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24 alternatives to I built a Raspberry Pi/Android driven toy car
I am not sure if this is fits the HN community, but I am posting it here if people are interested. This is the current iteration of the car: http://i.imgur.com/ko8YBh.jpg Details: I wrote a simple android app that streams the accelerometer data from the phone to the pi over a simple socket. The pi then uses this data to drive the DC motor and the servo motor. Tilting the phone to control the car feels very natural. In this[0] pic you can see the wifi dongle I've used. I am using Adafruit Occidental v0.2[1] as my OS because it has support for my wifi dongle. It also makes some hardware…
This is a remote-controlled toy car powered by a Raspberry Pi and controlled via an Android smartphone. The builder created an app that streams accelerometer data from the phone to the Pi over WiFi, allowing the device… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. I built a Raspberry Pi/Android driven toy car launched in 2012; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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A deep neural network based self-driving car, that combines Lego Mindstorms NXT with the computational power of a Raspberry Pi 3. - felipessalvatore/self_driving_pi_car
2018 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Found that you can actually run a 35B Qwen model on a Pi with very impressive intelligence and stability. Built connectors for car ODB to read all about car internals, and manufacturer's cloud service for stuff like changing AC or opening/ locking doors. Gave it info such as the full car manual. And then hooked it up with my other agents in our discussion room! So now it can answer car questions such as "when should I add oil and what kind of oil?" and help you fully offline, and when online talk with the agent family that includes all the most powerful models so they know how the car…
Aug 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Using only a Raspberry Pi and an $11 video capture dongle, you can create your own KVM over IP device, allowing you to send keyboard input to a remote computer and capture its display.
2020 · mtlynch.io · its alternatives →
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A few months ago, I was inspired by this post on Reddit, titled: Food items should have QR codes that instruct the microwave exactly what to do. Like high for 2 minutes, let stand 1 minute, medium 1 minutes.. I thought this was a pretty cool idea, and that it
2013 · madebynathan.com · its alternatives →
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Autonomous RC car using Raspberry Pi and ANN. Contribute to multunus/autonomous-rc-car development by creating an account on GitHub.
2016 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Building a Bus Clock for my House using a Raspberry PI and Python. I won't miss the bus ever again!
2022 · purplehoisin.com · its alternatives →
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Raspberry Pi 3▲4383nd generation with faster processor, wireless and Bluetooth
2016 · raspberrypi.com · its alternatives →
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Wanted to share a project I've been working on. Basically lets you drive an RC car remotely over the internet with live FPV video. I'm arranging outdoor time attack tournaments with friends, somewhere in woods or in the open field. The setup: - Raspberry Pi Zero 2W mounted on the car with a wide-angle camera - ESP32 on the transmitter generating joystick voltages (needed because ARRMA's 2-in-1 ESC/receiver has no accessible inputs) - Cloudflare for the networking magic (TURN, Tunnel, Workers) - Browser-based controls - works on phone or desktop What it does: - ~100-200ms control latency…
Jan 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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I have been taking Andrew Ng's Machine Learning course. The lecture module on Neural Networks ends with an intriguing video of the ALVINN autonomous car driving itself along normal roads at CMU in the mid 90s. I was inspired by that video to see what I could build myself. A link to my incomplete write up was posted a couple of weeks ago (ouch!) but I finally finished it and open sourced the code tonight (so you can build your own self driving car). What do you think? http://blog.davidsingleton.org/nnrccar https://github.com/dps/nnrccar
2012 · blog.davidsingleton.org · its alternatives →
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ESP32 RC Cars▲335This is a projected I started that blends both the fun of playing a split screen multiplayer driving game and controlling real rc cars. The cars can also be controlled via bluetooth gamepads and is meant to be easily hackable.
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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2013 · sidg.tl · its alternatives →
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My Devices▲171Drag and drop IoT project builder for Raspberry Pi
2016 · 172.235.245.66 · its alternatives →
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A very early version of Google's prototype vehicle
2014 · blog.google · its alternatives →
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Smaller, better, and cheaper: $20
2014 · raspberrypi.org · its alternatives →
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Nexar▲334Turn your iPhone/Android into a community-based AI dashcam
2016 · getnexar.com · its alternatives →
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2017 · kelu124.gitbooks.io · its alternatives →
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Crankshaft▲71Transform your Raspberry Pi into an Android Auto headunit.
2018 · getcrankshaft.com · its alternatives →
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Mr. Driving▲60Drive sports cars around the city with real physics
2016 · play.google.com · its alternatives →
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Smart Doppler radar powered by your phone
Feb 2026 · pi-speedlab.us · its alternatives →
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