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Sound Servo Lag And Mouth Twitch On ESP32

Sound Servo Lag And Mouth Twitch On ESP32

I’m driving a jaw servo from an ESP32 DevKit v1 (no camera) running the Synthiam ESP32 firmware over WiFi, and using the Sound Servo (PC...
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File Manager Won’T Release Read File

File Manager Won’T Release Read File

Using an OpenCR 1.0 over USB on Windows (COM5 at 921600, flashed with DJ’s OpenCR firmware) as my EZB, I’ve got ARC driving a few servos fine. On...
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Post Submission Attachment Error

Post Submission Attachment Error

I'm trying to post a robot project on Synthiam.com and I get this error when submitting: "There needs to be at least two pictures and you provided...
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Benchmark Spikes On Pi EZB Wifi

Benchmark Spikes On Pi EZB Wifi

I’m running ARC on a Windows laptop and using a Raspberry Pi 4 over Wi-Fi as my EZB server (DJ’s EZBPi image). The Pi handles a PCA9685 for 12 servos and an...
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Sound Servo Sync Issues

Sound Servo Sync Issues

I'm using the Sound Servo (EZB Playback) Robot Skill in ARC to control my robot's mouth servos. The audio is played through the EZB's audio output, but the mouth movement is...
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Touch Path Driving With Sabertooth

Touch Path Driving With Sabertooth

I’m running a Roli Rover with the EZB v4 over WiFi and swapped the stock Hbridge for a Sabertooth 2x12 (Simplified Serial on S1). In ARC I added the...
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Azure TTS Plays Wrong Device

Azure TTS Plays Wrong Device

, I have a sound problem. Hardware / connection: - I have two EZB controllers and one IoTiny: - EZB #0 - AP mode - IoTiny #1 - client mode (has a Z120 speaker...
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Chronos Tilt To Tello Yaw Mapping

Chronos Tilt To Tello Yaw Mapping

Trying to fly a DJI Tello hands-free using wrist tilt from a TI eZ430-Chronos watch in ARC. Hardware-wise: Windows laptop on the Tello WiFi, DJI Tello...
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Mega 2560 GPS UART Conflict

Mega 2560 GPS UART Conflict

I’m running an Arduino Mega 2560 over USB with ARC’s Arduino firmware and trying to add a NEO-6M GPS module. I first tried the GPS robot skill (by James Graham Hu)...
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Play Audio Through EZB Hardware

Play Audio Through EZB Hardware

Is it possible to play an audio file through the EZB? I don't want to use the SoundBoardEZB Robot Skill because the audio files are numerous and changeable....
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Smoothing Myo Control On EZ-Inmoov

Smoothing Myo Control On EZ-Inmoov

I’ve got an EZ-InMoov Robot Head running on an EZ-Robot IoTiny over WiFi (ARC on a Windows laptop). Servos are wired: D0 = neck pan, D1 = neck tilt, D2...
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Roli Rover Exosphere Compatibility

Roli Rover Exosphere Compatibility

Hello, I'm trying to use Exosphere and would like to know whether the Roli Rover is compatible with Exosphere. For clarity, are you asking about...
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