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Plug In Fuse Board Does Not Fit In My Six

Just printed all the six parts..Noticed the power connecter board with fuse. Does not fit inside of six bot.seems the plug in connecter.needs to be wire in instead of directly Soldered to board.do they sell power fuse board that fits in the Six.thnks jeff?
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Mobile Interface Emulator?

Is there a way to have the Mobile Interface work on my iPhone without having my phone take over the processing? For example, I need to use my laptop because I need two EZB's bridged inside my robot and the mobile app will only control one. I need a mobile interface but can't have the phone take over processing. I was able to download Joypad from...
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Scripting With Collision Avoidance

Just reading the tutorial from Rich about how to write the script for avoiding obstacle and "turn run away". I am really new to scripting and quite terrified to start but the tutorial from Rich makes it seem more easy than I thought! I have an ultrasonic sensor coming and thinking about what to do with it on the robot just glad to see I...
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Can't Read Your Lip's

Can't Read Your Lip's

Just fooling around, Black camera display home page
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Smoking Servo

When unboxing a new Roli, we were plugging in the individual servos, and one started smoking. We unplugged it, waited a short while, and plugged it in again . No more smoke, but VERY warm while running (not even doing anything). I feel like this servo is done, and needs replacing. Thoughts?
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Ez-Bv4/2 3.3 Volt Digital Output Max Sink And Source Currents?

Looked around forum a bit and looked at the ez-bV4/2 data sheet but haven't found the max source and sink currents for the 3.3 volt digital output pins (each pin). Any clarification on this would be much appreciated. In order to calculate the base resistor between 3.3 volt digital output pin of ezb controller and the base of the transistor one...
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Heavy Duty Ez-Robot Servo

I keep seeing the heavy duty Ez-Robot servo with torque of 15kg/cm. How does that convert to Hitec oz-in torque specification. I want to buy Ez-Robot servo's but I don't know how they are compared to Hitec strength.
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Change The Movement Direction

I have a rover. But I want to change the forward motion and the backward motion. I tried to change the pins of the H Bridge. This did not bring the desired result. How can I change the orientation of the rover? I use this upside down. The left-right movement is correct. But currently the rover is driving backward in my current usage. I want to turn...
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Hdd Servos

I am hoping to order a Revolution Education Combo Bundle and several additional components including multiple different servos for a project. I am wondering if all the servos in the bundle and ordered ala carte will be the new HDD servos? The descriptions do not indicate the version of the servos. Thank you. Servo - Old Type?
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Is This Cable Connection Correct?

Is This Cable Connection Correct?

OK. I have earlier burnt a EZB. Not sure if its my fault or problem with the EZB. Had to buy a new one. Anyway, this is how I connected my EZB to my power...
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Lotiny Fast Shipping

Incredible received lotiny today March 6, ordered March 1 st. All the way from China..Thank you Ez Robot
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Alternitive To Pandora

In looking for a (Free) alternative to Pandora, I can across this site https://www.botlibre.com Has its own scripting language and well as ability to import AIML Supports the AIML 2.0 Allows you to create multiple bots I have my bot set to private, so only I can access it. Check it out Here is my code I use to talk to my bot and parse the answer. I...