Basic Rover WASD controls

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Hello,
I have just assembled my rover and have been running test Sketches, but with Sketch #2 I have no clue how to make my keyboard control the rover. The sketch is uploaded I just don’t know how to control it through the keyboard.

Any help is appreciated!

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Hi Matt,

Welcome to our forums! After uploading Sketch 2 to your rover, you need to open the Serial Monitor in the Arduino IDE (under the Tools menu). In this window, you can send the WASD commands by typing one character and doing Send. Note that although the sketch is called WASD, you actually need to send only lowercase letters (w, a, s, d).

Cheers,

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Thanks, that is awesome! I’m looking forward to many more challenges!

Thanks again,
Matt