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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) and noticed it says it auto-initializes UART port 0 at 9600. On the Mega, Serial0 is the same USB link ARC uses, and as soon as I wired the GPS to pins 0/1 the ARC connection started...
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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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Speech Recognition Low Confidence Issue

Speech Recognition Low Confidence Issue

I'm having issues running the Speech Recognition Robot Skill in ARC Pro (version 2026.04.16.01). A script I use (titled "JD - Are You a...
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Picture In Picture Lag With Tracking

Picture In Picture Lag With Tracking

Running ARC on a Windows mini PC mounted on a Roomba (connected via the Roomba OI serial to USB). I’m driving with the Roomba Movement Panel and...
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Arduino Motor Speed Fix Rewrite

Arduino Motor Speed Fix Rewrite

Thank you @Athena for your help. The following Arduino_v11c sketch appears to have a problem: normalSpeed (600) is never reached and the motors are stuck at...
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EZ-B V3 Serial Connection Issue

EZ-B V3 Serial Connection Issue

I'm trying to connect an EZ-B V3+ to ARC using a USB-to-TTL serial adapter. Details: - Hardware: EZ-B V3+ - Connection method: USB-to-TTL (direct to PC) on...
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Separate Gripper Control Scripts

Separate Gripper Control Scripts

New gripper control - help needed I still need help controlling each gripper using both its IR sensor and a lever switch to detect when the gripper has...
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PCA9685 I2C Port Selection

PCA9685 I2C Port Selection

Hi Athena, I'm using the PCA9685 Robot Skill in ARC with an EZB v4 controller, and the PCA9685 is connected to the EZB v4 via the I2C port. I'm not getting any response...
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EZ-B V3 Set Digital Triggers Low-Level Relay On Co

EZ-B V3 Set Digital Triggers Low-Level Relay On Co

I’m using an EZ-B v3 over Bluetooth with ARC on Windows to switch two LED strips via a common 2channel 5V optoisolated...
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Inmoov Head Movements

Inmoov Head Movements

I built a new InMoov head and I’m trying to figure out how to move it. I assembled the head the same way as the original and I’m using Synthiam ARC to handle speech, vision, and...
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