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What Is The Pinout On Bluetooth Connection

i just got my WIFI board in and kinda lazy to check it i know its 3.3 volts ,gnd tx and rx
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Ic2 - Mma7455 Connections

Looking for diagram connections of MMA7455 Accelerometer to ez-b please sorry post should read I2C
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Wall-E

is this the right wall-e? if so then i am going to bid on it
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Remote Desktop Connect Question

I am waiting for my EZ-B Kit to arrive soon. I am planning on using my Archos 9 Windows Tablet inside the Omnibot 5402. I will be using a Microsoft Surface RT Tablet as the controler. My question is this...... On Windows RT there is a Desktop Remote App I can download so I can remote connect to the Archos 9 Tablet, my question is with remote...
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Fuse Question

(appoligies if this is a dupicate post) I am trying to build a robot (full sized K-9) and am contemplating putting in a fuse. I'm using a lead 12v battery, which has connections to a sabertooth 2x12, ez b board, servos, 2 motors (says 14 amps at max load), a car antenna, LEDs, sparkfun mp3 trigger, speaker, multiplexer (to switch from RC to EZ b),...
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Script Command Manual

Functions Sleep (milliseconds) Pauses for specified milliseconds Example: Sleep(1000) SleepRandom (lowMilliSec, highMilliSec) Pauses for a random millisecond delay between the 2 provided values Example: SleepRandom(1000, 5000) Servo (servoPort, position) Move servo to the specified position Example: Servo(D14, 25) ServoUp (servoPort, count)...
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Qr Codes

Had a thought last night... DJ Would it be possible for the glyphs and their recognition to be upgraded to work with QR Codes? Perhaps even have the code loaded into a string... Webcam would have to be fairly good resolution ... but if a cellphone can do it....
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Camera Tracking

First let me say I love the EZ-B. So many possibilities! Thanks for the wonderful product. I've been working with the camera tracking and I have a few thoughts. On color tracking, how hard would it be to add RGB values to tack any specified color? Or better yet a real-time color sampling from the camera? Example: place any solid color object in the...
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Failed To Load Bootloader

Hello, E-Z B firmware update fails with "Failed to load bootloader!". As far as I know, I have the standard Windows bluetooth stack. Ideas? Thanks, Crile
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Omnibot

i cant find any cheap omnibots for sale for cheap i would like to get one for around 30$
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Reading From Dht11 Sensor

I picked up a DHT11 (temperature/humidity sensor) from ebay a few weeks ago, just I have no idea how to read the data from it. Info on the sensor is available here Any help on reading this would be appreciated, even just a pointer in the right direction.
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Can Ezb Be Connected To A Network Port

Can Ezb Be Connected To A Network Port

Instead of wireless (wifi) Main reason is to access to updates as needed,and not connected to internet all the time,i want my robot to run by...