Robot Building Questions

Firmware Question

Dear Dj Can You Explain To Me About How Do You Write C# Programing For Micro Controller And Run C# Command On This?? Is This EZ-B Micro Controller PIC18F97j60?? That Is Related To Firmware??Or EZ-B Software??Or BlueTooth Remote?? Can I Use Any Lib For Programing?? For Example OpenCV & A.Forge FrameWork. Plz Give Us Tutorials For Develop...

Firmware Upgrade Reboot And Slow Blink

Hi I just turned on my EZB and I have to upgrade my firmware. I connected to the firmware updater Started the bootloader upload It says "firmware loaded. reboot EZ-B" So I pull out the battery and put it back in Now the board started but the large LED is pulsing slowly with a fade effect. What's going on? Did the firmware update succeed?...

Map() Feature

Hey DJ, Is there a map feature in ARC? I have a voltage divider setup to measure the battery voltage and i would like to show the voltage on my Omnibot's LCD. Now the value is 0-10v in stead of 5v so i would like to map the ADC value from 0-255(is 255 the max value of the EZ-B?) to 0-10v.

Usb->Serial Adapter

Hi DJ, For my omnibot, i am using a USB to Serial converter from SparkFun. However, since the newest firmware update, i haven't been able to connect. I've tried multiple converters but all fail... Did you change anything?

Finally Got My Firmware Updated

@Niek, Hey, Buddy. Did you get yours working? Mel @ D.J. Finally got my firmware Updated after 20 times. Please, next time give us MORE than 3-4 secs to do this. It was a nightmare and really... forgive me for saying this.....It took the EZ out of the firmware part of your Board. It was very Hard. Hope you don't mind me saying this. You have a Fine...

Willow Garage , Robots In The Home

Wouldnt it be cool to sort of mimic the general design and run this guy of ezb? Look at there videos , they offer software open source for devepment and one guy tought his robot to play pool. https://www.willowgarage.com/

Is The Ez-B Windows Aware?

Hello, I am a university student working on a project that requires simple movement of two servos. I got your board because of its "plug-n-play" abilities. So far everything is working splendidly. Awesome product! I am using bluetooth to communicate, but for my project I am writing other software using MATLAB. I have discovered that...

Bad Bluetooth On The Ez-B Board

Hello everyone, I have a problem the Bluetooth on my EZ-B board. When I tried to modify it for an antenna. To make a long story short I messed it up and now it does not work. Can anyone tell me were I can buy a new Bluetooth for the EZ-B Board. Thanks BC stress

The Great L.H.F.D.I.Y. Challenge !

The great L.H.F.D.I.Y. ( Lowe's. Harbor Freight. Do It Yourself. ) So, here's the challenge. Build a robot with items purchased ONLY from Lowe's ( or any home improvement store in your area) and Harbor Freight; excluding electronics. However, if you can find any electrical, electronic, and/or electromechanical items, all the better! Get your...

Hello!

Hey All, Just wanted to drop a quick introduction. My name is Kris and I'm an R2 builder here in Alberta. My R2 is basically complete and I've been debating on different control systems for it. Met DJ at the Calgary Expo this weekend and really like the EZ-B setup. Wife picked me up a kit for my birthday! I'll be adding some pics shortly as I...

Attention Dutch People

Are we still going to Maker faire 050? I was thinking we could try to get a table there to demonstrate all of our bots (and promote EZ-Robot) Anyways, i'm going. If you're in contact me at redacted