
professorcake
Id like to be able to manually control my RC Crawler using an EZ-B v4/2 + camera combo. Ideally I would like to control it with an xbox 360 controller using the triggers as proportional forward/reverse and one of the sticks for proportional left/right turning, both with auto centering (hands off the controller = stationary with the wheels straight). Controlled over a local network initially, but ultimately I would like to be able to mount my phone on the truck broadcasting a mobile hotspot and be able to control it from my desktop/laptop computer from anywhere. An RC car is fairly simple compared to a typical robot, after watching some videos, reading some tutorials, and messing with the software a bit it looks possible. Rather than ask how, I mainly wanted to ask if what I am describing is achievable with this ezrobot hardware/software.
Alan
Alan
The only issue is if the Jetpack gives out IP addresses in the 192.168.1.x subnet, you will need to change the subnet of your EZ-B (which you can do on its web page in AP mode) to something else. Anything in the non-routable private ranges will work. 10.x.x.x or 192.168.x.x
Alan
I don't think USB is the solution, or at least no better than bridging the WiFi networks. The USB appears as a comm port, and it is possible via software to extend a comm port over WiFi, but nothing written recently and the last time I tried to use something it was not very reliable. Network bridging is built into Windows 10 and should work for what you are trying to do.
I wouldn't try to run a lot of servos or have complex actions, particularly if you are running video because you will be limiting performance by limiting the bandwidth between ARC and the EZ-B unless you have a really good LTE connection where the device is located, and even then, fast LTE is still going to have some lag compared to local WiFi even if you have plenty of bandwidth. (sorry for the run-on sentence. End of a long day...)
Alan
Alan