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ARC Glyph Tracking

ARC Glyph Tracking

Hello, I was wondering if anyone is having issues with glyph tracking? I just downloaded the ARC software going from ARC. The 1st thing I noticed was all my blockly code in the buttons...
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Ghost Canyon I9 9980Hk Sff Pc For Ezbv4

My dudes i present to you the holy grail of sff pc for use with the ezbv4..... the intel ghost caynon nuc i9 9980hk.  So who all is siked for this for their robot? https://youtu.be/CCoLJeUbZTc
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Soundboard PC WAV And MP3 Files Playing Very Fast

I have  several WAV and MP3 files that I added to the Soundboard to play out my PC. file plays fine in iTunes, VLC Player, you name it on the PC. However all the files will play very fast through the sound board. If I export the sound back out of ARC builder (latest version) the file plays fine in iTunes, VLC Player, you name it. It is almost like...
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Help Obtaining RGB 8X8 LED Matrix E-19 Display Module?

Can anyone point me to a way to purchase a RGB 8x8 LED Matrix E-19 Display module? After watching the roll out video for 8x8 RGB (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iwhcii0WCHs&feature=youtu.be) and github (https://github.com/synthiam/E-19_RGB_8x8_Display/tree/master/E-19%20Hardware) (and Thank you to Jeremie et al for putting all that together!)...
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Q & A Input Question

Q & A Input Question

So, I would like my robot to be able to ask people questions, and save their responses as variables. Idealistically, I would love this to be verbal/audio input. I have...
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Send Serial Data From Arduino Mega To Uno Using ARC

Hello I can't wrap my head around how to send serial data from a Arduino Mega to a Arduino Uno USING arc (2020-04-10) Installing EZ-Mega-v1-636848729355769322.zip on the Mega and using ARC to talk to it works fine. (only done basic servo and LED control) The Uno has just a standard Arduino sketch (See below for code) The mega pins using 18-TX1...
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Assistance With Slow Scripts

I am running 7 scripts at once.  Each is looping and looking for a variable that is generated by other scripts.  Once these variables are triggered,  each script runs a series of commands and returns back to looping. Some of my scripts have nested loops operating inside of other loops and break out as necessary. I am using FOREVER LOOPS because...
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Speech Recognition - Pause Not Working

Howdy When my voice recognition is paused it still activates. The sound wave is red and pause check box is grey. I have an enable phase as well, but doesn't seem to make a difference, the saved phrases seem to activate when paused and even if enable phase has not been  activated. ControlCommand( "Speech Recognition", PauseMS, 10000)...
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Chatbot And Speech Recogniton

how can I hook up the free speech recognition to PandoraBot?
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Question About Servos

is there a way to add a joystick or something similar to the workspace in ARC to control servos? I'm adding a Pan/Tilt servo mount to my robot to give the camera movement on the X and Y axis. I want to control the servos with mouse movement or use keys on a keyboard to control the pan-tilt mount. maybe use a wired video game controller? from finn
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I2C Device Voltage Question

Is it possible to connect an I2C device to the EZB v4/2 with just the SDA and the SCL lines connected with the device its self getting its voltage from a higher voltage source (Greater than 3.3v)?
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Need Help Wiring Remote Control Lawn Mower

Need Help Wiring Remote Control Lawn Mower

Hi all, This is a great forum and I am glad I found it! I am working on a 4wd remote control mower build. Here is what I have: 20 hp...