Das Boot VS Arduino in the Thrilling Conclusion of Xbee Enabled Joystick

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Here I am demonstrating a Series 1 XBee used as a wireless sensor. I hacked an old joystick to work with an ADC and connected all the axis and buttons to the XBee. Then, I used an Arduino with an XBee shield to parse the sensor data and turn it into a PWM for servos.

Finally, I threw the stackup onto my RC boat, Das Boot, and drove around on a basketball court. Enjoy!

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Science & Technology

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• hack
• xbee
• arduino
• joystick
• wireless
• robot
• airboat
• rc
• gym
• electronics
• cow
• rock
• vs
• das boot

[OregonDARRYL]

If you could channel more air underneath it would go a lot faster and further per charge. Way too much floor drag. I realize it is a boat, but it would be cool if it could get into more "ground effect". Or just make a simple cart with three wheels - (one with a swivel) and drop it on the cart....

[ilektronx]

@OregonDARRYL I changed the motor, prop, and battery, and this thing will probably outrun anything I could build for $30 worth of stuff.

[OregonDARRYL]

@ilektronx Cool. Are you going to post a video?