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Sample Tutorial: Lesson 1: Install tank car chassis. Lesson 2: Install tank car electronic components. Lesson 3: Control the motor. Lesson 4: Control the Tank Car Through IR Remote. Lesson 5: Tracking Robot Tank Car. Lesson 6: Obstacle Avoidance Robot Tank Car. Lesson 7: Control Robot Tank Car through Wifi and Bluetooth. This product only contains tank chassis.If you are an intermediate player and have time to read our code comments,you can buy the robotic car chassis platform andour tank electronic parts kit,then you can easily customize this robotic tank car to make your own project for science fair, college home work or even commercial applications. The tank car chassis kit comes with a step-by-step tutorial which evolves from a simple car with basic movements to a multi-functional robotic car controlled by mobile APP.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"I have mine loaded down with a pi ,arduino , custom 4 servo claw ,LCD touchscreen, l298n ,ptz night vision camera, hc05 bt module and a breadboard . Running full range of motion with the arduino , hc05 and Bluetooth app. I have the dc encoder motors running at 12v only using red and black leads and a single $7 l298n motor controller with a pretty small dewalt lithium max battery .it's stepped down to 5v for the arduino and arm servos as well through the same l298n."
"As a result, my car doesn't track in a straight line but veers to the left slightly which will necessitate a speed correction in my Python software to compensate. Finally, it would be really helpful to get more documentation on the hall effect sensors and the circuit used as I had to do some trial and error to get them to work and am not totally sure that I have the optimum setup. Over all though, the car is spacious, has lots of places to mount hardware and the geared motors seem up to the challenge to carry a significant load."
Common Combinations: Robot Car + ESP8266 ESP-12E NodeMcu Lua WiFi Board Module + L293D Motor Drive Expansion Shield Board (Buy from https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01C6MR62E). Robot Car + Smart Robot Car Sensor Modules Kit (Buy from https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01N8XLJO2).
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Find Best Price at Amazon"UPDATE: The seller came down on the price of their tracks to make it more appropriate for me to rubberize them. Tried running the tracks over our door frame and it can't handle it (we're talking a quarter-inch height). I contacted the mfgr, they wanted to charge me more than half what I paid for the frame for two sets of tracks so I could rubberize it myself."
"5 stars for the overall quality of the product provided. If you don't care about one of the links - then just take a wire cutter to the fat end and yank it - which will bend the wire but get the job done. You have to tighten the tracks - and as they say remove one of the wheels to do so."
"Motor has good torque."
"What finally worked for me is taking a small nail, lining it up with the pin, and tapping it with a hammer until it comes out enough to pull out with pliers."
"Nice platform for my build for my senior project for electrical engineering."
"This thing is great once it gets put together."
"Perfect for what i needed tracks are plastic but they are tough enough to do most jobs."
"The tracks are not very good."
Project List: Project 1:Line Tracking Sensor. Project 2:Ultrasonic Sensor. Project 3: Digital IR Receiver Module. Project 4: Servo Motor. Project 5: Bluetooth Module. Project 6: L298N Motor Driver. Project 7: I2C 1602 LCD. Project 8：Line Tracking of Smart Car. Project 9：Obstacle Avoidance of Smart Car. Project 10：IR Remote Control of Smart Car. Project 11：Distance Detecting of Smart Car. Project 12：Bluetooth Remote Control of Smart Car. Project 13：5 in 1 Multi-functional Car. This is a fun robot smart kit to learn ARDUINO, through learning programming and assemble the robot car, you can finish a variety of interesting experiments.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Keyestudio DIY Electronic Scale kit came nicely packed without any damage."
"This board also includes gpio pinouts with dedicated ground and voltage connectors which is very helpful."
"This is a decent starting kit, I haven't had much experience with Arduino but this kit provided me with a good foundation to dab in it."
"Product is cool, however the instructions are a little strange - literally every single step is broken out, and you have to read a couple steps ahead to figure out what they are trying to get you to do."
"Some of the pieces came wrongs but everything else is good."
"Works as advertised."
"Code is kind of confusing."
"I am giving this a one star until I get the proper download for app to run on phone..."
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This is a 16x2 LCD Keypad module for Arduino Diecimila Duemilanove, UNO, MEGA1280, MEGA2560 board.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"lcd.print("Test keys:"); }. void loop() {. // set the cursor to column 0, line 1. // (note: line 1 is the second row, since counting begins with 0): lcd.setCursor(0, 1); adc_key_in = analogRead(0); // read the value from the sensor. key = get_key(adc_key_in); // convert into key press. if (key != oldkey) // if keypress is detected. {. delay(50); // wait for debounce time. adc_key_in = analogRead(0); // read the value from the sensor. key = get_key(adc_key_in); // convert into key press. if (key != oldkey). {. oldkey = key; if (key >=0). {. lcd.print(msgs[key]); }. }. }. }. // Convert ADC value to key number. int get_key(unsigned int input). { int k; for (k = 0; k < NUM_KEYS; k++). {. if (input < adc_key_val[k]). { return k; }. }. if (k >= NUM_KEYS). k = -1; // No valid key pressed. return k; }."
"I'm in a robotics class in my High School where we all use Arduino Uno's and create programs. My only problem was when I went to test it out with one of Arduino's "LiquidCrystal" examples only to find out they don't display on this shield because it has a different hardware setup than Arduino's variant."
"After reading about the design problems with the backlight circuit in other reviews and web info I thought perhaps that was it and I needed to install a resistor and diode. It is excellent if you don't have many pins to work with and are using a separate keypad for input."
"Great display for DIY projects."
"It quit working."
"I have yet to make it work but rated it one star due to the lack of quality control."
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Product Packaging: Standard Packaging. This kit includes.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"It charges really well but there is a compatibility issue in that this charger does not work with the original battery that had the wire harness charger connection."
"Works perfectly, have it charging the bigger than factory battery right now."
"It is a simple thing to snap the battery into the charger housing and then charge the battery directly on the wall rather than have a separate charge wall wart wired to a charging unitl that then plugs into the battery."
"Works well, actually I wish you could have only sold the adapters separately."
"Welp, it's a charger."