A few pieces fell in place over the last 24 hours that are calling me to make this project. I was gifted an awesome 1:16 scale Ferrari Enzo RC car, and in hacker form, I want to mash it together with a Seeed Studio Linkit ONE. I will be acquiring another one than the one I have in my Lego case v3, as I love that one so.
I took some pre-conversion pictures so that I can do a full build log.
Stock website:
http://silverlit.com/toy/power-in-speed-licensed-116-scale-racer-86027-ferrari-enzo
Product pictures:
My pictures:
Plans:
Since the LinkIt ONE has GPS, I plan on having a data recorder in it. I will also leverage wifi and bluetooth for connectivity. I also like the idea of using the audio out to drive a speaker to add realistic sounds. Vroom!!
I would love to design a distance sensing array to give this outright automation abilities. I will be trying very hard to keep the look and feel of the original shell, so that adds a lot of restrictions on placement and size. I have hope, and will post updates on my IR blaster arrays.
Very cool project, I’m working with the guys from Seeeed to create similar thing. https://linkitoneblog.wordpress.com/2015/07/15/linkit-one-rover-preview/
http://www.seeedstudio.com/recipe/318-linkit-one-rover.html
How is your project progressing?
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I’ve let it sit for a while, as I wasn’t sure where to go with it. I really want to keep the look of the car, and have not been sure how I want to do that.
I came across this, and what to try and use the existing motor controller with my LinkIT: https://www.hackster.io/5192/rc-car-with-remote-arduino-without-external-motor-shield
I also got another car that is similar to the Enzo, but looks like it’ll have more room inside. I may try and develop that first.
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Sounds fun ! 🙂
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This kit looks very cool, but doesn’t work for Linkit One :).
http://www.seeedstudio.com/depot/4WD-Mecanum-Wheel-Robot-Kit-p-2276.html
(if you should give up on modifying the RC cars.)
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I saw that. I’m still going for a “garage sale build”.
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Any progress on this? 🙂
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