Put your R/C car under computer control

Step 4 Start actually doing things

OK, let's get down to brass tacks (how much for the ape?) (anybody get that reference? somebody? please????)

open up the transmitter. It probably looks like the picture below. Be careful with the battery wires--they can pull out really easily on some transmitters, and then it's hard to figure out where they went. You might as well just mark where they are now, and then you can fuggetaboutit. Same goes for the antenna wire, if the antenna's not soldered directly to the board.
Now, find the buttons on the remote that make the car do stuff. Give the transmitter power, and using a multimeter, find out which end of the button is at a high voltage and which end is at ground. Remember this.

oh yeah--a note on the buttons. They tend to be DPST buttons, since those are sturdy if you solder them, but they're used like SPST buttons, meaning that when you press the button, all it does is connect one wire to one other wire. Since each button has 4 wires, you'll need to figure out which ones are actually used. Use the multimeter, luke

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