reelbot

DIY hacked together FPV remote-controlled car

Part list

• Raspberry Pi 3
• SD card
• Arduino Nano
• 4x continuous rotation hacked servos
• 2x H-Bridges
• ... list is not complete

Setup

• Write the latest rasbian os to the SD card (jessie)
• Connect it. Make sure your usb power supply have enough amps (~2.5A)
• Expand the file system. Menu -> Preferences -> Raspberry Pi Configuration. Click Expand Filesystem button. Ok and then save.
• Select keyboard and language settings. Menu -> Preferences -> Mouse and Keyboard settings. Select keyboard tab and then Keyboard layout. Make your choice.
• Change password for the pi user (run the passwd command in the console)
• Connect to a wifi
• Upgrade stuff. Run sudo apt-get update and sudo apt-get upgrade. Press Y if needed
• Install stuff: sudo apt-get install vim screen picocom libftdi1 fail2ban apache2 php5 libapache2-mod-php5
• Run ifconfig and note the mac address (HWaddr) as it can be nice to have for later to find the pi on a network. Example on how to find the ip of your pi (change the ip and mac): sudo nmap -sP 192.168.1.0/24 | awk '/^Nmap/{ip=$NF}/00:0F:54:10:AA:AA/{print ip}'
• Run pip install -U platformio
• Get the code git clone git@github.com:hackheim/reelbot.git
• Install serial startup script by running sudo systemctl enable /home/pi/reelbot/reelbot.service. To start and stop, run sudo systemctl start|stop reelbot.service. To connect screen, use screen -r reelbot.
• Connect arduino, enter reelbot folder, and run platformio run --target upload. Enter Y if asked about platform install
• Allow apache to access usb devices sudo usermod -a -G dialout www-data
• Replace weserver config sudo sh -c 'cat apache.conf > /etc/apache2/sites-available/000-default.conf'and restart server sudo service apache2 restart