Viam Pico Car

todo: create better tutorial & code

Requirements

Sunfounder pico car (see reference below)

Installation

Setup Pico

  1. flash with micro-python
  2. add sunfounder libraries according to documentation
  3. add ws_socket.py & main.py to pico
  4. start process & get ip

Custom Remotes

  1. create virtual environment
  2. copy remotes.py & remotes.sh to viam directory
  3. update remotes.sh with paths
  4. update remotes.py with IP address of pico car
  5. configure viam to use remote and manage process
  6. start viam

References

Documents

  1. Pico Car
  2. schmatic
  3. micropython
  4. Getting Started with Raspberry Pi Pico C/C++
  5. Getting Started with MicroPythong on Pi Pico

Code Repositories

  1. Sun Founder Pico 4wd Car: contains various code for the pico car
  2. esp8266 uart wsserver
  3. wyze