Robot Building Questions

Serial/Usb Connectivity

I really wanted to convert the wifi to USB conductivity on my EZB4 to connect directly to my pc, but after reading the tutorial the USB converter uses the camera port. Did I miss were you can still use the ARC camera with the USB conversion. Thanks, merne

Neopixel Tutorial

Trying to work through the neopixel tutorial. Is this working for others? I cant get the Arduino sketch to compile with new and old versions of IDE. Is this working for others or is the problem on my end. Thanks

Win 10

Well, I have just about had it trying to run windows 10 on both of my laptops which are only a few years old, ran always amazing with Win7 but when the latest update came on win10 while I was busy else where, the update caused the laptop to shut down,restart,shut down,restart...endlessly for an hour and completely damaged the hard drive. So...

Providing Remote Help To Novice Robot Builders

I recently had my 11 year old nephew build an Adventure Bot using the Course materials while he was at my house and setup his Windows 10 tablet with ARC. He had a great time building and testing it here, but was worried about support at home, Of course I showed him all the great learning tools on the EZ-Robot site but I also added Splashtop to his...

Neo Pixel Ring Tutorial

ooops! @DJ I was trying to upload the Arduino sketch, again into this tutorial and now after saving it, it is no longer public. I can open it but it doesnt show in the list of tutorials and the title has a line though it. What did I do wrong?

Ezb And Leds

I wish to control LEDs by EZB . I saw in a tutorial leds connected directly to digital outputs without current limiting resistors. The leds Id use sink 70 mA at 3,3 V . I dont think EZB could withstand such currents ! EZB specs only say the pins are TTL compatible but dont say whats the allowable current (high and low level). Whats the allowable...

Hbridge

I have a Roli HBridge that has stopped working Forward on the Right Tread only. I have checked all wiring on EZB4 and the Hbridge. After a short run(3-4) seconds in Forward the Heat Sinked IC becomes very hot, enough to burn the skin. The Hbridge intermittently cuts in and out during this time. Any suggestions? Thankyou

No Connection Ezb With Blackberry Priv Android 6.0.1

Hello DJ, i have follow problem, i have a new mobile a Blackberry Priv with Android 6.0.1. I can connect this device with my EZB by WLan. But I can not call it in ARC Mobile there stands with Wifi SSID N / A. What is the problem? Thank you

Bing Speech Recognition Control Moves To Desktop 2 And Cant Be Moved

My Bing speech recognition control sometimes moves to the second desktop and I can not move it from there. I am right clicking on the window for the option but it does not appear once the control is on the second desktop. I can move all other controls as normal. Is this a bug? I believe it happened with the last update but not sure.