Can I use an Arduino to control this?
1004444
Yes you can, i bought it an used it with Arduino UNO. But theres a stupid part, It comes with 1 DC motor set (most of tamiya products are, i donno why). so i had to buy the Tamiya Dual DC motor set and fixed it manually on the wooden base of the chassis. it was a bit annoying but its working fine.
1004445
You won't be able to steer it without serious modifications. I believe that getting an arduino to turn the motor on/off or to make the vehicle move forward should be a matter of very minor modifications (oh, and getting a motor driver that can handle this particular motor and can be controlled from Arduino), but you're not going to get this vehicle to steer, as it has only one motor, and a locked rear axle. One thing you might try is to buy two kits, only build the left tracks for one, only build the right track for the other, and anchor them together. You would still need to cannibalize the electronics to drive them from an arduino. In particular, I'm pretty sure the arduino outputs don't provide enough power to drive the motors (I could be wrong). So you'll need to wire up some sort of motor driver. I have not yet done this. But as long as we're talking about this level of modification, you may as well buy a conventional remote-control car and cannibalize that instead. It's pretty easy to take the cosmetic cover off an ordinary kid's toy remote control car, giving you easy access to motors, chassis, and a bunch of the electronics (although you'll probably end up just cutting the wires to the motors and controlling them with a motor controller that you wire to an arduino) By "motor controller" I mean something like http://arduino.cc/en/Main/ArduinoMotorShieldR3#.UyNT1lFdUSI I believe you can also find it on amazon via http://www.amazon.com/Arduino-Motor-Shield-R3/dp/B006UTE70E/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1394824252&sr=8-1&keywords=arduino+motor+shield or from "makershed" at http://www.makershed.com/Arduino_Compatible_Shields_s/236.htm?gclid=COH2ju7ckr0CFchQ7AodSz8Awg
1004446
I just bought it to put something together, but I have seem a lot of Youtube videos show this same set being use and operated by Arduino. So I Know it can be done.
1004447
Absolutely. I suggest also getting a motor shield with h-bridge he so can can confirm multiple motors left right forward and back. They are very cheap and found on amazon .
16395
Yes you can program it to control anything. If you want to use RF you put little ir blasters (included) on all the components. However, the 890 was of such low build quality that it broke for me after a month or two when my daughter knocked it off the coffee table.
1067579
I'd go with the Yn. You can have it host a web page that allows you to control the Arduino's IO. Worse case you can always use it like a basic Arduino. Just make sure you have enough IO for your need.
1470533
I believe so, also if you are running this with a home automation controller you can do pretty much anything with it ( send txt, email alert, etc...) hope this helps out.
1564651
Here's a good tutorial for Raspberry Pi: http://www.raspberrypi-spy.co.uk/2012/07/stepper-motor-control-in-python/It's pretty easy to generalize that to Arduino or other platforms. A web search for 28BYJ -48 ULN2003 and your controller of choice should turn up other tutorials.Also, I wrote a little tutorial on using it with an Arduino: http://shallowsky.com/arduino/class/stepper.html
2011405
yes, you will have to program it. I suggest watching this youtube demonstration : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBQrinVNOyI
421896
Yes. You can control 2 devices independently with 5v digital high, low state. I like this better than 12v since arduino type controller already has 5v power availibility.
53069
I don't think this will work for you. There is only one control switch, so I can't see it working for you
795955
You can use an iPhone to control this as long as you have some sort of insteon app and hardware to link it. I use a isy994.
453460
No, this is only a controller. You need to connect it to a computer with music/instrument software or a MIDI-compatible instrument (like a synthesizer).
609854
You can control the whole relay board with the Arduino - no extra power supply.
2094793
Yes, there's an override button that makes it work like a normal switch. It will also keep doing whatever you programmed.
421897
Yes. That means you can use GPIO to control each one separately and you can trigger them on different GPIO ports.
1771580
yes; i have a Pi and an Arduino talking to each other using the device. you'll need the software driver/library for the device. i use RF24, which has versions for the Arduino and the Pi.
128236
Yes. You need an FTDI or in my case I used an Arduino Uno. If you take the microcontroller off an Uno you can use the 5v, gnd, TX, & RX pins on the board to communicate with the module. Google hc-06 At commands for further instructions.
1026255
You can. You'll have to manually program it for what you want to do though.
239228
I would suggest installing the software called HomeGenie. It's free open source software that is great for projects like home automation and home security using Z-Wave devices.