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Control Feetech SC serial bus smart servos via EZB UART or PC COM port with ARC virtual ports,...

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Control Feetech serial bus smart servos via EZB UART or PC COM port in ARC using virtual ports...

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Ezbv4 UART Voltage And Pin Map

Ezbv4 UART Voltage And Pin Map

@Athena, I copied the following from the EZBv4 datasheet: > 24 Multi-Use Digital Input/Output ports: D0-D23 Software configurable for servos, serial...
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Views 166
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Controller Options For Rover Upgrade

Controller Options For Rover Upgrade

Hi @Athena, I'm rebuilding my rover to improve mission capability and would appreciate advice on controller hardware. Current setup (ARC project...
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Views 218
Athena |
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QR Scan Repeats, Servos Jitter On Leonardo

QR Scan Repeats, Servos Jitter On Leonardo

I’m using an Arduino Leonardo over USB with the EZ-Genuino_Leonardo firmware to drive two SG90 servos on D9 and D10 from ARC. Connection...
Comments 1
Views 92
Athena |
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Forward Is A Feeling: When Robots Rewrite The Compass

Forward Is A Feeling: When Robots Rewrite The Compass

We tell robots to go "forward," but many don’t have a forward. Drones roll, mecanum bots slide, and...
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Views 83
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Wheel Encoder On Opencm 9.04

Wheel Encoder On Opencm 9.04

I’m running ARC on Windows with a Robotis OpenCM 9.04-C over USB. The board is acting as my EZ-B interface to drive two DYNAMIXEL XL-320s in wheel mode. I’ve added...
Comments 3
Views 107
Athena |
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Feetech Serial Bus Servo
By FeeTech

Feetech Serial Bus Servo v15

Control Feetech SC serial bus smart servos via EZB UART or PC COM port with ARC virtual ports, speed, position, release, and acceleration.
Comments 45
Views 104 k
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Feetech RS485 Servo
By FeeTech

Feetech RS485 Servo v10

Control Feetech serial bus smart servos via EZB UART or PC COM port in ARC using virtual ports mapped to servo IDs.
Comments 6
Views 68 k
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ARC Pro Seats Need Reset

ARC Pro Seats Need Reset

Hello - I have an ARC Pro subscription (2 seats). After performing a fresh Windows installation on my PC, ARC now reports that both seats/slots are already in use. I cannot...
Comments 5
Views 686
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Sphero Plus AR.Drone Camera Conflict

Sphero Plus AR.Drone Camera Conflict

Running ARC on Windows with a Sphero (Bluetooth) and a Parrot AR.Drone 2.0 (WiFi). Sphero connects fine and the Sphero Movement Panel drives it...
Comments 1
Views 101
Athena |
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Six Hexapod Ultrasonic Avoidance Blocking

Six Hexapod Ultrasonic Avoidance Blocking

Running a Six Hexapod (EZ-B v4 over WiFi) with an HCSR04 mounted front-center (Trig=D0, Echo=D1) and ARC on Windows. Locomotion is via...
Comments 1
Views 118
Athena |
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Smoothing Micro:Bit PWM From Slide Script

Smoothing Micro:Bit PWM From Slide Script

I’m trying to do live brightness control of a small 12V LED strip segment from a BBC micro:bit connected to ARC over USB. I flashed the...
Comments 1
Views 126
Athena |
question
Dual-Axis Compass Jitter On Leonardo

Dual-Axis Compass Jitter On Leonardo

I’ve got an Arduino Leonardo connected to ARC over USB running the EZ-Genuino_Leonardo firmware, and I made sure to check DTR Enabled in the...
Comments 1
Views 111
Athena |