Computer Science Canada

Remote Control Car

Author:  cii009 [ Mon Jan 19, 2004 8:34 pm ]
Post subject:  Remote Control Car

Hi,
I am having a little problem with my computer engineering class assignment.
Objective: My objective is to first get a remote control car, and use the remote and connect the (BACK, FORWARD, LEFT-TURN, and RIGHT TURN) and use bread-boards and parallelput to control the car with out the bottons, but commands using turing (DOS VERSION)

here is the program that i have**(which doesnt work Sad)
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var n:int
loop
get n
parallelput (n)
delay (10)
end loop

/*where they put like n=1 so it sends power to parallelput 1 and it is the right turing button wire.
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I am very new to turing and i do not know how to do it. Please help me.

*My major problems
-When I connect ALL four wires (which care connected from EACH of the buttons) the car WITH OUT the program goes back wards and turns right. I have tried using 2 bread-boards, but no such luck.
Please help me, to whom ever knows this. And please tell me ANYTHING that might help.
Thx

Author:  McKenzie [ Mon Jan 19, 2004 9:19 pm ]
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Your code looks fine and should place a high value on pin 2. The problem with computer engineering is I would have to look at your wiring. I assume other students got it working (machine is set up right.) Looks like a wiring problem.

Author:  cii009 [ Mon Jan 19, 2004 9:36 pm ]
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i put it like
D0 D1 D2 D3
back Front L-Side R-Side

but out bread-boards are labled 1,2,3,4,5 .... and so on.
I used 2,3,4,5. Is that OK?


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