Tinysine Motorair - as the heart of a Robot Car
Control a robot car is not so difficult by a smartphone via wifi or Bluetooth now, which there is an arduino control board+Wifi/Bluetooth module installed on the car plateform and communicate with the smartphone via Wifi/Bluetooth. But it look seems a little bit complicate because Arduino control board is not so small, and have to install them in the limited space.
Tinysine motorair board now make it more easier and simple, only a small motorair board plus Wifi/Bluetooth bee adapter, that's all we need!What you need to do is install the wheels and motors and he control parts， stick it （the motorair board and the Wifi/Bluetooth bee） on the bottom inside. Then connect the wires. Just take about 20miniutes you can get a stable 4WD car plateform, which can be controlled by the smartphone via Bluetooth/Wifi, the Android app is available now and IOS app is on processing. The download link can be found in end of the product description. You will find the software window is very friendly and intuitional.
The maximum speed the car can reach is decided by the style of the motor. And the various motors means they have various input voltage, normally from 5-24V.Theoretically，the motorair board can be installed on other kinds of robot car plateform, you can make one belong to yourself and share the experience with us!
As the heart of the Robot Car, Motorair has a wireless extension port,which can plug in XBEE or Bluetooth Bee or WiFiBee module, that mean you can control DC motors via Bluetooth or WiFi from Android Phone!
The MotorAir board can be powered by USB bus or DC power and provides two motor driver ports can drive up to 2 amps per channel. You can control two DC 5-24V motors forward or backward. You can control the motor speed. Very simple and easy to use.
PS: USB port can output 5V/500mA maximum current. If you drive a big motor or your motor working voltage >5V. Please use external DC power supply.