RC Tank Warfare community hobby forum

Hi all

I want to make a couple of units like this:

https://www.rctanklegion.com/collection ... and-lights

Using Arduino I've previously made a few devices using IR however the IR protocols all seem to use a manufacturer such as SONY, NEC etc

A Few questions

Is the TK 7.0 IR protocol compatible with the Tamiya IR system as I read it was with 6.0?

If so is there any reference to either the heng long or Tamiya IR protocol with arduino or its manufacturer compatibility?

Thanks

Yes, the V7.0 and V6.0 are both Tamiya compatible. Someone like Luke from the OpenPanzer TCB project can probably give you all the info on the Tamiya protocol since he integrated it into the TCB control boards. https://openpanzer.org/

Thank you very much...is Luke still active as far as you know as OpenPanzer seems to have depreciated.

As far as I know he is. He also posts here on occasion.

But does "compatibility" in this case mean only "shot" reading? The Tamiya IR system also has weight classes etc.

Yep only the shot reading...

I was previously converting some 1/48 tanks to RC and had about 90% of the code done including generic IR.

Within arduino its pretty simple to add weights for different classes but I am just doing static emplacements. The idea is I place them randomly outside and me and my kiddo go and hunt these out with a timer. I could make a scenario pretty easy like you have 5 mins to find and destroy all the SAM sites before the airstrike.

Eventually I can make a few controllable or even dumb RC drones that could be hunted. You would just use a hall effect sensor or similar like how a roomba works.

I have used both the UNO and Nano and found both compatable with Tamiya..
you can "tweek" the settings in TankIR to alter hit rate and damage etc.
I also use a second Nano to drive the cannon input and drive a servo for a destroyed function.