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can you add more channels to an RC toy?
title pretty much says it, i know it will depend on the chip, but is it possible in any way? most of the ones i have are fairly cheap rc cars/helicopters
title pretty much says it, i know it will depend on the chip, but is it possible in any way? most of the ones i have are fairly cheap rc cars/helicopters
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8 years ago
What for?
The existing signal could be modified to carry more data, but that would mean hardware modification.
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Answer 8 years ago
thats what i want to do, but i don't know how
Answer 8 years ago
You need to know how they work, and finding out how your model does and fiddling with it etc could be hard.
You'd be better with 2 on different frequencies.
L
8 years ago
If you have another toy and transmitter that you can gut, it would be relatively straight forward. I've been thinking about stealing the guts from an old toy heli whose lift assembly has worn out for use in another cheap toy heli to add certain functionality it didn't originally have.
You'll need to make sure you have no cross talk problems, so hopefully the toy(s) involved are of the same ilk and can be channel switched to ensure no comm issues.
8 years ago
you will need access to a scope to see what is happening
one of the free PC sound card scopes will do.
Answer 8 years ago
Of course if you can find part numbers for the chips and look up the pinouts, you may not need a scope.
8 years ago
Not easily.
Answer 8 years ago
or cheaply...
or quickly... The 'reasonable' triangle has just collapsed.