Robot Building Questions

Welcome Back

Welcome Back DJ, We have all missed you more than you will ever know. So many questions. I see you were busy last night and only gave up after answering a bunch of recent forum questions. I will go easy on you and only ask one at a time starting with: synthiam.com/Community/Questions/183 I know alot of us are having the "gets stuck"...

Full Length Disassemble Videos...

Hello DJS, in one of the wall-e videos, the end is the disassembly of the the wall-e Do you have the full video? Really what im looking for is the disassemby of the eyes, i wan to know if i can keep the original eye tilt motion and insert a webcam in one eye.... sorry for rambling Carlos

Openservo Hardware

Has anyone had any experience with these? I see sparkfun has a version on thier website but checking openservo.com there is a version 3 out. Basically its a servo mod for I2C interface. Theres lots more "over my head" stuff at the website.

EZ-B V3 Available Now!

Hello and Happy Monday! We are excited to announce the EZ-B V3 is now available for purchase online! The purchase price of $119 USD includes shipping the V3 Bluetooth Robot Controller and Battery Pack. The new EZ-B V3 hardware was redesigned in partnership with Solarbotics. The new hardware board includes a I2C header, a smaller high output I/O...

5V Relay Boards

Here is an easy way to have the EZB control other electrical devices. 5v Relay Boards These relay boards will connect to the EZB and using a digital control, you can have them switch other items (AC or DC up to 10amp) on or off. I plan on using one to control an air solenoid valve for a pneumatic prop I'm building. But I could seem them used to...

Joystick

Hello, When programing the joystick the first column says Btn Down Cmd and this works great. The second column says Btn Up Cmd. I can't seem to get this to work. Any help would be appreciated.

Ping Sensor

Ive read about it but cant remember where but : This ping sensor www.solarbotics.com/products/35190/ Can i use this one on the Ez-B ?

Data Ports

Hello to all, Well, I am out of data ports. Yes, I have used all 20 and need more. Is there a way to run two EZ-B's in conjunction? I don't think so. DJ, would you build me a duo? Is it feasable? I read on the forum where someone added a whole bunch of additional inputs but that is like running two servos off of one port and that will not work. Any...

Controls In A New Form?

Hi DJ! After a couple of hours programming in Visual C# I was wondering if it was possible to send commands (for example set servoposition) from another form than the main form containing the ezb-connect. Hope you understand what I'm trying to do Have the main form display the connect to ezb, and a button to open a new form where there are buttons...

The Stalker Robot

Greetings from Norway! Love your work DJ Sures! I'm planning to build a robot that follows a user, I'm just wondering if there's a way to use the EZ robot controller? I need something that measures distance and direction between the user and the robot, and excludes other users that the robot only follows one user. I'm a student studying Electronics...

Max. Voltage

What is the maximum voltage the EZ-B can take? I have a 7.2v accu pack here that i want to use with my EZ-B but don't know if it will work