RC Car

! PROJECT IN PROGRESS !

Overview

Hardware
- Car
- Phone
- Esp8266
Software
- Computer Program to control
- Android app
- Board program

Hardware

See instructions here

Computer program

Shall be able to connect to phone (ip address, port) in local network
Shall be able to control car movement (forward / backward [-1.0, 1.0], steering [-1.0, 1.0])
Shall be able to receive images from camera
Shall be able to record it camera image
Shall be able to receive GPS info, accelerometer value (?)
Shall be able to receive phone info - battery percent
Control usingKeyboard / Gamepad / Wheel ?

Android App

Shall be able to run http server
Shall be able to receive command for car movement
Shall be able to stream camera to computer program in real time
Shall be able to send GPS and other phone info
Shall be able to connect the board and send command (speed, steering)

API

GET /camera - return image
GET /info - return phone info
GET /camerapREVIEW - return a small image
GET /position?timeout= - return GPS position
GET /drive?motor=[speed]&steering[angle] - control car
POST /setStream?ipAddress=[ipAddress]&port[port] - set the stream receiver
POST /startStream - start stream to the set receiver
POST /stopStream - stop stream

Board program

Shall receive info from phone and set motors and steering according it.
Communication using Wifi (hotspot) or serial port
WIFI:
- In board program USE_WIFI true
- Run on port 5101
- UDP Packet structure (3 bytes) - [1, STEERING, MOTOR]
  - STEERING - 1 - LEFT, 2 - RIGHT, 3 - STRAIGHT, other values does not change current status
  - MOTOR - 1 - FORWARD, 2 - BACKWARD, 3 - STOP, other values does not change current status
Serial Port
- In board program USE_WIFI false
- Communication via USB Serial.
- Packet structure (3 bytes) - [1, STEERING, MOTOR]
  - STEERING - 1 - LEFT, 2 - RIGHT, 3 - STRAIGHT, other values does not change current status
  - MOTOR - 1 - FORWARD, 2 - BACKWARD, 3 - STOP, other values does not change current status