Herr Ball

Lidar Compatibility

@DJ Hate to put you on the spot, asking if this lidar WILL work with Arc but can you give me your best opinion? Looking at the pics, it says Hitachi-LG LDS. Being that it is only $17.31 shipped it might be time to go with a Lidar! ...Link... They also sell a Slamtec RPLidar-A1 for $99.00. MMMMM which one do I want to go with? lol ...Link... Thanks...

Weather RSS Through Iotiny Speaker

How do I get this to come out of the IoTiny speaker? SpeakRSS(http://www.rssweather.com/zipcode/44310/rss.php, 1) I tried SayEZB several different ways but no luck. EZ Script please Thanks

Connecting A Iotiny/PCA9685 Together?

Was wondering if anyone has connected a PCA9685 to a ioTiny? I am building a robot head for my grandson. Have a extra ioTiny and PCA9685 lying around here and would like to use them. The head has 13 servos, the ioTiny 8 ports, not going to workie! Was hoping I could connect them together for enough ports! I dont want to spend too much on this as I...

Servo Replacement Gears

I have a new (older) servo, one of the original EZ-Robot S08NF STD Servo that has bad gears in it. Dont believe that these where especially made for EZ Robot, so what company/model number are they? Thanks

Scripting

Ok, Im stumped. I have tried to do this myself for 3 days, time for help. Is there any reason why a script that works in Windows 7 not work on Windows 10? Below is a script (Credit to Luis Vazquez who wrote this years back, I only added to it) that I can not get to run on my new Windows 10 computer. It is the exact same script on both machines. I...

Saying A Variable From The Variable Watcher

Ok I am running one of those other boards and sending a variable to EZB and into the variable watcher. This is a room temperature reading. The variable name is $Temp. I want to have EZB tell me the variable value at the time I ask for it. (Example: It is 74 degrees in the room at the time of the reading.) I have tried ... SayWait(The temperature is...

Arduino To Ezbv4 Code

Hello All Was wondering if anyone out there could post for me some code that will send info from a Arduino to the EZB. I know how to send serial commands from the EZB to the Arduino but not the other way around. Have a project that I would like to tackle as much as I can on my own but cant get this part figured out? Thought that by looking at some...

Dj Moonlighting

Is that DJ moonlighting as a janitor and mopping the front office floors? You know what they say ... a great boss would never ask you to do something that he wouldnt do himself! I think he missed a spot though ...

Ezb V.4 Specs

Since the EZB is now starting to ship to some of us could we get a few specs. Things like. How many volts for input. I thought I read that there is not a regulator on it so what you put in is what you get out? Is that true? What would the best input voltage be, I assume 5 volts for the servos? How many amps does it put out safely? Any info would be...

Cheap Six

Came over this while surfing ... not bad really for someone just starting out or on a small budget. www.ebay.com/itm/6-Legs-18-DOF-Robot-Black-Spider-Robot-Bracket-Stent-Accessory-no-servo-/370876029979?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0hash=item5659ef1c1b#ht_4132wt_1074

C++ Programming Help

Need some help with a little programming problem. Have given it my best shot but just cant seem to figure it out! My basic logic class is not enough for me and Google just got me lost TOO many times... LOL. This program will be in a microcontroller that controls two 8x8(64) LED matrix for my robot eyes. The EZB will send it the serial commands to...

I2c Help

Dont really want the answer of how to do this, YET ... LOL. Would like to pull my hair out a little first. I just wish to know by anyone is it possible to have EZB call a subroutine inside a script? Ex: Richs BlinkM Script Would it be possible to write several subroutines and then call anyone of them when needed? Ex: Subroutine Red LED blink 3...

Ultrasonic Ir Sensors

I have noticed some builders place the Ultrasonic IR Senors on servos and some dont. I am just about ready to add both (1 ultrasonic 2 IR) to my bot and would like to know the pros and cons of each way. Thanks in advance ... Herr

Kinect - Shows But No Go

Well I found a Kinect on Craigs List for $30.00 and just couldnt pass it up. Got all the drivers loaded and it works good in Amcap and Skype, twice as nice as my USB Logitech cam but cant connect to it in EZB. It shows in the camera device but gives a error when starting ... What a great picture this thing gives, really nice and clear. Cant wait...

