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Remote control cars over the internet?
I came across this site with 2 RC cars that can be controlled freely over the internet.
rajesh.homelinux.org/
I want to make one of these setups, but I don’t know exactly how to do it. I need help with getting clicks from a webpage to a full time pc to some relays or something like that. Also I need some way to embed a live webcam stream into the webpage. I can handle everything else.
rajesh.homelinux.org/
I want to make one of these setups, but I don’t know exactly how to do it. I need help with getting clicks from a webpage to a full time pc to some relays or something like that. Also I need some way to embed a live webcam stream into the webpage. I can handle everything else.
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8 years ago
I've just got finished with this project. I used an Arduino UNO along with an Ethernet Shield to the control the car over the internet. Here's the URL for anyone interested. The documentation is fairly detailed.
http://brandoncaddow-young.com/internetCar.php
9 years ago
https://sites.google.com/site/stark9000/simple-real-world-controll
for the parallel port.
https://sites.google.com/site/stark9000/java-serial-port
for the serial port
written in java :)
10 years ago
i found on the internet the project of a japanese company about this . here is the link : http://www.jokerracer.com/blog/2009/11/jokerworks-releases-joker-racer-rc-server-the-worlds-first-linux-server-for-rc-cars-to-enable-intern.html.
is an interesting idea that they were thought.
10 years ago
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZ7Ya4r5UdE
11 years ago
1. A webpage with buttons to control a program on the host.
2. A program on the host to control a parallel port.
I want the webpage to have 12 buttons, two sets of 6. One to control car 1 and the other for car 2. Each set will have the following keys.
forward,
back,
forward left,
forward right,
back left,
back right.
(Or possibly a set of 6 buttons with a drop down menu to select the car to acontrol.)
I can use ubuntu or Windows, doesn’t matter.
11 years ago
Can someone find (or make) a "Parallel port controlling CGI-BIN script"?
you can read about it here.
http://www.epanorama.net/circuits/parallel_output.html#webcontrol
11 years ago
http://www.epanorama.net/circuits/parallel_output.html#webcontrol
and if you just do a search on that page for “Controlling parallel port through web“ you will come across what I am talking about. But as I said before, it is the codeing that I can’t do.
http://hacktivision.com/index.php/2009/06/16/setting-up-an-ubuntu-webcam-server?blog=2
11 years ago
I've been looking around for something similar (to control relays over USB) but everything I find is more expensive than the Arduino.
Answer 11 years ago
I already know what I’m going to connect to the parallel port.(below)
heres the schematic
http://www.electronickits.com/kit/complete/elec/ck1601.pdf
11 years ago
I heard you can use Yahoo! to live stream a webcam.
Answer 11 years ago
The webcam can come last.
Answer 11 years ago
For that I wouldn't know, so I just threw in my 2 cents worth.
11 years ago
http://www.electronickits.com/kit/complete/elec/ck1601.htm
I know that the commands for this on Windows are binary (ex. 0000 0001 opens relay 9, 0010 0000 opens relay 3). I will most likely make one myself and use their software (I dont really need to.) but I don’t know how to control them form a different program let alone from a webpage. So, basically I am currently stumped on the programming. I do know some basic programming (Visual Basic, some C, and a bit of basic JAVA).
11 years ago
Google "computer control external" and you'll get all sorts of useful information.
11 years ago
I didn’t make a schematic yet but I know it will use a series of relays, capacitors, diodes, then the RC car controllers, and some other minor stuff.