Building an Internet controlled RC car. Video 1

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In this video I show the first beginning steps of creating my Internet controlled RC car. So far I have torn down and rebuilt a common Radio Frequency controlled RC car & attached a more precise servo to control the steering of the car. I have also configured and connected a PS2 controller to the Arduino giving me a great way to control several aspects of the car once more is added. I intend to Use a combination of two Arduino microcontrollers, an ether Shield, a WiShield 2.0, Pachube & my iPhone to control this robot over the internet. I will post more videos as this project progresses.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Ps2
• Controller
• Arduino
• Internet
• Pachube
• Robot
• RC
• Car.

[BeastMan2496]

Patchube? ??enlish plz but cool

[smleimberg]

@BeastMan2496 Pachube.com is a website that allows you view and retrieve live data streams from data collected by various microcontrollers like the Arduino. I thought I would use this site to stream the commands generated from my PS2 controller to Pachube which the robot would then retrieve and execute, however Pachube limits data uploads to every 5 seconds or so. Since I need a refresh rate much smaller than that (say 5 or 10 per second) I have decided against using Pachube.

[smleimberg]

and proud

[sweewarman]

hi......nice work...i would like to know more about how u interface the ps2 controllers with the adruino and how the adruino communicates with the servo. I am deeply interested in stuffs like these. I would be grateful to u if you could provide me a detailed explanation.

[smleimberg]

@sweewarman Go to "w w w" + ".billporter.info/playstation-­2-­controller-arduino-library-­v1-­0/" and check out his library. This is what I used in my Video.

[MJHN1998]

Brilliant!!!!



[smleimberg]

@BadCamStudio Actually no, this is simply an implementation of Bill Porter's PS2 Arduino Library. I wrote a little Arduino code that is specific to the RC Car's Steering Servo and viola! If you don't believe me go to "w w w" + ".billporter.info/playstation-­2­-controller-arduino-library-­v1­-0/" and check it out. Plus if you look at the RC car it no longer has its RF control board.

[sk8cttv]

thats awsome man

[tridentvii]

do you know how to change the frequency of the rc car because other rc car which have the same frequency can also control my rc car so please can you tell me how to do so hope you make a video on it thank you please tell me how t do so

[newmanslayer22]

wow you are a fliping nerd