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Shiping

Do You Ship to Faisalabad , Pakistan , Asia. 38000. Or Islamabad , Pakistan , Asia. 44000. Also Tell SHiping charges for both Cities. I am getting this error. Please fix these errors: Cannot verify your shipping information. Please review your information.
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3 Pin Fan

hi i am using a 12v power supply with my ez-b i started to get i little hot so i bought a 5v cooling fan for ez-b but my fan has 3 pin instead of 2 it has an extra signal wire does this make any diffrence i am thinking of connect fan to lets say d1 if i write set(d1,on) it should turn the fan on right?
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Bluetooth Help

Hello,i have this Bluetooth dongle bluetooth And i need to do the initial install of the firmware.the weird thing is i does not find the ezb at all.but it can find my smart phone, and my phone in turn can find the ezb. I am using the windows Bluetooth stack.the USB is windows 7 compliant.i tried everything i can think of, rebooting, changing USB...
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Matlab Control Of The Board

Hi, I'm currently working on a project where I need to be able to control the EZ-board through Matlab. I've managed to connect to the board over Bluetooth using Matlab, but I'm now stuck on the syntax and commands I need to use. My questions are: 1- Do you have a list of the commands that are used in the ARC ? 2- What terminator charracter does ARC...
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Camera Recording

Can I record with he camera that comes with the ez bot kit
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Usb-Ttl Serial Cable Connection Question

I bought a Roving Networks USB-5V Serial UART cable (RN-SRL-FTD5V-CLR) from Mouser Electronics, and added a header to it for TX, RX, Gnd connection to EZ-B. And yes, I am connecting Cable Tx to EZ-B Rx and Cable Rx to EZ-B Tx. The connection to my desktop PC was plug & play. The device manager shows the Cable in Com 8 with 9600 baud rate, 8...
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I Am Working On A Wifi And Wired Network Design

I am designing a circuit to use both WIFI and wired network i found a WIFI board that has network signals (I/O) that are called PH ,2 FOR transmitting and 2 for receiving and needs a special RJ45 with a isolated transformer and tiny circuit (a few resistors) one main reason for me is i have a few freshwater tanks and saltwater tanks and gecko cage...
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Rj45 And Ez-B

Hi there I need to use wired lan (RJ45) to control my ez-b on a long distance. I've searched the forum for solution but haven't found. How can I replace the bluetooth with wired lan and how long RJ45 cable can I use? I've read that RJ45 could be up to ~90 meters (295ft) but will ez-b be able to read the signal at that length? Thanx
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Camera Hacking

i need to hack my ez-cam for my wall-e. i noticed that it is a little different from the one in Dj's video. does anyone have a pic or diagram for where to connect the signal cable/wire?
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Think My Camera Was Glued

Think My Camera Was Glued

Hello i think my camera was glued together as i cant get it apart at all i was hoping to connect it to my EZ-B like DJ did in this Video but nomatter what i do i cant...
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Compile To Apps

can ARC compile itself into a linux app without gui for robots with embedded pc's so i don't need to run windows
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Vexed.

Howdy, EzDudes 'n Dudettes... So, I've been looking in to getting some VEX robotics stuff - specifically the hardware as opposed to the electronics, due mainly to their proprietary shafting (LoL). So, in short, has anyone had any experience with VEX stuff? Cheers M'dears! - Bill.