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Multiple Cameras?

Is there a technical reason why ARC can only support a single camera control? I have more than one camera, and I wanted to have different things happen depending on what the camera sees. ie. seeing a specific color or glyph, it would follow. Motion, it would track, but not get too close, and a face would start a whole different set of actions...
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What I Have Been Doing Since I Received My Ez-B Kit!

What I Have Been Doing Since I Received My Ez-B Kit!

Well I was one of the lucky ones hearing about the kit just days before it first went on sale! On Nov. 11th I...
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Wheel Disassembly Wall-E

I can't figure out how to get the wheels apart to mount the servo wheel. Is the shaft press fit? I've tried but can't get them apart... I can feel the gap and mine should be the same as the pic from DJ's tutorial... Help! Also has anyone just mounted the servo wheel on the outside? Seems like I saw pics of one but of course can't find them now!...
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Will This 8Aa Battery Holder Work For The Ezb?

8 aa battery holder Since i got hte eb form a diff. website, it came with no power supply... Sures states to use a 5aa battery holder, will this 8aa work? until i get 7.2 6800mah battery pack thanks guys carlos
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Received Ezb Today!

so happy, never done any thing like this and boom!, im controlling servos and wall-e's coming to life. thanks and im sure ill be on here a lot more, sooooo excited one questions...upgraded software and connected without a problem. gut, my led is red.....in all the videos its blue? and....how do you reboot the ezb? pull the power? when i updated the...
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Mp3 Trigger Question

Can I hook up 2 10 watt speakers to a sparkfun mp3 trigger then to ez-b controller? Or do I need to hook up an amp ? So speaker, amp, mp3 trigger than ez-b controller ?
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Bluetooth + Win7 = Pain In The ....

Hi DJ, I have the same USB dongle as you sell there. I also have a Toshiba Satellite laptop without Bluetooth. Normally we would shove one item into the other, Windows 7 does its thing and Dave is your Uncle we have a working Bluetooth. Sadly though I have never managed to get Bluetooth to work on Win7. It will scan for a device and if it does find...
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Ez-Robot Builder Could Understand Spanish?

Hi! I am from Ecuador and i bought one kit!!! I am waiting!!! but I want to know if EZ-Robot Builder can understand spanish?? because I read in Tutorials that Ez-robot Builder use the speech recognition of Windows.....???? if I have windows 7 in spanish?? what happen??? Thanks From Ecuador!!!!!
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Using Heavy-Duty Servos

I notice that alternate power is recommended for larger servos- but the alternate power source ports were removed from the EZ-Board starting with v3. Can I still supply servos unregulated 6v power using this board?
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Environment Mapping

I recently read that one or more of DJ's robots was capable of environment mapping. Can someone elaborate on how this is accomplished and if ARC has this functionality built in. Thanks
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Buying An Ezboard Where Can I Buy Power Cable ?

i know sures sells the power adaptors.....but i dont have the patience to wait....i want to go to my local frys and get everything i need in his videos he shows a battery pack full of aa's how does he actually connect that to the ezb? how do you mod a cable to do that? and what cable? sorry if im not clear carlos
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Ez-B Not Responding?

Ez-B Not Responding?

Hi, I have just received my EZ-B Kit and plugged in the battery pack with 5 new AA batteries and I get nothing? No LED's nothing at all? Any suggestions... Thanks.