printing Tutorial Pages With Blue Background

I have asked two separate questions recently with lightning fast reply times from the forum. Please dont think that I am taking advantage with a third question. When trying to print the Tutorials in the Tutorials Section the Blue background causes the page to be to dark when it is printed. Is there anyway to fix this? (I have been copying the text...
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Wireless USB Hub

Has anyone found a wireless USB hub that can be used with Windows 7? The IOGEAR wireless hub is only compatible with Windows XP and Vista.
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Omnibot Arm Servos

Hi DJ, what is the torque of the servos you used for arm movement on your Omnibot Project? I am starting to modify my bot and was wondering how strong I needed to make those. I have some that are 208oz/inch. Are those sufficient?
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Can We Connect A Potentiometer (Pots) To Ez-B To Control Servos?

how can i connect a pot (potentiometer) to the ez-b to control a servo? also how do i get the software to recognize it? this is VERY IMPORTANT because of something i'm working on, has to use a pot. if i connect the pot into the analog input of ez-b, i can get the adc to recognize it when i turn it,,, but not sure how to make servo move left to...
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Questions Before Starting

I am new to the EZ Robot Contorller and an hesistant to start using it until I understand a few things. 1) Am I OK to use an external power source such as a 'Wall Wort'? Does it have to be 'regulated'? 2) When do I need to use an H-Bridge? Lastly, as far as Analog / Digital is concerned...If I am using a motor, stepper motor or servo, are they are...
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EZ-Robot Wallpaper

EZ-Robot Wallpaper

Fellow facebook friend Ryan Davis asked for the wall paper on my laptop background in the videos. So Here it is... Feel free to make your own also Right click and select Use As...
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Microcontroller

I really want to buy the EZ-board , but I am not very sure. What kind of microcontoller is there on EZ-B? is it AVR or other. I need more information...Please , help me... confused
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EZ-B Almost Perfect

as I said, EZ-B Almost Perfect DJ, You have a GREAT product! Don't get mad, but to make it perfect, have Wi-Fi instead of or in addition to Bluetooth. I have had bad experiences with bluetooth not being able to travel and pick up very far. I will probably in the future aquire one of these cards. I am too arduino, basic stamp and SD84 broke. Thanks,...
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Did I Break It?

I got a weird message when fooling around with the audio scripting. where you can match servo movements to sound. I got the following error