MiniQ2WD_IrRemoteControl

This is a program for the MiniQ 2WD robot, it is used to control the robot with the infrared remote control that comes in the kit. But the control that is achieved with this program is much more complete than the example robot program. Some of the additional features are:

• The turns of the robot are more controllable.
• Turns can also be done when the robot is moving forward, backward, or stopped.
• The speed of the robot can be increased and decreased.

The robot

The MiniQ 2WD robot is based on an Arduino Leonardo. It is manufactured by DfRobot https://www.dfrobot.com and its product page is https://www.dfrobot.com/product-555.html. According to the manufacturer:

This upgraded version of MiniQ 2WD Kit comes with new Arduino Leonardo controller but also integrates useful modules such as buzzer, RGB LED, photosensitive diode, infrared LED receiver and compass.

Features

Also according to the manufacturer's features they are:

• ​Micro USB for download the code(bootloader: Leonardo)
• A compass inside
• WS2812 RGB LED for controlling the color by only one pin
• Soft buttons for giving you more comfortable feeling
• Two Infrared transmitters and 1 infrared receiver for obstacle detection and avoidance. Also includes an IR remote control to easily control its features remotely
• I2C port(Gadgeteer) for communicate with other devices

Install IRremote library

This program uses the IRremote library whose original page is https://z3t0.github.io/Arduino-IRremote/. But MiniQ2WD_IrRemoteControl uses the version found on the product page https://www.dfrobot.com/product-555.html in the title Documents in the link IR Remote control sample code.

To install the library, follow these steps:

Install in Debian Stretch (9)

In shell:

su -
wget https://github.com/Arduinolibrary/DFRobot_MiniQ_2WD_V2.0_ROB0081/raw/master/IR_Remote_Control.rar
unrar-free IR_Remote_Control.rar
cd IR_Remote_Control/library/
cp -r IRremote /usr/share/arduino/libraries

In Arduino IDE 2.1.0.5 (version in Debian Stretch): arduino Sketch -> Import library -> Add library. Select the library in /usr/share/arduino/libraries

Miniq is an Arduino

The MiniQ 2WD robot is a Leonardo Arduino. Therefore you have to configure it as such in the Arduino IDE. To do this select Tools -> Board -> Arduino Leonardo.

License

Copyright (C) 2020 Luis Alejandro Bernal Romero (Aztlek)

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program. If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.