Hook up a Vexplorer to your PC

Robotics
Hook up a Vexplorer to your PC
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We’ve covered the Vexplorer before here at Make, so now’s a good time to show you how to hack it’s controller so that you can control it from your PC. This project details some simple soldering onto the toy’s remote control and some custom built circuit boards and PCB design. Check out the link for more details on this rather complicated hack.

Programming VEXplorer for Computer control

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