Raspberry pi powered Airplane

Control the airplane throttle and steering servos over the internet.

Software Dependencies

This code uses the following libraries:

streamlit: for building the user interface.
numpy: for creating arrays.
matplotlib: for plotting the stepper motor visualization
hidapi: for accessing usb connections on the host device

Hardware Dependencies

A base station computer
A second computer for the robot
A PWM capable arduino + cable + servo motors and BLDC Motor controller
A PS5 remote + cable

Usage

clone this repository

git clone ...

The base station and robot computers must be on the same network. Set up each device with a static IP
Change the robot IP in 'app.py' and 'car.py' you can also change the port which is '12345'
Change the PS5 remote vendorID and productID in 'app.py'
Plug the arduino into the robot
Run the arduino sketch.ino file on your arduino
Run the car.py file on your robot

python car.py

plug the PS5 remote into the base station
run the streamlit app with the following command in your base station terminal

streamlit run app.py

This will start the local Streamlit server, and you can access the interface by opening a web browser and navigating to http://localhost:8501.

Repository Structure

repository/
├── app.py # The base station UI to send the Internet commands to the robot
├── customize_gui # class for adding gui elements
├── dualsense.py # The class used to decode received bytes from the wired controller
├── ethernet.py # a helper class for sending Internet IP communciation
├── car.py # Recieves the internet commands and relays them to the arduino
├── sketch.ino # the arduino code to control the motors
├── requirements.txt # the python packages needed to run locally
├── .gitignore # includes the local virtual environment named my_env
└── docs/
    └── preview.png # preview photo for Github

Topics

Python | Low Code UI | Mobile robot | Internet IP 
HIDapi | decode bytes | PS5 | Sony | Dualsense | external device | communication 
Mechanical and Robotics engineer

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