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XInput joystick skill for ARC: maps Xbox controllers to movement, servos, triggers, vibration, variables; supports analog inputs and scripts.

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Ipv6 Support

As Im migrating my home lan to IPv6 and be done with subnets and portforwarding headaches, are there plans to support IPv6 on the ezb ? Does the hardware support it?
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New Amazing Color

New Amazing Color

am waiting for parts,so that means painting for me. my fav brand of paint, is the motip.cause it paints very easy and rapidly dry 30 min. so i try a new color,an amazing dark blue...
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Firebase Plugin Questions

Firebase Plugin Questions

hello everyone, so I'm trying to make a firebase real time database plugin, but when I build the project I don't see .dll file in bin/debug; instead, I keep getting .exe...
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Serial Servos Lewansoul / Lobot / Dynamixel

Im researching servo's for my inmoov, and came across the serial servos by dynamixel and the more affordable alternatives by lobot (and?) lewansoul. First of all Im confused, is lobot a knock-off of lewansoul or are they the same and perhaps a new brand name for lewansoul? Does anyone have experience with these servos (the bigger, serial ones) ?...
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Warning Dean Connector

Warning Dean Connector

i thougt it would be good to post this warning.i had a bad connection in, one of mine swithes.i couldn find the problem until this morning, i saw it.some of the pins has a...
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ARC Mobile App And Firebase

Hi I have a simple question please when making ARC mobile app; can i connect the app with Firebase Realtime Database to read and store variables? i want to use those variables to start and stop scripts... thank you
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Who Won? Halloween Costume Competition

Who Won? Halloween Costume Competition

I believe the entries stopped yesterday morning, but I am pretty sure it is closed now. So who won? Anticipation is killing me and Roli really...
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Soldering A Wire

Soldering A Wire

when you solder a wire and they dont touch eachother.can this being seen as, a bad connection?
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Showcasing The Robot Costume Challenge

Showcasing The Robot Costume Challenge

Robot Costume Challenge results announced, celebrating creative and clever submissions and thanking all entrants.
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Please Update ARC Desktop Third Party Library

@DJ, Q) Can you please update the ARC Desktop's Newtonsoft.Json assembly aspa ? Current version is 9.x and contains a nasty json bug. It seems (guessing) is only used with the Nest control. Please
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Frozen Shoulder Servo - What Servo Do I Need

Complete newbie here. I have a JD Humanoid and one of the shoulder servos is not responding. I have tried plugging it into another port with no luck and plugged the other shoulder in to check it was the servo and not the port. I took the body apart and can remove the servo in question but what servo do I need to replace it? Rotation? Lever? it is...
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Loomo By Segway

Loomo By Segway

I am about to receive a Loomo robot. I would like to know if there is any way of interfacing to it using a ez robot interface?