I'm a Quadriplegic can't move from neck down I use Sip N Puff controls to drive my wheelchair I blow air into a straw hard blow it goes forward, hard sip it goes back, soft sip goes left, & soft puff goes right, I've always wondered if it was possible to fix something up to drive an RC car, do you know of anything or have you ever herd of anybody doing this?
I have everything I need I have the RC truck and I bought the Invare ECU that hooks up to my wheelchair sip & puff I just need somebody to wire a 9-pin cable to the remote control that hooks into the ECU box the cable is Industry standard on the pins:
1 = forward; 2 = reverse; 3 = left and 4 = right. Pin 8 is common. . I had a guy working on that I meet on an RC forum but I don't know if something happened or what I haven't herd from him in over a month. Here's what he was trying to do this was some of his post if it helps.
I do have the tools and skill set to build this cable but doubt it could be wired into the controller without an interface board.
I have the information I need to write the controller interface code and I have the parts to build it. The build is easy, 3 IC's and some caps on a proto board. The last bit of information changed how I was coding the interface. I'm still not to sure on the signals provided from the ECU but I can do the coding without that
Yes it has been difficult but we have made good progress. I have prototyped the interface circuit and have test code running. Since this is controlled by software it can be used by other interfaces. Do you have a need for something like this?
That's where I'm at does anybody think an Arduino board could work?
I also had someone recommend a hardware type setup to control the remote control.
Scott