Mon Apr 01, 2013 10:16 am

Here's the video of it working:The Pi is powered by an USB battery pack, the MSP430 is mounted on the breadboard, powered by the 3v3 GPIO from the Pi, commands are sent to MSP430 using UART. This all means there's very little wiring.The Pi is setup as a wireless access point so devices can very easily connect to it, it runs a server listening to commands. I originally was going to make it run in WiFi ad-hoc mode, but access point is easier to connect.There's no Arduino because Ti MSP430 is way cheaper and takes up very little space. A huge advantage is it can be detached from the development board.Currently it's controlled by laptop, but it wouldn't be difficult to make an Android app for it.The Tamiya TT-01 is way too fast for what I need to do, it gets to 60km/h, and 80km/h with LiPo battery. However, since I bought second hand choices are limited. This car is way more robust than anything home made, it can take a beating, and spare parts will always be available.