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Add Bluetooth Smartphone Control To Your Existing RC Vehicles In 2 Seconds!
Thursday, February 25, 2016There is no doubt how the smartphone innovation has entirely revolutionized the online world by bringing personal assistance closer to our fingertips. With a smartphone we can check weather, music, take and record pictures, but also move and manipulate electronics wirelessly. To control an RC car via Bluetooth , you would typically need among other things a motor driver, a MCU Arduino controller board and a Bluetooth module, which would allow you to link your smartphone to the MCU controller. Then, you would need to write a new sketch using Arduino software and then, obtain the MAC address to establish a connection with the RC Car’s Bluetooth module.
There is always a great satisfaction doing things the long way, especially when you are keen to learn about electronics. With that said, there is a Bluetooth receiver solution (about the size of a penny and farthing coins together) which does not require a motor driver and the Bluetooth module is already integrated.
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If you are interested in this type of technology, you also maybe interested in how to use your PS3 controller to control wireless a servo or how to create a cloud-based wireless network.
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