Wireless Joystick Hookup Guide
Contributors:
Alex the Giant
Resources and Going Further
Here are a few helpful links that might help answer any question you may still have regarding the Wireless Joystick:
For more information about using the wireless joystick with the RedBot mainboard, check out the tutorial below. The following offers an alternative example that sends one character to control a robot as opposed to sending an array to the serial controlled motor driver.
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In this tutorial, we will expand on the SIK for RedBot to control the robot wirelessly with XBee radios! We'll explore a different microcontroller and wirelessly control the RedBot at a distance.
Now that you've got the Wireless Joystick working, what are you going to use it for? Need some inspiration, check out the tutorials below!
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