Picaxe 08M Rc Car

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Hi guys,

For a while now I have wanted to buy a cheap toy car and make it RC. I was at the cheap shop the other day and found a few $2 toy cars. The cars were super light and did not have much inside of them which made them perfect for the job.

I decided to use the picaxe 08M chip as the brain for this project as I havent really ever used anything other than the standard Start Here Robot board and I wanted to see how powerful this little guy was! My choice of control was IR with a standard Universal IR remote control aslo from the cheap shop! Inside the car is 1 Picaxe 08M 1 Rear modified micro servo 1 Front standard micro servo 1 piezo speaker 2 5mm Green Leds I had to mount the battery pack to the roof of the car but it seems to fit rather nicely on the roof racks! I then taped on the IR receiver to the top of the battery pack.

Im still rather new in the world of robotics but I got the little guy going the way I wanted!

 

Thanks guys!

Drives around Via IR

  • CPU: picaxe 08M
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://community.robotshop.com/robots/show/picaxe-08m-rc-car
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I’m a fan of the Picaxe 08,

I’m a fan of the Picaxe 08, and I have a few similar little cars. I modified one to add a a motor, batteries and a power switch, but no brains. Maybe someday… (That pile keeps getting higher.)

You did a nice job with the build and integrating IR control. Would you post your code?

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wow thanks cool !!! ppl may

wow thanks cool !!! ppl may mistake the remote as a TV remote :stuck_out_tongue:

those LED’s makes it look even more cool! :smiley:

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Very nice toy modifications

Very nice toy modifications you did. May I ask how did you integrate the IR control? And a little more on the wiring please :slight_smile:

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**Nice !! **

Nice !! My brother and I call if the Dollar Store

 

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Hey nice job. I just tore

Hey nice job. I just tore apart cheap RC Truck and found out that the steering was done via cheap DC motor. Can you show how did you implement the servo steering because I kinda stuck on the steering.