Laurence Daxes
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RC Car to BT Car Controlled with Blynk

Converting a common RC car to a Bluetooth car, using an Arduino 101 & controlling with a smartphone via Blynk app.

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RC Car to BT Car Controlled with Blynk

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Schematics

Arduino 101 BT RC Car

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Code

Hello101

Arduino
//#define BLYNK_USE_DIRECT_CONNECT

#define BLYNK_PRINT Serial

#include <BlynkSimpleCurieBLE.h>
#include <CurieBLE.h>

// You should get Auth Token in the Blynk App.
// Go to the Project Settings (nut icon).
char auth[] = "282...";

BLEPeripheral  blePeripheral;

void setup() {
  Serial.begin(9600);
  delay(1000);

  blePeripheral.setLocalName("Blynk");
  blePeripheral.setDeviceName("Blynk");
  blePeripheral.setAppearance(384);

  Blynk.begin(blePeripheral, auth);

  blePeripheral.begin();

  Serial.println("Waiting for connections...");
}

void loop() {
  Blynk.run();
  blePeripheral.poll();
}

Credits

Laurence Daxes

Laurence Daxes

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Systems Engineer Bachellor, I Love technology, and IoT World https://youtube.com/c/DaxesHacks

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