Controlling arduino car with bluetooth from PC

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Hey

I bought the HC-05 bluetooth module thinking I could control my arduino car from my iPhone. I see now that this module is not compatible with iPhone, so I'll try to control it with my PC instead. After googling a bit it seems like arduino doesn't have a good solution for key listening, so I was thinking of writing a program in python and connecting it to the arduino with the serial port. Is this the best way to control an arduino car from the PC, or are there easier ways?

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Your kit/shield might have an IR remote and an IR receiver (three legs, looks like a TO92 transistor).