Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Help please how do i increase radio control range and add channels to cheap toy?

For a university project I have to analysis and redesign a radio control toy animal.



It has a range of about 5 metres, weak motors and research has shows people would want better power and range.

Currently it runs on capacitors charged from the remote control which only last about 3 minutes



Also can turn its tail (channel 3)



At the moment it has 3 channels... 2 of which give tank like control.



Both forward - forward

Both Back - Back



One back one forward - turn or spin.



It also has a 3rd motor which turns its tail.



I have only started electronics and knowledge is very very basic.





How would I go about increasing the radio range so it can go further. (i think it had a Crystal oscillator in the circuitry.)



About 5 metres is very small 30 meters would be ok so not talking full on plane controls as need to be cheap.



And what would be involved in adding another channel switch on or off for say a squeak sound or light up eyes



Change from capacitors to batteries and what would be involved in bigger motors.Help please how do i increase radio control range and add channels to cheap toy?
It depends how it makes the channels.



If it uses a microcontroller, you might have to get another, and program it to have more channels; same for the receiver.



If it uses tones, or serial logic, it might be as easy as adding another tone channel or data channel in logic.





To get more distance, you might be able to extend the antennas, slightly increast trannmitter power, or switch the radio system to one thst works at a greater distance.Help please how do i increase radio control range and add channels to cheap toy?
%26gt; For a university project I have to analysis and redesign a radio control toy animal.





so when we answer this, are you going to share your qualification with us ?



I think the idea is that 'you' do the research, not us..

even if it is only using Google and not the library !



Honestly, our asnswering your question and doing 'your' homework is not going to help you in the long run.

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