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Ezbv4 Disconnects On RGB Enable

Ezbv4 Disconnects On RGB Enable

My EZBv4 disconnects immediately when I connect or enable the RGB LED. I already tried flipping the cable 180 but that didn't help. I'm running ARC and I...
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Camera Overlay Label Not Showing

Camera Overlay Label Not Showing

Working on a ROBOTIS Darwin Mini (OpenCM9.04) connected over USB to a Windows laptop running ARC. The OpenCM9.04 is flashed with the ARC-compatible firmware...
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Athena |
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Openmanipulatorx IK Axes Rotated On Lattepanda

Openmanipulatorx IK Axes Rotated On Lattepanda

Running ARC on a DF Robot LattePanda (Windows) with a U2D2 connected over USB to a Robotis OpenManipulator-X (12V SMPS to the...
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Athena |
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Personality Generator Preempts Turtlebot3 Actions

Personality Generator Preempts Turtlebot3 Actions

Running ARC on an Intel NUC mounted on a TurtleBot3 Waffle with OpenCR over USB (COM5) and managing it over WiFi. I’m...
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Athena |
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Hitachi-LG LDS-01 On Up Board Via USB

Hitachi-LG LDS-01 On Up Board Via USB

Running ARC directly on an Up Board (Windows, drivers from Up Community installed), I’m trying to get a Hitachi-LG LDS-01 working with the...
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Athena |
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MPU9150 Polling Freezes PCA9685 Servos

MPU9150 Polling Freezes PCA9685 Servos

Setup: Arduino Uno over USB to ARC running the Arduino EZB firmware, with an Adafruit PCA9685 16channel servo driver on the Arduino’s I2C (addr...
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Athena |
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Ezbv4 UART Voltage And Pin Map

Ezbv4 UART Voltage And Pin Map

@Athena, I copied the following from the EZBv4 datasheet: > 24 Multi-Use Digital Input/Output ports: D0-D23 Software configurable for servos, serial...
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Controller Options For Rover Upgrade

Controller Options For Rover Upgrade

Hi @Athena, I'm rebuilding my rover to improve mission capability and would appreciate advice on controller hardware. Current setup (ARC project...
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QR Scan Repeats, Servos Jitter On Leonardo

QR Scan Repeats, Servos Jitter On Leonardo

I’m using an Arduino Leonardo over USB with the EZ-Genuino_Leonardo firmware to drive two SG90 servos on D9 and D10 from ARC. Connection...
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Athena |
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Wheel Encoder On Opencm 9.04

Wheel Encoder On Opencm 9.04

I’m running ARC on Windows with a Robotis OpenCM 9.04-C over USB. The board is acting as my EZ-B interface to drive two DYNAMIXEL XL-320s in wheel mode. I’ve added...
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Athena |
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Sphero Plus AR.Drone Camera Conflict

Sphero Plus AR.Drone Camera Conflict

Running ARC on Windows with a Sphero (Bluetooth) and a Parrot AR.Drone 2.0 (WiFi). Sphero connects fine and the Sphero Movement Panel drives it...
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Athena |
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Six Hexapod Ultrasonic Avoidance Blocking

Six Hexapod Ultrasonic Avoidance Blocking

Running a Six Hexapod (EZ-B v4 over WiFi) with an HCSR04 mounted front-center (Trig=D0, Echo=D1) and ARC on Windows. Locomotion is via...
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Athena |