I don't really know where to post this as I'm new to this forum, so if I put this in the wrong place, please just let me know.
So I got this LEGO set for my birthday, and the use of IR over RC/RF has always frustrated me with LEGO's Power Functions.
Also, I'm new to Arduino and RC/RF (IDK what to call it, RC or RF) in general, so if what I'm saying isn't possible at all, please just let me know.
My idea is to replace the IR receiver module with an Arduino with an RC/RF receiver of some kind as a shield. Then I would take the input with the battery pack and tell the Arduino to take power input from some pins and when it got the signal, pass the input from those pins through to whatever other pins the other cables where plugged into. This would also mean that with some modification, I could also make this work for not just this set, but anything (hopefully) with a Power Functions IR receiver.
For a remote, I would use some RF remote. I would really like to have something like this, but RC/RF capable.
The other thing I want to do is to replace the battery pack with a nine-volt battery. Six AA batteries = 9 volts. I haven't compared the outputs or anything yet, but I think it should be possible. Feel free to let me know if it's completely and totally not.
UPDATE: I think people are having trouble understanding what my question is. That's totally my fault, sorry. What I'm really asking is
- Is this at all possible
and - If it is possible, what shield should I use to get the RC functionality that I'm looking for.