Hack: RC Car meets Function Generator

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00:00 Introduction 00:21 Hacking an RC Car remote control 01:15 Spoofing the potentiometer control values 02:13 Checking steering control 02:58 Using voltage limits on a waveform function generator 03:26 Checking steering and throttle control 04:13 Recording signals with an oscilloscope and replaying them with a function generator 05:46 A function generator controlling an RC Car!

Controlling a remote control car with a function generator sounds like it should be easy, but it was a tricky electronics hack!

Because it's a 2.4 GHz remote control system, a 20 MHz function generator like the EDU33212A we used couldn't directly control the RC c ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJwySQ7EGFs