Robot Building Questions

Could Not Load File Or Assembly 'Microsoft.Directx' Or One Of Its Dependencies

Just for your reference, I was trying to add ez_b.dll to MS VB Express. It poped up a window shows "Could not load file or assembly 'Microsoft.DirectX' or one of its dependencies". You need to install Managed Direct X, which you can find here. sims.ambertation.de/files/mdxredist.msi The problem may only apprear to XP user.

Please Help

I'm not sure exactly what is wrong but I set up my EZ-B and connected everything via a bluetooth dongle but when I ARC and try to connect to COM11 (The EZ-B) It freezes and says could not connect to EZ-B ... Can anyone shine a little light on my problem??? Thanks, Kolton

Increase Servo Speed

G'day Guys, I have installed 2 x HS-645MG ultra torque servos and have modded them for continuos rotation for my robot. I would like to know if there is anyway I can increase the speed beyound the standard limit for this servo. Please let me know if you have experience with this using Ezb. Thanks and loving Ezb Art

CHEAP Servo Wires

I just bought 2 packs of 10 servo wires for only $5 (3!) at BuyInCoins First, i bought it from ebay and i left positive feedback so i got the 10% off coupon 10%eBay2011 I know this may sound as a advertisement but i just want to share this EXTREMELY cheap offer, you can also buy 15cm cables for even less money!

Homing Beacon To Charging Station?

Anyone have a good link for the best way to go about this?

Windows CE?

Does ARC work on Windows CE? if so, you could possibly use this laptop in your robot.

Speaker Power

Okay, so I bought the USB sound card and it works great with head phones but I want to run it to the speaker in my Robot. I guess I need a LITTLE amp. Anyone have a simple answer?

Nixie Eyes Featured On Hack A Day!

Just saw that Vanilla's Nixie Eyes were featured on Hack a Day yesterday morning! You'd think they'd let a brother know?! Using nixie tubes as robot eyes (Hack a Day)

Ping Obstacle Not Working

I have ping obstacle control on, my ping sensor works perfectly but the robot doesn't stop once it is at the set min. distance to a object.

Visual Basic Speech

As a first robot project I plan to make a voice-controlled robot that goes to a given colored ball (among many) on command. I like the idea of the multi-function EZ-B single-board controller and the off-board intelligence provided by a Bluetooth-linked PC. That certainly makes voice recognition a lot less expensive! However, I'm having trouble with...

CANNOT CONNECT!

I just got my Bluetooth adapter in the mail today, when I went to connect to the EZB, it couldn't find the device. It must be the EZB as my phone will connect to the Bluetooth and be recognised easily. The only thing I have done to the EZB since I got it was rewire the power to the two connection points beside the barrel connector. The reason I did...