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RyanZotti / Self-Driving-Car

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Open amiltonwong opened 7 years ago

amiltonwong commented 7 years ago

Hi, Ryan,

Could you reply the item list for the self driving toy car , it'll be more helpful if the direct purchase links for the items are included.

sprajosh commented 7 years ago

I hope this helps

RyanZotti commented 7 years ago

@amiltonwong I purchased about half of the items online, but the other half I bought at a local electronics store (Microcenter, in my case). Some of the items I bought online were extremely cheap but had to be shipped from overseas, and shipping time was 3-4 weeks in some cases. What I learned is that I'm far too impatient to wait multiple weeks to begin tinkering, so I recommend buying everything from your local electronics store and then you can get started the same day. Most of the items are Raspberry Pi peripherals, so find a place that sells the Pi and you can probably find the rest.

So short answer is I haven't posted links because the online retailers I used simply took too long and I discourage going that route.

GoldenWings commented 7 years ago

Hi, Would you mind telling me the name of ultrasound items to go and search for, because i see ultrasounds probes that are 1000$+ so i am pretty sure i am looking for something else :) And what kind of Soldering Equipment?, pictures or names would help alot. Thanks in advance.

GoldenWings commented 7 years ago

And how many ultrasound probes would i need?

0ca commented 7 years ago

I saw some people using these ultrasonic sensors: https://www.sparkfun.com/products/13959 ($3.95)

RyanZotti commented 7 years ago

@0ca Yes, HC-SR04 is what I used. You can buy them from lots of places and they're usually pretty cheap (less than or about $5).

@GoldenWings I only use one, but that's just because the car I use is very small and can't fit more (the wiring takes up a lot of space). On bigger cars I've seen people use as many as 5. If you put some in the back you can teach the car how to parallel park. I saw this somewhere on YouTube, but I don't have the link available.