Surprisingly even considering Squeak is a faster bot in general, but that does make it easier to over steer

Ooh interesting I didnt know that some racing games use ramping like that If I ever use this system to fight my own bots I'll look into this For what I have in mind for these sticks, intuitive and very controllable is the goal, so I might look at a little bit of ramping but I'll aim for them to be much slower, like turns from 25% to 45% over a longer time say a second

@@TeamPanicRobotics the fast ramp works with a non-instant decay in racing games, so you can 'hold' a set amount by tapping the button at the correct rate, basically manual pwm signalling. Faster taps generally equal higher percentage, but you can vary it by changing timing of press and release. Original Gran turismo was a good example as well, there were no analogue sticks at PS1 launch, but it was billed as the ultimate racing simulator (or words to that effect).

I did make a video on how melty brains work, nearly 7 years ago: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/nK6Kh9Be1q3Hiqc.html I cant remember how good the video is, but it covers the basics I am meaning to remake that video at some point The problem with meltybrains is that they need fast electronics which means a lot of cost and outside the accelerometer everyone I know of is using different components. This is why no tutorials exist, every melty that has been built is expensive and fully custom, so a tutorial on it would only ever get you an exact copy Also a 150g melty is hard, the fast electronics are not only expensive, they are big and heavy. The easiest way to do a 150g melty is to smd a custom pcb with all the components on it, which is something I want to try, once I've got my beelte weight melty working better

I know 2 joystick tank steer works for some people, but I personally find it very difficult to drive. Its fine in straight lines, but when I've used it in the past I'll always get part way into driving and forget that turning left means left reverse, right forwards and end up turning the wrong way Especially as someone who grew up playing lots of video games, single stick control just works for me and I never have to stop and think about the exact commands I want to send the bot

@@TeamPanicRobotics ah gotcha, i find single stick basically impossible, i control cars with 2 joysticks, control most of my creations

I'm super happy with how it handles, with a few small bug fixes I think it will be ready to use

great catch, it is laggy but that was on purpose As that test was the first time I'd used Esp32's to talk to each other I didnt want them spamming signals and messing something up, so I added artificial delay to both the transmitter and receiver Between that test and the driving test I removed the delays and then had to add a bunch of debounce code and other bits to stop the transmitter from spamming data, while still sending data in a timely manner. I'm pretty happy with how responsive the bot ended up

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I'm using esp32s in this project The transmitter uses a standard esp32 the receiver uses an esp32-c3 Yes you could build a custom transmitter using a cheap joystick module and an esp32 I'll probably build something like that later in the year

@@TeamPanicRobotics Wonderful, I'll be waiting, I'll follow your projects! Congratulations one more time!

This was a prototype and still needs some work I might release the final version when its done

My bad saw from the other few videos that it looks like a 5v reg and a mx1616 motor driver ic or equivalent.

I should have added this info to the video, specifically I'm using: 5v reg - ams1117 H bridge - mx1508 motor driver note that these two components do not make an esc on their own, they need the esp32