Design aspects of an embedded remote controlled vehicle based on Intel Galileo Platform

Abstract

The paper presents the main aspects of the design of a Wi-Fi remote controlled car. A classical RC (Radio Controlled) car architecture is replaced by one based on the Intel Galileo Platform (Arduino compatible) and the car may be controlled by a mobile device. In order to allow the Wi-Fi connection between the tablet and the car a PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect) extension card is connected to the Galileo board - the core control of the car. An Android application runs on the tablet and allows the control of the car in terms of: speed, direction, light and temperature. These first results, employing low-cost available hardware and open-source software, encourage us to complete the developed architecture with new facilities.