How to Make an Easy RC Car

by tristankrige in Circuits > Remote Control

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How to Make an Easy RC Car

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This is a Arduino remote control car.

Supplies

Tools:

  • Rokits Smart kit (from robolink.com)
  • Scissors


Materials:

  • Cardboard
  • Crackers box

Making the Frame

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  • Start by cutting out your crackers box into any car shape you want. I made mine a cab.

Starting With the Back Wheels

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  • Take your Rokit Smart kit and open it up.
  • Take your two-wheeler Motors and put them inside your cab (look at the picture above if you don't know what a wheel motor is). Screw-off the wheels if the wheels are on.
  • Draw a circle on the outside of the vehicle as big as the thing that I'm pointing to in the picture.
  • Cut out the circle and put the thing that I am pointing to through the hole.
  • Then screw back on the wheels
  • Use prestik to stick down the motors

Adding the Proper Stuff

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  • Now it is time to put on your Arduino keyboard or board (look at the picture to see what I mean).
  • Plug-in the battery thingy to the Arduino keyboard and put in the batteries.

Adding the Front Wheels

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  • Take your two black wheels from your Rokit Smart kit
  • Take two bolts and two nuts
  • Make two holes in the two sides in the front of your vehicle
  • Put your bolts through the wheels and put it through the hole
  • Cut out two squares of cardboard and put the bolt through them to.
  • Put your nuts on the back of both your bolts and screw them on but be careful not to screw them on too tight.

Finishing Your Car

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  • Take your wires from the Motors and put them in your Arduino board
  • The right motor should go into M1 and the left motor should go into M2
  • Then take your Arduino board and switch it on
  • Then make the Blue lights go to number six (look on a photo to see what I mean)
  • Selected and then for blue lights should go on
  • Use the remote control to go forward and backward
  • Make sure your remote control is always looking at the Arduino board
  • Push function one on your controller to make it go faster and function two on your controller to make it go slower