Control an RC car with ESP8266 over WiFi

This repository contains code to control an RC car over WiFi using an ESP8266 board. For more information head over to this blog post to see how to set up an RC car.

Requirements

• Python 3
• Arduino IDE

Example usage

Open esp8266-rc-car with your Arduino IDE and upload the sketch to your Arduino board. Make sure to enter your WiFi SSID and password in the header of the file.

const char* ssid = "SSID"; //Enter your wifi network SSID
const char* password = "PASSWORD"; //Enter your wifi network password

Open your terminal and run the python script with

python wifi_controller_gui.py --host=<IP address of the car>

Press W, A, S, D keys to control your RC car.