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Using The Bv4113 Without A Movement Panel?

When I purchased my EZ-B kit last year, I also bought the BV4113 H-Bridge that EZ-Robot was selling at the time. I now want to use it to control the wrist and grip motors in a robotic hand that I got in an equipment trade from Josh. I found a datasheet and sample code here https://doc.byvac.com/index.php5?title=Product_BV4113 that shows I should be...
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Ez-B Control Power Pins Above D14

There are a couple of pins above D14 on the EZ-B Controller If I have the batteries plugged into the power port can I also plug power onto these pins as well. What are the requirements? What is the best way to use them? What is the primary purpose for these extra power pins?
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Ultrasonic Sensor Spacing To Change Blind Zone

Ultrasonic Sensor Spacing To Change Blind Zone

I already need to solder leads to a ultrasonic sender and receiver pairs. This is due to limited space inside the Omnibot 2000...
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Ar-Drone And Ez-B

Ar-Drone And Ez-B

Anyone else having connection problems with the Parrot Drone and EZ-B. I actually had my unit at DJ's and it would fly from the EZ-B but the camera would not colour track. DJ rewrote the...
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Better Servos

Better Servos

Is it possible to use AX-12A Professional Robot servos with the EZ-Robot kit? I'm making a are out to test some ideas and the servos that came with my bot kit are not strong enough. I want to...
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Greedy Robot Arm Video

Greedy Robot Arm Video

I thought this.is.useful for grabbing a beer but it didn't say how it worked or what sensors used. Could You direct me to what sensors to buy to utilize this feature?
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Thanks Rich!

Rich, Goodies arrived today! Thanks again. If you need anything from over here just drop me a line. Kris
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1St Position With My Project !

1St Position With My Project !

Dear forum-DJ Sures. As I have mentioned in an earlier post, I have participated in the first national robotics meeting which was under the sponsorship of the...
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Gps Help Pleasee!

Gps Help Pleasee!

Hello all! I have purchased a gps module for the ez-b. However when connecting it to my computer, it reads all 0's in all the fields. The only thing running is the clock. I think it...
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Bluethooth

i want to know if it is possible to interconnect via bluethooth two ez-robots.
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Gps Accuracy

I want to use the GPS mod (VK-162 GPS Module with SIRF3 Ceramic Antenna TTL/USB Signal) that DJ recommends for my robot. What I want to do is select certain places around my property for the robot to go. If I am working out in my garden and my wife tells JAC (Just Another Cyborg) to take me a beer out to the garden, he will know where the garden...
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2.5 Amp Motor Controller

Just a very quick question about the 2.5 Amp Motor Controller. I see that 2 motors can be connected to it but can the be controlled independently or not?