Forum Pictures Not Showing Right

Hey all For some reason ever since the new website came up the pictures in the forum post are not showing right. I thought it was just the website needing fine tuned but now Im sure that its me ... lol The pictures are all long and very thin, if I click on them to show the large view all is ok. Is there a setting I need to change. Long live...

Stopping Rss/Radio/Movie Scripts

Hey all How does one stop: RSS news feeds RSS radio feeds Stop/pause Windows Media Player (playing movies through a USB monitor) This is a embedded system so these commands must work by voice. I have followed the info in this link but still unable to get feeds to stop. synthiam.com/Community/Questions/2273 If I have a script called news, which is a...

Ez-B Windows Media Player ?

Hey All I have a embedded PC on my robot with a screen. I have tried to use the Exec command to get a movie to play on the screen through Windows Media Player. Exec(C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player.exe, D:\Movies\movie.wmv) (The movie.wmv is on the D: drive of the system.) Error: The system cannot find the file specified I am sure the file...

Glyph Detection

Sorry but I believe I found what Im looking for. I was unable to delete post, only edit it. blush Herr

Unable To See Videos

Hey all For some unknown reason I am unable to view any of the videos in the forums? I was able before but not now! Any suggestions? Herr

Robot Motor Question

Hey all Is it possible to tell by these specs how much weight these motors can carry? If not how can i find out? Any help Im grateful for. Motor: 12V DC nominal, at no load RPM ~ 16, current ~ 0.25A. Stall current ~ 4.5A and stall torque = 71 Kgcm = 6.9 Nm = 61.6 lbin = 977 ozin. With 2 motors you get a massive ~2000 oz*in torque. Weight ~1 lbs...

Sata To Sd Drive Converter Questions.

I have just ordered a Sata to SD drive converter for my mini itx board and had a couple of questions for those out there that have gone this route. The converter can handle up to a 32gb card (which I also ordered), I feel this is plenty for the OS, EZ Robot software and my sound files, any input here? I should be able to run Windows 7 on these...

Mp3 Files In The Examples.

I need a certain MP3 (or .wav) file for my Wall-E project. I see that it is in the Wall-E examples in ARC. The WallEMusic.wav file that Wall-E dances to. Is there any way to extract it from ARC to place in my project? Thanks ... Herr Ball

Mp3 Trigger - Sparkfun

Loaded up some Wall-E sounds onto my MP3 (Sparkfun) Trigger and cant seem to get it to work correctly. I have followed DJs video on connecting it to the EZ-Board to the tee. I plug it into the EZ-Board, for power only, and try to cycle through the sounds using the button but only get one track (or sound) and it is fuzzy? The files are in the MP3...

Wall-E Builders

Yo ... Wall-E bot heads Question for those of you that designed Wall-Es head to move up and down. Are the small or mini servos strong enough to control the head and the weight of the camera too? I await your great words of wisdom! Herr

Vacuum Forming Machine

Hey all I was doing some surfing and ran into this. Thought it might be something people would be interested in seeing. www.youtube.com/watch?v=maH5Ech0wK8

Wall-E Wheel Question

Howdy fellow bot heads! I have removed the wheels assembly from each side of my Wall-E frame but can not figure out how to get the wheels separated to attach my servos. Hope Im making myself clear here. Im talking about the rear drive wheel. I cant get the inside hub off the outside hub. I have tried to pull and pull but Im afraid Im going to break...

Ez Robot Standard Servos

Hello I have a question about the standard servos in the EZ Robot Kit. I received the replacement servos that were originally bad. I understand that problems happen in every business, no fault here on EZ Robot side, and would just like to say, very impressed with how it was handled. Back to my question ... lol No sense in throwing a servo away so I...