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DonkeyCar RC car

DonkeyCar RC car

Summary

I plan on building a RC car which can drive itself and also be controlled from mobile. I'm super excited as I have always wanted to experiemnt with a rasberry pi and see what amazing things I could do with it. I also have always thought RC cars were fasinating.

Also Donkey has there own software but I would like to code my own. Having recently taken Computer Architecture I've learned about lower level programming and interfacing with electronics. I would want to be able to control every aspect about the RC from my computer and be able to custom code routines for it to be able to follow if possible using the embedded camera.

Plan

First I will order all of the products.

Then I will send all the CAD files required for this car to my HS's Physics teacher to 3D print using the makerbots we have on campus.

I will then clean up all of these prints.

I will attach the parts together. (Pi > 3d printed plate) (Camera to Adatper)

Then I will install the Donkeycare software and configure it all.

Then using my own firmware that I will code, with what is going to be an extremely redimentary UI I would like to have fine control of the RC car. I would also like to be able to do basic autonomous pathfinding using the camera.

http://docs.donkeycar.com/

Budget

Product Supplier/Link Cost
Red LaTrax® Desert Prerunner: 1/18-Scale 4WD Electric Truck https://latrax.com/products/prerunner 142.30 (Includes tax)
USB Battery with microUSB cable https://www.amazon.com/Anker-PowerCore-Compact-Portable-Smartphones/dp/B07211V9XG 36.95 0 already owned
Raspberry Pi 4 Model B 2019 Quad Core 64 Bit WiFi Bluetooth (4GB) https://www.amazon.com/Raspberry-Model-2019-Quad-Bluetooth/dp/B07TC2BK1X 174.08 (Includes tax)
SainSmart Wide Angle Fish-Eye Camera Lenses for Raspberry Pi 3 Model B Pi 2 Model B+ Arduino, RoHS certified https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00N1YJKFS 24.08
GenBasic 80 Piece Female to Female Jumper Wires (4 and 8 Inch) https://www.amazon.com/GenBasic-Piece-Female-Jumper-Wires/dp/B01L5ULRUA 6.49
Donkey Screw Kit https://store.donkeycar.com/products/plastic-thread-forming-screw-kit?variant=9486169276473 5.36
Total 350.31