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Applying the basic stamp to control an R/C car

ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
edited 2003-11-04 16:46 in General Discussion
Hi,

I have a radio shack r/c car. Its got twin motor's and proportional
control. For right now I want to use the basic stamp to just make it
move around. The I would like to put GPS on it. I am 15 and just
doing this for fun. I anyone has any tips please help.

Thanks,

Azimi

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  • ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
    edited 2003-11-04 15:57
    Hello Azimi,

    I'm also trying to control my R/C car, from my computer. I bought a book
    last week, "Linux Toys", and chapter 14 is on "Controlling Toy Cars". In the
    book the authors bought a controller board, LynX-PORT multipurpose I/O
    board, $239.

    The book says the board gives them eight programmable DPDT relays to control
    the toy cars. My guess is I can create the DPDT relays with my Basic Stamp
    and my StampWorks NX-1000 board, that I already own.

    I'm new in the eletronics field, so I don't know where to start. Saturday I
    went to the RadioShack and I bought their Electronics Learning Lab, on sale
    for $49, and I'm on page 26 in the Forrest Mims workbook, "Resistors and How
    to Use Them".



    Looking for help .....

    Steve

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    > Hi,
    >
    > I have a radio shack r/c car. Its got twin motor's and proportional
    > control. For right now I want to use the basic stamp to just make it
    > move around. The I would like to put GPS on it. I am 15 and just
    > doing this for fun. I anyone has any tips please help.
    >
    > Thanks,
    >
    > Azimi
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  • ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
    edited 2003-11-04 16:46
    i did this project as one of my quarter projects at school.
    you can control the rc car very simple. i used the 434Mhz transmitter and
    receiver found at www.rentron.com
    but parallax has one also. the rentron reciever has a decoder chip that
    has 8 digital and 8 analog outputs.
    i used an old Gaming Joystick, and it had two slide potentiometers inside.
    just by using RC time if the resistance got to a specific level
    the car would just turn left right forward or reverse. i used an H bridge
    to control the motors. the only difference in my car was that i used 2
    BS2's one as the transmitter and one on the recieving end so that i could
    control the servo. and i put some futuristic police lights on the car. hope
    your project works out. Gary D



    At 04:19 AM 11/4/2003 +0000, you wrote:
    >Hi,
    >
    >I have a radio shack r/c car. Its got twin motor's and proportional
    >control. For right now I want to use the basic stamp to just make it
    >move around. The I would like to put GPS on it. I am 15 and just
    >doing this for fun. I anyone has any tips please help.
    >
    >Thanks,
    >
    >Azimi
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    >
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