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Omnibot 5402

Hello. For a couple of years I am "only" involved in B.E.A.M-robotics based on analogue circuits. Now I like to modify an omnibot 5402 with ezb stuff. Never fooled around with controlling robots digital, based on microcontrollers and so. I am a bloody beginner on this and so I have thousand of questions... Here a few: Is there any kind of...
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Bucket Bot Thanks Dj Sures

Thinking about the effort that must have gone into creating the EZ-Bot Software and the foresight involved in the hardware design of the board.... DJ Sures made it so very simple for people to get into the hobby and I wanted to say thanks for helping me get started. Here is thee first of many projects:...
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Xbox 360 Wireless Controller For Windows

Hi, Will the Xbox 360 Wireless controller for Windows work fine with ARC out of the box or will I need to program something custom for it? Thanks, Mike
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Robosapien First Project

I followed the video and I am currently at the following stage 1. Robosapien powers the ez-robot controller (red and blue light) 2. computer sees the card. (firmware also updated). 3. if I disconnect the servo cable from the controller the standard remote control works. When the servo cable is connected, it doesn't. 4. I have not hooked up the...
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Wall-E Builders, Unite! :D

I'm going to be starting up a Wall-E robot from the U-command Wall-e and the EZ robotics kit pretty soon. Does anyone want to share their ideas and talk about them? I'm gettin all excited hehe
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Upcoming New Ez-Robot Website Features?

I was curious if there were any features you were willing to divulge on the new website. Any changes to the forums too?
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How To Connect Radar Hc-Sr04 On Ez ?

Hi, i want to connect a distance radar HC-SR04 on my ez, but i don't know to do it. And I don't understand the tutorial of DJ. Is there anybody to help me please ? I had understand to connect on the Trig, Echo and GND on D0, then Vcc on D1. Is it right ? But on ARC you can use ADC0 for IR Port ! And how connect Vcc ( HC-SR04) on the ez ? Thank you....
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Help Learning To Use The New Ez-B Serial Terminal

Sunday, 24 February 2013 Good Morning DJ ! I APPLAUD Your Addition of Serial Terminal to ARC ! Early this morning I connected to my iRobot Create via Com1 and the Creates Serial Cable, and the minute I set the Baud Rate to 57600, I got the Powerup Dialog Screen from the Create ! I was not so fortunate on the Send Side, trying 128 131 followed by...
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Changeing A Glyph Image

Hi Dj ! Recenly, I triyed to tracking new image . So in Camera Config Augumented Reality Change the Glph 1 to my dog photo , then try to Recgnize my dog photo , but, Still recognize original Glph1, Is it regect the additional Image . So maybe I think we can not change the Glph 1 to another image. Is it a correct function of Camera Config of...
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Has Anyone Ever Hacked A Furby With Ez-Robot?

I've always been interested in hacking a furby, 1998-2013, has anyone ever done this? if so, how?
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Automatic Load And Unload Scripts

@DJSures As my projects get larger I am thinking it would be easier if I could automatically close one project file and load another from within a EZ-Script. We can already auto start a script at application start-up but could this functionality be extended to load and execute a preselected project from within a script? My thinking is this... While...
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Vary Output Voltage?

I would like to vary the output voltage on two pins between 0 and 5 volts. This could be used to control LEDs etc. Any one have any hints on how to do this?