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RC car automatically balancing and driving on two wheels #3 - body added

This is a project for my MS in Mechanical Engineering at UC Irvine. The goal was to modify an existing remote controlled car so that it automatically balances and drives on two wheels. The attached...  
 
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jmhalder (2 months ago) Show Hide
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i'm sure its not "crap" why not use accelerometers instead of that goofy stick/pot.? neat project though
enfilade999 (2 months ago) Show Hide
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I started off using an accelerometer but I ended up having a lot of problems with noise and also with signal discretization due to my cheap microcontroller. So in order to finish up in time, unfortunately I had to use the goofy stick/pot setup.
enfilade999 (2 months ago) Show Hide
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I don't think discretization is the word I was looking for but I can't think of the right word.
Newport1974 (3 months ago) Show Hide
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Yeah this is a Bunch of crap
enfilade999 (3 months ago) Show Hide
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Why is it a bunch of crap? The arm on the side is connected to a sensor and moves freely. It doesn't support the car. The car's steering is controlled by a microcontroller and responds to the car's motion to balance it.
TheHellOo (6 months ago) Show Hide
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you had a f**king thing holding it up
enfilade999 (6 months ago) Show Hide
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nope, see previous comment
kooryfery (6 months ago) Show Hide
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what the fuck was that little stick on the side
enfilade999 (6 months ago) Show Hide
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Its a free moving arm connected to a potentiometer. It doesn't hold it up.
VXLBeast (7 months ago) Show Hide
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Dude...

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