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Wall-E Question Quick

here's the notepad info: The Real Wall-e without Script Manager Camera Power: D1 ModifiedServoMovementPanel: D13, D14 Left Arm: D8 (low 8, high 36) Right Arm: D9 (low 56, high 28) Left Eye: D15 Neck Horizontal: D6 (center 32, 50, 20) Head Vertical: D7 (center 35, high 44, low 24) Ping: (Trigger d2, response d3) What is the left eye servo? theres...
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Wall-E Autonomous(Think Thats How To Spell It)

I would like to know how wall-e in dj's video moved autonomous-ly. Using his wall-e example file how do you activate this?
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How Does The Camera Connect?

Dj made a video of connecting the camera to the ez-b. He did it in the Wall-e so i may have to. is it required for the wall-e to have the camera connected to the ez-b directly through cable or can it be configured to work wirelessly? Also, how does the wall-e vision track on the vertical and horizontal while refrencing by the camera? How is it...
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Thermal Printer

Can an EZ b control (directly or indirectly) a small thermal printer? I see they can be hooked up to an arduino. https://learn.adafruit.com/mini-thermal-receipt-printer thanks in advance, Frank
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Camera Not Owrking

Camera was working fine for a couple of weeks. This morning dead. Tried repairing as per video and it seems to connect ok, just getting black screen. Any suggestions?
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Has The Flat Battery Holder Changed

Has The Flat Battery Holder Changed

Before i got 5 AA flat battery holder with my EZB and now with the 10 EZB i got from robotshop is has 6 AA flat battery holder
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Dip Switch Setting Selector Circuit- Toggles Between Two Dip Switches

Hello all. I have been very busy lately but I finally got a few weekends to work on the robot. I have poured over the forum and web trying to find a way to smoothly change from EZ-B control to R/C control and back again. From what I have read, it seemed others were having this issue as well. I have looked at all the tutorials and contacted...
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Sabertooth 2X12 R/C Success

Sabertooth 2X12 R/C Success

Hello all. I have been very busy lately but I finally got a few weekends to work on the robot. I have poured over the forum and web trying to find a way to smoothly...
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Where's Wall-E?

I'm trying to build a wall-e using a brookstone rover and the top half of a u-command wall-e. Has anyone seen an ad for this or know a place that sells wall-e parts? (canada, online will work too)
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R2d2 Build

Dj built an r2d2 and said in another discussion that he would post a video about the build. I have been looking and can't find a video on this. has anyone seen it?
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How Does The Ez-B Connect To Brookstone Rover?

in Dj's video he had the ez-b controller on the rover with sensor. how does the ez-b interact with the rover?
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Found The Reason With Top Of ARC Project Being Cut Off By Menus Bar

Hi all l think I may have found what causes the top of the project in ARC to be cut off and hidden under the top menu bar for some of the users of ARC. I noticed that this problem has continued for me but seemed to happen randomly. The only way to fix the problem once it happened was to do a "Smart Arrange" in the control tab and loosing...