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55 lines
1.4 KiB
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# RC car
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### ~avatar avatar
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Hack a toy RC car with your @boardname@!
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### ~
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https://youtu.be/xQJCZwVvjyw
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### ~ hint
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This activity involves opening an electronic toy, cutting into cables and potentially rendering it completly useless.
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### ~
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## Materials
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* Toy RC car with 4 or 6 AA batteries
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* 1 @boardname@
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* a cable trimmer
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* small Philips screw driver
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* [1 Kitronik motor driver](https://www.kitronik.co.uk/5620-motor-driver-board-for-the-bbc-microbit-v2.html)
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## What's the plan?
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Most toy RC car use 3 small DC motors to operate:
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* 1 DC motor for the back wheels torque,
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* 1 DC motor for the front wheels torque,
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* 1 DC motor to steer the front wheels
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The plan is to open up the RC car, remove the existing electronic controller and replace it with the motor driver
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that can control 2 DC motors. We will connect both torque motors to one controller and the steering motor to the other controller.
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Once the motor driver is connected, we will use a @boardname@ to control it. Another @boardname@ can also be used as a radio controller
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for the @boardname@ in the car.
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### ~ hint
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Ask friends and family for old RC cars lying around, scout thrift shops and other second hand shops for discarded RC cars.
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### ~
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## Activities
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* [Make](/projects/rc-car/make)
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* [Code](/projects/rc-car/code)
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* [Connect](/projects/rc-car/connect)
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### ~button /projects/rc-car/make
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Let's make it!
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### ~
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