Remote controlled car lift

...haha, not a real one but a toy gas station with parkdecks from my 2 year old son. The car lifts manual crank handle was broken, so I pimped it with:

  • arduino pro mini (using this libary)
  • hacked servo
  • IR remote control from my car radio (never used it, really wondering who needs a RC for that)
  • RGB-LED
  • a lot of hot glue

Absolutely AWESOME!

Lucky boy!

Hmm. Now, you need to add a couple of photosensors to have it stop at each floor... though now that I think about it, you can likely do that by experimenting a little bit in terms of number (or degree) of rotation in the servo which corresponds to the elevator aligning with the floor..

That, and I'm 90% sure I had that exact Fisher Price garage as a kid, four decades back...

How about something to tip the car out at a selected level?