i need help for controlling the Boe-Bot with rc car that i bought

okonisfree

hey, i just bought this cheap rc car which runs on two AAA batteries from walmart and i was wondering if this would work or if some one knows how to make it work.

i took apart the car and this is how it was:

batteries><switch><microchip><motor1<motor2

if you dont understand this well, this is how i think it may work. I was thinking this may be like a push button, when u press it, it lets the electricity flow through, this way the boe bot knows the button has been pushed and does whatever·action its supposed to do. i was thinking when i press the left joystic up on the rc, it sends signal to the chip, which has the antenna which i took apart, and the·chip is supposed to let electricity flow through and spin the motor, but this time it doesn't have any motor, it is gonna act like a push button and send a signal for the bot to do whatever.

Thanks for any help possible,
okon

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~okonisfree


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Post Edited (okonisfree) : 8/4/2006 9:37:58 PM GMT

okonisfree

if you don't understand what i said please say so, i know it's a bit confusing



edit: also, would there be any short circuiting going on if i do it for too long?

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~okonisfree


"When life gives you lemons...

SUCK IT UP!"

lol jk

Post Edited (okonisfree) : 8/3/2006 9:44:31 PM GMT

Kenny Levinsen

is there a reverse?
if yes this is a way to get the state of the remote:
(1 and 2 are the cables from motor 1, 3 and 4 is motor 2)

DO
if (IN1 = 0) AND (IN2 = 0) THEN
pulsout 750, 12
pulsout 750, 13
ELSEIF (IN1 = 1) AND (IN2 = 0) THEN
pulsout 650, 12
pulsout 850, 13
ELSEIF (IN1 = 0) AND (IN2 = 1) THEN
pulsout 850, 12
pulsout 650, 13
ELSEIF (IN3 = 1) AND (IN4 = 0) THEN
pulsout 850, 12
pulsout 850, 13
ELSEIF (IN3 = 0) AND (IN4 = 1) THEN
pulsout 650, 12
pulsout 650, 13
ENDIF
LOOP

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The school nerd

okonisfree

yes there is

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~okonisfree


"When life gives you lemons...

SUCK IT UP!"

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willthiswork89

the board should have a chip with 6 wires okonisfree, GND,VDD,Left,Right,Front, Back what you want to do to begin with is of course hook the GND and VDD up and then connect Left Right Front Back to a Input hole, if your not sure which is which just figure it out like this

fifteen var bit
fourteen var bit
thirteen var bit
twelve var bit

do
fifteen = in15
fourteen = in14
thirteen = in13
twelve = in12

debug crsrxy, 0,0, fifteen
debug crsrxy,1,0,fourteen
debug crsrxy,2,0,thirteen
debug crsrxy,3,0,twelve
loop

then just hit all the buttons on the controller and see what they do, the most common thing will be you will have left and right be high until hit then it goes low and front and back will be low and go high when its hit so ull need a pullup resistor to bring those high then go low when hit. hope this helps

okonisfree

well, in13 and in12 interfere with the servos but ill just put it in a different pin lol

it does have 6 wires, 2 batterey, 2 lmotor, 2 rmotor

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~okonisfree


"When life gives you lemons...

SUCK IT UP!"

lol jk

okonisfree

·now i got everything but do i set it up on my bread board just like a push button?

where do i put the wires?

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~okonisfree


"When life gives you lemons...

SUCK IT UP!"

lol jk

Post Edited (okonisfree) : 8/4/2006 2:36:53 PM GMT

okonisfree

i think i hav an idea on how to setup:

px-chip power +
cdd chip power -

those r two wires down 4 mor to go

well i dont know where to go frm here

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~okonisfree


"When life gives you lemons...

SUCK IT UP!"

lol jk

willthiswork89

no just take the wirres directly to the IN, no pushbutton....

Lmotor1 = In10
LMotor2 = In9
RMotor1 = In8
Rmotor2 = In7

then use the code i shows to see which wire is left and which is right