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How to Build a Battlebot With Arduino and Cardboard

Build a battlebot from cardboard using Arduino.

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Hardware components

Arduino UNO
Arduino UNO
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Arduino Nano R3
Arduino Nano R3
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Schematics

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Battlebot

Code

Battlebot

Arduino
#include <SPI.h>      //SPI library for communication with the nRF24L01+
#include "RF24.h"  //The main library of the nRF24L01+
#include "Wire.h"


RF24 radio (8, 9); // CE,CSN

//Create a pipe addresses for  communication
const uint64_t pipe = 0xE8E8F0F0E1LL;

struct package
{
  int X = 1;
  int Y = 1;
};

typedef struct package Package;
Package pos;

int buttonState;
int spinnerState = false ;
int motora_1 = 3;
int motora_2 = 4;
int motorb_1 = 5;
int motorb_2 = 6;
int spinner = 2;



void setup()
{
  Serial.begin(9600);
  radio.begin();                    //Start the nRF24 communicate
  radio.openReadingPipe(1, pipe);   //Sets the address of the transmitter to which the program will receive data.
  radio.startListening();
  pinMode(motora_1, OUTPUT);
  pinMode(motora_2, OUTPUT);
  pinMode(motorb_1, OUTPUT);
  pinMode(motorb_2, OUTPUT);
  pinMode(spinner, OUTPUT);
  digitalWrite(spinner, LOW);
  delay(100);
}

void loop()
{

  if (radio.available()) {
    radio.read(&pos, sizeof(pos));
    radio.read(&buttonState, sizeof(buttonState));
    Serial.print("X:");
    Serial.print(pos.X);
    Serial.print("      Y");
    Serial.print(pos.Y);
    Serial.print("      buttonState");
    Serial.println(buttonState);
  }

  int xAxis = pos.X;
  int yAxis = pos.Y;
  int forward = map(yAxis, 570, 1024, 0, 255);
  int backward = map(yAxis, 480, 0, 0, 255);
  int right = map(xAxis, 570, 1024, 0, 255);
  int left = map(xAxis, 480, 0, 0, 255);

  if (yAxis > 570) {          // Move Forward
    // Set Motor A forward
    analogWrite(motora_1, forward);
    analogWrite(motora_2, 0);
    // Set Motor B forward
    analogWrite(motorb_1, forward);
    analogWrite(motorb_2, 0);
  } else if (yAxis < 480) {                     //Move Backward
    // Set Motor A backward
    analogWrite(motora_1, 0);
    analogWrite(motora_2, backward);
    // Set Motor B backward
    analogWrite(motorb_1, 0);
    analogWrite(motorb_2, backward);
  } else if (xAxis > 570) {                     // Move Right
    // Set Motor A forward
    analogWrite(motora_1, right);
    analogWrite(motora_2, 0);
    // Set Motor B stop
    analogWrite(motorb_1, 0);
    analogWrite(motorb_2, 0);
  } else if (xAxis < 480) {                     // Move Left
    // Set Motor A stop
    analogWrite(motora_1, 0);
    analogWrite(motora_2, 0);
    // Set Motor B foward
    analogWrite(motorb_1, left);
    analogWrite(motorb_2, 0);
  } else  {     //stop
    // Set Motor A stop
    analogWrite(motora_1, 0);
    analogWrite(motora_2, 0);
    // Set Motor B stop
    analogWrite(motorb_1, 0);
    analogWrite(motorb_2, 0);
  }

  if (buttonState == 0 ) {
    spinnerState = ! spinnerState;
    delay(50);
  }

  if (spinnerState == true) {
    digitalWrite(spinner, HIGH);    //turn On spinner
    delay(100);
  } else {
    digitalWrite(spinner, LOW);      //turn Off spinner
    delay(100);
  }


}

Controller

Arduino
/* YOU HAVE TO INSTALL THE RF24 LIBRARY BEFORE UPLOADING THE CODE
   https://github.com/tmrh20/RF24/      
*/

#include <SPI.h>        //SPI library for communicate with the nRF24L01+
#include "RF24.h"       //The main library of the nRF24L01+

RF24 radio(7, 8);

//Create a pipe addresses for  communication
const uint64_t pipe = 0xE8E8F0F0E1LL;


struct package
{
  int X=1;
  int Y=1;
};

typedef struct package Package;
Package pos;


int xPin = A0;
int yPin = A1;

int buttonPin = 3;
int buttonState;

void setup() {
  Serial.begin(9600);
  radio.begin();                 //Start the nRF24 communicate
  radio.openWritingPipe(pipe);   //Sets the address of the receiver to which the program will send data.
  pinMode(buttonPin, INPUT_PULLUP); // Activate pull-up resistor on the push button pin
  
}

void loop() {

  pos.X = analogRead(xPin); // Read Joysticks X-axis
  pos.Y = analogRead(yPin); // Read Joysticks Y-axis
  buttonState = digitalRead(buttonPin);
  // X value
  Serial.print("X:");
  Serial.print(pos.X);
  Serial.print("    Y");
  Serial.print(pos.Y);
  Serial.print("    button");
  Serial.println(buttonState);
 
  radio.write(&pos, sizeof(pos)); // Send data  to the other NRF24L01 module
  radio.write(&buttonState, sizeof(buttonState));
  delay(300);
  
}

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