First Person View RC Car with PS1 Steering Wheel
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Clem scored a broken Steering Wheel for the PlayStation 1 (yes the first one) at a flea market.Thankfully it is broken so he decided to turn it into an RC transmitter for his old Remote controlled Car! Learn how to use the Arduino MKR Wifi 1010 to make your own Transmitter and Receiver from scratch! It even supports FPV head tracking! What features would you like to add into the system? Tell us here in the discussion thread.
Extended cuts of the racing footage:
Bill of Materials
Product Name | Manufacturer | Quantity | Buy Kit |
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Arduino MKR wifi 1010 | ARDUINO | 2 | Buy Now |
Linear Voltage Regulator | On Semiconductor | 1 | Buy Now |
Additional Parts:
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RC Car ( Cars used in the Episode: Hirobo Rock‘n Vega witch Toyota Levin body / AMR Mini Scud with Mini Cooper Body) |
The glue used to repair the plastic parts is Aprintapro Printaglue (designed to glue 3d printed parts) |
Top Comments
Clem, great work on this one from both a production and a build. You've really got your coding notched up.
XBee devices may be of interest to you as well. That tech let's you get some major distances…
Hi Clem,
Have you considered adding GPS and then put up a navigation screen on the video?
When you go FPV, you sometimes lose track of where you are so that you can return safely.
DAB
Cool Stuff. Next step is to add some force-feedback to the steering wheel using and Accelerometer and Gyroscope in the RC Car and some motors in the wheel to mimic the surface that the car is running on…