Hi all
Today, the DIY kit arrived. The packaging and presentation is just great.
At first I thought to convert a U-Command Wall-E, but I also collect vintage toy robots and for a first project and don't want to take the risk to make a mess of Wall-E.
So, I needed to have a different approach and started today to convert a large Tamiya RC Leopard tank which I had since the 1980'ties. I will only keep the chassis, tracks and motor with gear box and will build a new structure using 1950'ties Meccano parts (which I also collect). The structure will contain the servo's, brain, batteries for EZ, separate batteries for the motor of the tank, etc.... When everything works (one day hopefully), I can cover the Meccano structure with plastic sheet , but that is for a future project.
On the IT front, I started with preparing my PC. Installed Virtualbox on my Mac and W7 enterprise edition (modified language Dutch to English to allow voice recognition), installed Service Pack 1 to be able to install version 4.5 of .Net and then installed the EZ software.
I will try to post more in the future with some photos.
kind regards Johan
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js1
in 6 years you bolt are the first ive seen here in belgium
Richard you mentioned the sabertooth serial motor controller. Could you perhaps point me to a place were one can buy one. Can it be connected to the EZ-Robot brain like the 2.5a H-Bridge ? kind regards Johan
Here is some info on them... You would probably be good with the 2 x 5 version... Sabertooth 2x 5 motor controller