Monday, January 30

SDR and Node.js Remote-Controlled Monster Drift

Most old-school remote controlled cars broadcast their controls on 27 MHz. Some software-defined radio (SDR) units will go that low. The rest, as we hardware folks like to say, is a simple matter of coding.

So kudos to [watson] for actually doing the coding. His monster drift project starts with the basics — sine and cosine waves of the right frequency — and combines them in just the right durations to spit out to an SDR, in this case a HackRF. Watch the smile on his face as he hits the enter key and the car pulls off an epic office-table 180 (video embedded below).

If JavaScript is your thing, you should check out this project. It uses the node-hackrf library to communicate with the SDR, and it looks pretty straightforward. Why let the C-coding folks have all the fun? Start scripting your own remote control car maneuvers today!


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