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12V Li-On Battery And Charger Solution

I found this deal on E-bay and thought I'd share. You can fit up to 4 of them in the bottom drawer of the Omnibot2000. Li-on and charger
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How To Repeat Cycle A Servo Back And Forth X# Of Times

I'd like to be able to make a servo oscillate back and forth for a set number of cycles. For example, I'd like to be able to edit a script and tell it to cycle 100 times. Another time I'd like to be able to go back in and have it cycle 1000 times. Is there an easy way to do this? (NEWBIE here) -Thanks in advance!
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Color Tracking Found/Lost Scripts?

I would like the robot to say I see the ball. Where did the Ball go. I know how to make him say the text. Just HOW do you tell him it is lost or found?? What happened to that script? It was a NEAT feature to have on your robot. Thanks, P.S. The reasons for so many questions, is that I am going over ALL of the Tutorials AND the videos. Also in a...
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Diy Tank Tracks For Robots - Any Ez Ideas ?

Does anyone have any ideas or drawings on D.I.Y tank tracks for a robot. I know you can buy them commercially but that kind of defeats the creative fun in building your own robot. I have seen one D.I.Y track using bike chains and skate board wheels which looks great but I'm sure some of our EZ Robot makers out there have many other ways of making...
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Sfoy Just Got A Tiger Mio Pup Purple Blue

Sfoy Just Got A Tiger Mio Pup Purple Blue

from the goodwill thrift store $3 looks very good,his tail is broken off,what a good way to fix it ,its purple color,its like rubber...
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For Robotz012248 About Gizmo

Hi, I wanted to ask you if your robot GIZMO was color,face, and movement tracking? I have the Exact same setup on my head. But, it seems very hard to track color. It sees the objects then moves all over the place away from the objects instead of tracking them. Maybe you could share some of your switch setting for your head with me. You could post...
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Need V8.5 ARC

Need V8.5 ARC

i think i need an earlyer version of ez build coz i can't connect to v15 plus keep gettingerr msg on ez update Attempting connection to COM3 EZ-B reports EZ-B Firmware V8.5 Connected Usending...
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Motor Drivers:

I have noticed several posts where some builders are experiencing problems using the L289N Motor Driver. How many builders are using this motor driver and what are your experiences? If you have used it with sucess how did you wire it up? Anyone have any suggestions for a simple, easy to use, and easy to wire up driver? Surely there must be one out...
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Question Linking Ez-B And Older Roomba

Hey, Everyone, I bought and old roomba on ebay and was able to get it running again. I'm having trouble linking it to my ez-b. I have a 4225 Scheduler version of the roomba and have made a patch cord per DJ's specifications. I can get the roomba to turn on but no other commands are followed. I read the discussions in the forum and tried cleaning...
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How To Use Glyph Recognition

You can pres the question mark button on any control to receive help on it. Due to the number of questions you ask and time u take from my development, I will be adding code to limit your posts per day.
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Question About Digital Ports

When we are talking digital ports, can Any digital port be used for ANY digital application? For instance if the Roomba on the Tutorial is using D0 and D1 and I am already using those ports, may I use ANY port, say D14,D15 to do the same thing? Or, should i switch the roomba to D0 and D1 and use D14 , D15 for the Other app? Thanks, Mel
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Using The Ez-B Firmware Updater

then I enable warnings I get this Warning: Line 2: Fixing Diff: 4 Warning: Line 676: Skipping Type: 4 Warning: Line 677: Impossible Diff: -10780 Address: 0x0, SB Size: 0x5438 Image OK Is this due to me or the Fact that I have nothing attached to the EZ-B or what? I tried plug and Play with the Cam and 2 servos and it saw nothing at first then when...