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📻🏎 Drive a radio controlled car with Node.js and HackRF
https://github.com/watson/monster-drift
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📻🏎 Drive a radio controlled car with Node.js and HackRF
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/watson/monster-drift
- Owner: watson
- License: mit
- Created: 2017-01-20T11:07:28.000Z (almost 8 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2017-10-29T11:22:34.000Z (about 7 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2024-05-12T06:40:39.452Z (6 months ago)
- Language: JavaScript
- Homepage:
- Size: 103 KB
- Stars: 111
- Watchers: 7
- Forks: 14
- Open Issues: 2
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- License: LICENSE
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README
# monster-drift
📻🏎 Drive a radio controlled car with Node.js and HackRF. This module
should work with most radio controlled cars operating on a frequency of
27MHz.
[](https://travis-ci.org/watson/monster-drift)
[](https://github.com/feross/standard)
[](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtUH5GbOzug)
## Contributions
Contributions are welcome! Add your own tricks and manoeuvres and make a Pull Request 🤕🙈✌️
## Installation
Use from the command line:
```
npm install monster-drift --global
```
Use programmatically:
```
npm install monster-drift --save
```
## CLI Usage
Simply run the `monster-drift` command to start. Use `--help` to get
help.
## Programmatic Usage
Drive forward for one seconds and stop:
```js
var drive = require('monster-drift')()
drive.forward()
setTimeout(function () {
drive.stop()
}, 1000)
```
## API
Some cars might not support all commands.
### `var drive = new MonsterDrift([options])`
This module exposes a `MonsterDrift` object that you can initiate to get
a `drive` object.
Options:
- `channel` - The channel to transmit on in [the 27 MHz
band](http://www.ukrcc.org/27mhz.html) (default: `19`)
- `freq` - The frequency in Hz to transmit on (overwrites `channel`)
- `speed` - The default forward speed. Must be between 1 and 3 (default:
`1`). Can be overwritten with `drive.forward(speed)` (experimental)
- `swaplr` - Boolean for inverting left and right (default: `false`)
- `stop` - Milliseconds in which to automatically stop the card if no
drive commands have been issued (default: never)
- `id` - The HackRF device id to use (default: `0`)
- `gain` - The HackRF TX gain (0-47 dB in 1 dB steps, default: `47`)
- `sampleRate` - The sample rate used when transmitting (default: `8e6`)
### `drive.forward([speed])`
Drive forward.
An optional `speed` can be given between 1 and 3. The default speed is
`1`. Note that not all cars support all speeds.
### `drive.reverse()`
Drive reverse.
### `drive.left()`
Turn wheels left.
### `drive.right()`
Turn wheels right.
### `drive.forwardRight()`
Drive forward while turning right.
### `drive.forwardLeft()`
Drive forward while turning left.
### `drive.reverseRight()`
Drive reverse while turning right.
### `drive.reverseLeft()`
Drive reverse while turning left.
### `drive.stop([callback])`
Stop the car and turn off transmitter. Calls optional `callback` when
done.
### `drive.close([callback])`
Stop the car, turn off transmitter and close the HackRF USB connection.
Calls optional `callback` when done.
### `drive.turn180([callback])`
Make a 180. Calls `callback` when done.
### `drive.batch(commands[, callback])`
Issue a series of driving commands to the car and call optional
`callback` when done.
The `commands` argument is an array of commands. Each command is a
double tuple with the following format: `[function, duration]`. The
`function` part is a drive function, e.g. `drive.forward`, and the
`duration` part is the number of milliseconds to perform the operation.
If the last tuple contains a `duration` then `drive.stop` will be called
automatically. Leave out `duratuon` to continue forever.
```js
// make a 180
drive.batch([
[drive.forward, 1000],
[drive.right, 125],
[drive.reverseLeft, 100],
[drive.reverse]
])
```
## License
MIT