I know the very basics of electronics. I want to make a remote controlled vehicle. it is tracked so I don't need servo motors. All I need is two motors connected to a xbox controller. They have to be able to go two different directions at the same time and at variable speeds. So I basically need to know what kind of receiver to use if I need an arduino, and if so how to use/program it. I also need to know how to get this vehicle to connect to the controller and how to make the arduino recognize the inputs.
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Confusion here
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Much more information is needed.
Sounds like an interesting project. I can tell you have spent some time designing the remote controlled vehicle. Now, can you spend some time on the design of the remote control device. A requirement of "some sort" just does not make much of a design. What is it you need in a remote control and how do you intend to operate it?
Read up on PWM and H-bridge drivers.
They will solve your problem,
Do you know that the controller will output the information you want on infra red? I don't know, and asking Google didn't help much. I got the impression that the controller IR output is for controlling other devices like TVs, and bluetooth is used for communicating back to the Xbox.
You could check what the controller outputs on IR using a simple IR receiver on e.g. an Arduino UNO, or whatever Arduino type board you have that this library supports.
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This is how I wire up an IR receiver to an Uno when I want to check what is being output by IR remotes.
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