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Easydriver And NEMA17 Stepper Motor

Easydriver And NEMA17 Stepper Motor

Hi, I am trying to use a NEMA17 stepper motor (from an old 3D printer) with the EZB v4, through the EasyDriver - Stepper Motor Driver from Sparkfun. I...
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Servos Twitch When Powered

hi all am new to this,and am building a inmoov ,the problem is when I first put power to the ez-bv4 my servo outputs are powered up,which causes problems.when I have connected to my pc all is well and I can run my program ok,i am most proberly missing something but I don't know what? thanks walter
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Wii Controller Not Working Consistently On Windows 10

Wii Controller Not Working Consistently On Windows 10

Hello,  I'm having a lot of difficulty getting  the Wii controller to work consistently on Windows 10. I've...
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Robot Building Safety?

Robot Building Safety?

This is just a quick little PSA (public service announcement) I hope this will be ok  to post here? Always practice safety when building your robot, be it the shop tools you...
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Robot Jerking Servos

I added a pan/tilt system to my robot to track objects but the servos just jerk around randomly. Help? I'm using some Tower Pro servos I had lying around.
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Camera Movement Control

Camera Movement Control

Hi All! My son and I built this robot with a mix of parts, hot glue and some fun. It has two motors connected to the ioTiny through an hbridge. The ez robot camera moves...
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Reading And Writing Files In Java

Reading And Writing Files In Java

I am not a Java expert.  Can someone post an example of how to open/write and open/read a file on my local computer using the ARC Java Script editor?...
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What Is The I2C Address For The Iotiny.

I know the address for I2C port on the EZB v4 is 0x09, is it the same for the IOtiny?  I found the pin out documentation but no port address.
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Question For Power Supply Requirement

Question For Power Supply Requirement

Hey guys, I am looking into how to build a bigger servo actuator at the moment... Its nothing like a full blown project at the moment, I am just...
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Speech Recognition Screen Popping Up.

Speech Recognition Screen Popping Up.

So I have been tinkering with speech recognition and enjoying it. Recently after a speech interaction completes I get this pop up screen with a...
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BUG In RGB Animate In Roboscratch?

I am working through my EZ Robot lessons from scratch. I am currently in Roboscratch and am finding a few bugs. Some of course are just things I need to figure out for myself as its a learning thing but others I feel are legit bugs. Maybe due to the fact its an older program and ARC is so far beyond it. Anyway... I am finding that once I create an...
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A Very Roli Christmas

A Very Roli Christmas

I wonder what's in here.. After a bit of hassle with the delivery guy I was finally able to pay the import duties and pick up my Roli Looks like it's already been opened,...