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Sizes And Fitting Data Of The New Rgb 8X8 Display, Neopixel Blaster And Neopixel

Sizes And Fitting Data Of The New Rgb 8X8 Display, Neopixel Blaster And Neopixel

Waiting for the new RGB 8x8 Display, NeoPixel Blaster and...
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Reversing A Servo

Hi all. I want to reverse or invert direction of a servo. Have tried checking and unchecking the 'invert direction' box in servo control. Yes I have assigned the board and port and saved the settings. I am obviously having a senior moment so can someone point me in the right direction? Regards to all.
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Faulty Left Ankle Servo

I have just received my new JD this week and immediately with switching on I had a problem with the left ankle moving to to max position and jittering. I tried to compensate by adjusting the profile without success. It has now been confirmed that port 14 on the control unit is faulty... I temporarily plugged the left knee into port 14 and it goes...
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Best Apps For Inmoov Robot

Hi, I just purchased my ezb for my Inmoov robot. I don't really know how to use ezb that much but will learn! I'm here to ask for the best apps to use with Inmoov (that are for the ezb obviously) so please post links. Thank you
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Vintage Tomy Robots On Ebay

Vintage Tomy Robots On Ebay

Just wanted to let anyone know who is currently looking for Tomy Omnibot 5402's and Omnibot 2000's, there are many listed at the moment, some in very good condition...
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Roli Just Got Cooler

Roli Just Got Cooler

I have repositioned the Hbridge from inside the body to the outside for better cooling. I notice the cup holder area getting quite warm after running Roli around on the floor. The...
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Serial Communication With Arduino

Hey everyone, I am using arduino's in my coding class, and have tried to communicate with it via the ez-b over serial. I seem to be able to receive, but I am not able to send it seems. I am using the serial terminal for ez-b, as well as the serial monitor in the arduino ide. When I send a string, the ez-b recieves, but I cannot seem to get the...
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Camera Tracking Never Stops

I'm going on with ezb camera experimentation. I have experimented color or multicolor tracking . The x and y servos actually track the colored object and put it near the screen center, but they go on indefinitely moving around the screen center, with wide oscillations. I adjusted the x and y "increment steps" in the configurazion window,...
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@Dj Or? Sound Servo(Ezb Playback)

I've been testing Rich's led tutorial https://synthiam.com/Community/Tutorials/135/1 I've been able to get it to work on, sound movement, sound servo(PC Mic), sounds servo(PC Speaker) but not able to get it to work with sound servo(EZB Playback). I have also noticed when hitting the? On the sound servo(EZB Playback) goes to the webpage talking...
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Cute Little Mini Jd

Cute Little Mini Jd

cute little jd ,funny video.
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Need Advice - Servo Helper Material

Need Advice - Servo Helper Material

I need to find a material that will assist my bubble lifter servo lift the weight of my B9's finished bubble. It probably weighs about 5 lbs or more....
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Camera Color Tracking : Servos Don't Move

I'm testing ezb camera. I had the click-camera plug-in working. Now I'm testing color servo tracking. I set the tilting x and y servos for color servo tracking, and their min and max the same way as for click-camera , then enabled servo tracking. I can see a red object moving around on the screen, but servos don't move at all. They remain where...