wraggster
July 16th, 2012, 20:21
http://hackadaycom.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/tx.pngAfter [Pyrofer] built a quadcopter, he purchased a cheap 6-channel transmitter made in China. Unfortunately, that transmitter was terrible so he took an old PS2 controller and built his own (http://www.pyrofersprojects.com/blog/ps2pad-tx/).
For his build, [Pyrofer] broke out the analog sticks and wired them to an AVR housed in the handle of the controller. The AVR sent commands to a 2.4 GHz radio transmitter powered by a small LiPo battery. With the addition of a few tact switches behind the shoulder buttons of the controller, [Pyrofer] has four axes of control with a few buttons for changing modes on his quadcopter.
This build really doesn’t hold a candle to some of the awesome DIY RC transmitters (http://hackaday.com/2012/07/11/remote-control-with-an-xbee-and-a-propeller/) we’ve seen, but we’ve got to give [Pyrofer] credit for coming up with a very simple and easy build. Just about everyone has a PS2 or XBox controller lying around, and with a few extra hardware bits it’s easy to bodge up a decent remote control.
[Pyrofer] used a project called Funkenschlag (https://github.com/wertarbyte/funkenschlag/) to generate PPM signals, so if you feel the need to replicate this project send it in (http://hackaday.com/contact-hack-a-day/) when you’re done.
http://hackaday.com/2012/07/16/need-a-quadcopter-transmitter-use-a-ps2-controller/
For his build, [Pyrofer] broke out the analog sticks and wired them to an AVR housed in the handle of the controller. The AVR sent commands to a 2.4 GHz radio transmitter powered by a small LiPo battery. With the addition of a few tact switches behind the shoulder buttons of the controller, [Pyrofer] has four axes of control with a few buttons for changing modes on his quadcopter.
This build really doesn’t hold a candle to some of the awesome DIY RC transmitters (http://hackaday.com/2012/07/11/remote-control-with-an-xbee-and-a-propeller/) we’ve seen, but we’ve got to give [Pyrofer] credit for coming up with a very simple and easy build. Just about everyone has a PS2 or XBox controller lying around, and with a few extra hardware bits it’s easy to bodge up a decent remote control.
[Pyrofer] used a project called Funkenschlag (https://github.com/wertarbyte/funkenschlag/) to generate PPM signals, so if you feel the need to replicate this project send it in (http://hackaday.com/contact-hack-a-day/) when you’re done.
http://hackaday.com/2012/07/16/need-a-quadcopter-transmitter-use-a-ps2-controller/