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Re: Show HN: ESP32 RC Cars

#11
Thanks for sharing this - this will be an inspiration.

Everybody knows about FPV quadrocopters used on the battlefield, but there is an increasing focus on terrestrial vehicles. They look nothing like the Boston Dynamics robodogs crossed with Terminators from the mvoies, but are extremely useful in lower-profile "boring" jobs, like laying landmines, exploding landmines, and carrying small amount of supplies to soldiers sheltering somewhere on the frontline.

Re: Show HN: ESP32 RC Cars

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How was the chassis and steering mechanism built? Any plans to release that design?

I believe it's this kit: https://www.elecrow.com/4wd-smart-car-robot-chassis-for-ardu.... It's been around a while, I got one around the time covid started. It's decent quality, although IIRC the front wheels don't have bearings.

Re: Show HN: ESP32 RC Cars

#16
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What is the approximate price of the car components?

I put a link above for this kit which is about $50. However, I believe you would also need an ESC for the motor, a suitable one would probably be less than $20.

Re: Show HN: ESP32 RC Cars

#17
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What is the approximate price of the car components?

If you really need to cheap out on it, you can remove the wireless chip from an existing RC car and take over the H bridge inputs, or even just tap into the antenna input pin and inject serialized commands.

Most low-end 27MHz toy RC sets use clones of a well known chipset called RealTek TX2/RX2, and there are Arduino libraries for it. It only takes binary on/off commands for forward/back/left/right/"turbo" at 1Hz or so, which is fun enough for most purposes.

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