iPhone-controlled R/C car

Layering different simple systems together to perform one complex task is really at the heart of what engineering is all about. In this project we show how it is possible to utilize different technologies and piece them together to controll an inxpensive RC Car, with an iPhone. With the NerdKit serving as the bridge between the computer and the R/C Car, it is as an example of how useful microcontrollers can be when they serve as the glue that makes complex systems work together, and how with an understanding of microcontrollers a neat system like this one is achievable as a Do-It-Yourself weekend project.

For more information, see:
http://www.nerdkits.com/videos/rc_car/

Music by MIT Resonance:
http://web.mit.edu/resonance/www/

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• diy
• learn
• electronics
• microcontroller
• kit
• nerdkits
• remote
• control
• car
• vehicle
• iphone
• ipod
• apple
• wireless
• build
• project
• do
• it
• yourself
• hack
• circuit
• apache
• javascript
• web
• api

[Lanzerx07]

nasty lag between iphone and car.

[ratulloch1]

cool music



[TheBobbyRayShow]

@12345678959696 its the nerdkit project they used, not an app

[12345678959696]

what app do you download

[karansena]

very bad r/c car get a better model it looks like space car of some cartoon 

[alquiora]

Go get some sort of wireless adapter and install it on the car then get your iphone connected directly to that adapter. I think that could work. Just a wild guess...I'm not a pro I just have a bit of experience on remote control stuffs.

[hustletv]

How bout using an iPad to control and stream video from a camera mounted on the rc? A modded iPhone would make a great rc cam.

[StuffGoesBoom]

...probably contains his laptop. As their other video says, the laptop is given all the input, it's then linked to the phone through wifi which allows him to control the car. :)

[max34342]

i like it, NERDPORN

[elitecssplayer]

Beautiful!

[bigdestroyingrobot]

thats cool