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Ultrasonic Radar Servo

I am using an ultrasonic radar plugin with my omnibot and the sensor works well however the sweep of the servo is extremely slow . The servo is an EZ 180 one. Cannot see any way to increase the sweep speed. Be grateful for any suggestions.
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New Hdd Servos

received 10 new HDD servos and just had a chance to try them out, all I can say is "WOW" these things are frickin awesome, absolutely zero holding noise and generally quieter over all Well done DJ, you really have out done yourself with these new servos on a side note regarding shipping, for 10 servos I was quoted and charged for a...
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How To Connect To Client Mode ?

I can not connect to client mode. I have connected to ap mode, rebooted and all is ok. I then go back to set the ezb to client mode and it comes back and says it could not connect. I have entered the ssid and security key being carefull of the caps and spelling. The firewall was shut down and I have researched all the community videos. If I click...
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Pull Down Resistor

Pull Down Resistor

I have a switch that is always closed. If it becomes open that is a condition that I take some action. I put together a pull down resistor (based off the attached picture from another...
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Ultra-High-Torque, High-Voltage Digital Servo

Hi DJ, If was wondering if this new product from Pololu is compatible with EZ-Robot's V3 and/or V4 ? Ultra-High-Torque, High-Voltage Digital Giant Servo Thnxs.
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Ultrasonic Detector Not Working

How do I get the Ultrasonic Detector to work? I have followed the directions for connecting and setting up the Ultrasonic Detection board to my Revolution Roli. However, it gives no indication that it is detecting objects and the fails the collision avoidance. Regards, T. Steven Cotter, Ph.D. Engineering Management and Systems Engineering 2101I...
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Ir/Serial Codes How-To

I've spent about 2 hours digging thru the community and some threads and such and can't find what I'm looking for. Does anyone have a link, tutorial or something for how to serial commands in a sequence from EZ-B? For example let's say I'm able to connect to any toy's IR port via soldered connections and know their particular IR codes that I...
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Need Some Shipping Relief

I'd love to buy some jumpers from the online store here. I popped em in my cart and started the checkout. Shipping was over $21USD. For a $9 item that weighs nothing. So I can't buy them. These shipping costs prohibit me from spending my money here. Any word on boosting your Amazon presence? Your distributors don't seem to carry your full product...
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Increase Volume On Windows 10 Mic

Since I installed Windows 10, volume on the mic does not seem to be adjustable. Volume is low. I have to talk lould to get the computer to hear me. I looked online and a lot of people are having this problem withe MS 10. It is the same with all mics. Any ideas would keep me from loosing my voice. Thanks Ellis
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Date Calculation

if I run this command: $xhours = FmtTimeSpan(CDateTime("10/29/2016 1:00:00 PM") - CDateTime("10/31/2016 2:02:02 PM"), "hh") I get 1. Which works great. And says that 2 pm is 1 hour from 1 pm. But if I run this $xhours = FmtTimeSpan(CDateTime("10/29/2016 3:00:00 PM") - CDateTime("10/31/2016 2:02:02...
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Charging Ezrobot 1300Mah 25C 7.4V 2S1p Batteries

Charging Ezrobot 1300Mah 25C 7.4V 2S1p Batteries

Can I charge my new EZROBOT 1300mAh 25c 7.4v 2s1p with the older e3AC SkyRC charger or only charge them with the LinkMan...
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Posting A New Library

What should I know before posting an EZ-B compatible library to github? Are there any obvious license gotchas the community is aware of? I have been working on a little Clojure library that speaks the EZ-B protocol. (I may eventually try to bring it up on the board directly, but I suspect the top-level APIs will remain the same.)