Remote telemetry on a budget!

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As an additon to my arduino assisted RC truck project, I made a telemetry system for my truck, and I'm sure it will eventually end up being used on as a debugging tool on my robots too!

I used the following components from eBay (price includes shipping, but is approximate)

$10 RF links

$4 LCD screen

2 arduinos (already had them, and one of these will already be on any robot of mine)

free rotary encoder + ps2 decoder salvaged from a mouse.

I also ordered 10 thermistors ($2.50) but I haven't installed them yet.

If anyone has any ideas on how to calculate wheel slip, that would be fantastic!

 

This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://community.robotshop.com/robots/show/remote-telemetry-on-a-budget
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Nice project. It’s probably

Nice project. It’s probably more of a ‘something else’ than a ‘robot’. 

Can you post more info on how it works and share your code? This could make a nice tip/walk-through with a little work.

Also, very nice video work.

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Thanks!

Thanks igNobleGnome. I don’t know how to change it to “Something else” now. I am working on a video tutorial, i’ve got most of it filmed already. I probably won’t post the code, but maybe some snippets. I don’t know yet. As for the video, Thanks, I filmed and edited it on my iPhone.