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21430.jpg?width=300If you're like me, you've been asked plenty of times if your RC unit can be controlled by an iPhone.  Now you may be able to answer yes!


Hobbyking IOS & Android 4CH WiFi Receiver


Four channel, talks over wifi, app works by pseudo-stick or tilt control, mysterious reference to "video function", failsafe... seems pretty nifty!

It looks like the unit joins a hard-coded network name, and the password is printed on the receiver.
Reference manual here. The Internet believes this to be the app.


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  • Developer

    have found a thread about hacking the device with a proof of concept python script if anyone is interested.

    http://robowars.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1773

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uty0RiBfU9Y

    and a python script to drive the receiver with a joystick connected to your computer

    http://bizonline-easily.blogspot.de/2012/12/controlling-motor-using...

    have fun!

    RoboWars Australia :: View topic - Wireless Module Hacking
  • So the receiver creates a stand alone wifi network that you connect your device to? What would be really cool is if you could connect your receiver to an existing network and use it as a bridge to control your machine. It would be useful in a place like a university which is blanketed by wifi.

  • Has anybody found the app on android?

  • And now that I look, nope, probably not a clone, but very interesting.

  • I wonder if it is a clone of http://www.wirc.dension.com/ that I saw a while back.

  • Was wondering if someone had a closer look at it ;) rf range could definitely be given some "remedy" ;)
  • I would not trust a touch screen controller on a plane  or a quad but the hardware looks interesting. They're also seems to be 6 channels but the app only supports 4. 

  • Looks good, Would be cool to have live video feed as the background for the app.

  • 3D Robotics

    Very interesting. But it says the range is just 100-120m, so you won't be using it for much outdoors.

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