Design and Construction of PIC-Based IR Remote Control Moving Robot

This document describes an electronic speed control designed to drive two DC motors from a 6 V battery pack to be controlled by a commercial universal infrared remote control hand set. Conceived for a tank-like vehicle, one motor drives the left side wheels or tracks and the other motor drives the right side. As it is shown here, there is a left-right steering input and a forward– backward throttles input, like would be used on a model car. It is designed using a microcontroller PIC16F873A.

• Sanda Win
• Tin Shein
• Khin Maung Latt

• Assembly Language
• Direction Control
• SpeedControl
• PIC 16F 873A

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