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I need help with a remote circuit.
So here's my story: I want to impress my rc car club teacher person guy by building my own rc car from scratch, but I already have an idea about how to control it and stuff. I just need to make a rc circuit. Basically I need a radio transmitter that can be made with minimal parts, no i.c.'s, and it has to transmit at least 50 feet. And I need a reciever to pick up the radio signals and this also has to be minimal components, no i.c.'s, and it has to pick up the radio signals of the controller. I was expecting the signal to be in the khz section because it's easier to make that. So someone please give me a link or schematic for this. And also, the parts have to be what radioshack supplies. HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Best Answer 8 years ago
As Steve said an old circuit from the 50s or 60s will do the job but have a lot of parts. You can go for this circuit that does use an ic and is very simple ask the radio shack people if you can ship in the chips.
8 years ago
You want to impress someone by doing something you've hardly-any idea how to do?
No ICs - good luck.
Are you asking the rest of the world to Google you some schematics?
L
Answer 8 years ago
I already tried googleling the schematic and I got nothing that was helpful. It was all based in pic or arduino, or ir light.
Answer 8 years ago
Yes that's it, people use modern components these days.
Old-circuits have a lot more bits in them, but you'd be going back 30 years or more with an IC free design I'd think.
(I can't find anything like that)
L
8 years ago
Although it can be done - You will never match the bought option. Their skill, experience and equipment will far outrun anything you have access to.
8 years ago
I saw transistor only RC controls from China long ago about 11 transistors for 5'
Now days its all black blob stuff. Evan the dinky ones.
You do this and publish, I will send you a patch.
A
8 years ago
You need to go back to the old books, from the 50s and 60s when folks still rolled their own. They didn't use proportional control, just bang-bang.
Steve