RC Control and Arduino

[Saxondog]

Interesting competition through the Instructables site using Arduino MFU components.this semester Autodesk,Radio-Shack and many other companies have been sponsoring competitions nationwide for designers on College campuses.

Producing innovation and ideas that may be beneficial to many of our members. Next week we will begin a FORMULA 1 design project using Autodesk Inventor Fusion 2013 the latest in 3d Design software.

Of course my focus remains Armor,and some students have as well designed systems for our hobby.Check out the link,possibly some useful ideas may be found.

http://www.instructables.com/id/RC-Cont ... ete-Works/

[DirtyHarry82]

older topic but newer info available! This Arduino stuff is definitely more advanced than just "hobby grade" but it would be the blending of the two (that is possible) that would take the Infrared aspect to the next level. I learned some basic breadboarding, 555 and IC stuff back in High School, but no programming. There is however a very large following with available Librarys of Code written for basic and advanced functions. I'm not saying it's currently a viable replacement for the current lineup of Controllers for tanks but might be in due time. And the different Shields available for Secondary functions are amazing also! Control by Wifi, Bluetooth or R/C and Mp3 quality audio. Hmmm... Makes me think..

[ALPHA]

Yup Electronics is one field things get obsolete quite quickly...they already have blu tooth in those four prop drones....I would imagine soon you can control view and store video from a pad or phone

ALPHA

[DirtyHarry82]

I seen it. Younger cousin has UAV-FPV, simple one, but still good. Check this out - http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2145303

[wibblywobbly]

This sort of thing maybe?

http://robots.ianrenton.com/raspberry-tank


I think Clark did something that did the same at minimal cost, runs off a smartphone? It was called the iDrive but isn't listed on his site nowadays.

[DirtyHarry82]

Yes the Raspberry is similar ICC. But there was no need to crack the code, he was just having fun.. Didn't know that about the Clark stuff, will read more.

[ALPHA]

I seen it. Younger cousin has UAV-FPV, simple one, but still good. Check this out - http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2145303

I like the controller ...a tad bulky though lol...can't imagine setting up a table to secure the steering wheel ...but the concept is excellent

ALPHA

[DirtyHarry82]

Right.. The controller is blegh. I've seen some newer ones use a wireless PlayStation 2 controller! After quite a bit more reading I see why no Arduino. All depends on what you want out of your "toy". The amount of time to invest and funds to appropriate are major factors. Definitely not Plug'N'Play. (But neither is most modifications) So.. On the back burner it goes, but still more reading to do Lol. I read some on Open Source IR Battling and saw a few names that frequent this site, years ago material.. Proof of concept was valid and interesting with different model classes (that were technical, not just a label) and multiple IR sensors on vehicle for different shot records from different angles. Model identification numbers (personalized signatures) so no friendly fire and such.. All really cool ideas, just no drive behind the project.

[wibblywobbly]

There was a guy who was building a tank battle score system. When a tank was hit it sent a signal to an electronic leaderboard, so that you could have two teams playing, and both the teams and the audience could see how many hits each tank had taken, which tanks were dead etc, which I thought was rather clever.

[tomhugill]

There was a guy who was building a tank battle score system. When a tank was hit it sent a signal to an electronic leaderboard, so that you could have two teams playing, and both the teams and the audience could see how many hits each tank had taken, which tanks were dead etc, which I thought was rather clever.

RCTA where doing this with their electronics.