What Extra Components Do I Need To Buy From Parallax To RC my Boe Bot ?

Im New To Micro

Hi all,

Currently I'm on page 147 of the Boe Bot guide, so I really haven't learned everything I need to yet, but eventually I want to be able to control my Boe Bot with a remote or something, similar to a remote control car you'd buy from Radio Shack.

I know I need a transmitter/receiver, but I only found the transmitter on the website here: http://www.parallax.com/Store/Accessories/CommunicationRF/tabid/161/CategoryID/36/List/0/SortField/0/catpageindex/1/Level/a/ProductID/582/Default.aspx

I also was wondering does Parallax include another guide the teaches you how to use the Transmitter/Receiver to control things wireless?

Thanks [noparse]:)[/noparse]

hover1

The item you refer to is a Transceiver (Transmitter/Receiver in on package). It will act as a tranmitter or receiver.

Alan Lindsay of Parallax did a neat project for wireless control of a BOEBot here:

·http://forums.parallax.com/showthread.php?p=524063

Hope that helps.
Jim

Steph Lindsay

Hello I'm New,

We have a few Wireless Control for Robotics kits left; this is the hardware kit·for the tilt controller that hover1 directed you to. We discontinued that Transmitter/Receiver pair, and replaced it with the Transceiver, so this kit is "end of life" but there are a few left in stock.

If you splurge on the Wireless Control kit,·there are lots of other cool things you can do with the Memsic 2-Axis Accelerometer that comes with it.·Check out the Accelerometer and the Accelerometer+Boe-Bot sections of the·Stamps in Class Mini Projects sticky thread. The mini-projects are written similar to the Boe-Bot text.

There is also a very·inexpensive method that uses an Infrared Remote, and we do have a book on that very subject called "IR Remote for the Boe-Bot." You can get the full kit here, or buy just the remote & parts kit here and download the book PDF.

I hope this helps!

-Stephanie