(2019-04-18, 03:22 PM)seandepagnier Wrote: The IR remotes are unfortunately low quality. At least there are a lot of tv remotes, and you can program pypilot to work with most remotes.
I did play with 433mhz remotes a little, and I found that the cpu usage of the pi monitoring the io pin was very high of 20-30% and even then decoding isn't perfect. Despite filters, the automatic gain in the generic receivers makes it impossible to reduce cpu when there is no signal because the input is always changing.
I believe I've misunderstood the IR remote implementation with pypilot. It seems from the wiki and videos that the buttons may be intended for scrolling through menus and making selections. It wouldn't be useful without being within line of sight of the Nokia display one way or another and so IR is good for that.
I was hoping to press buttons to issue direct steering commands like +1 or +10.
The web app on a mobile phone is probably my best bet currently.
Smartphones are great, but rather fiddly. Unlock the screen, make sure you are on the Openplotter wifi, open the browser etc etc.
What about a bluetooth game controller? I see some mini versions available. I don't know how waterproof.
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