Change Release Notes
EZ-B V3 Support Added!
Communication protocol speed increased by 75%!
Joystick Support Added!
I2C Support Added!
BlinkM Module and Control
Now supports 20 Servos (rather than 14)!
UART bug fix
ARC's Modified servo Movement Panel bug fix
Roomba Module Bug Fixed
ARC Script compiler speed increase
New Script commands (serial, i2c, playnote, text to speech, etc)
ARC camera color tracking module now contains motion control to follow objects
Servo timing accuracy increased
Modified servo speed added
Ports renamed from RA, RB, RC, RD to D0..D19
Pause buttons added to ARC query controls
Servo position references range changed
EZ Builder controls default to NA for optional servo port settings
Many more enhancements and updates
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This release is not backwards compatible for existing ARC projects. This is nearly an entire re-write of ARC, EZ-SDK and Firmware. And because of that, we were not able to salvage backward compatibility references. We assure you that this is a very rare incident.
And as promised, this firmware update is compatible with the EZ-B v2.1!
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Wow this is getting serious now all these updates have added loads more potential to my Robot build. Glad you also fixed the joystick bug
Thanks for the continued development
:)
Oh don't worry! There are many more features on the horizon
Expect a new release nearly every month
Ok cool. In that case can I make a request for an alarm function I want my Robot to be able to wake me up in the morning... sleep
I'll add it to the list
Great idea btw!