User Manual

Getting on the Road!

Make sure all the procedures have been finished, and check there is no problem about the

mechanical assembly and software installation. Then you can start the car now. Install two

batteries, and turn on the power switch.

Tips: If you keep the Raspberry Pi power on from the beginning, now you do not need to turn

it off. DO NOT unplug the Micro USB cable until you've installed the batteries and switched it

on. So you do not need to turn it on or off again. If later the batteries run out, or half does,

and you want to do the debugging, you can also just plug in the USB cable for power without

shutting down. The Robot HATS integrates a backflow prevention diode to protect it from

being damaged by the USB power, so does the Raspberry Pi. So take it easy for using the two

power sources at the same time!

Here is what we're going to do:

Use the Raspberry Pi as the server. Run a web server with an API for controlling the car and

transmitting images captured by the camera.

Then take a PC, cell phone, or tablet as the client, and acquire the images from the camera

and control the car by calling the API of the web server.

1. Run the Server(Operation on Raspberry Pi)

Remotely log into the Raspberry Pi. You can find a startup script start under the

remote_control directory. Run the script to start the web service.

cd ~/SunFounder_PiCar-V/remote_control

sudo ./start

The script will enable the service and the corresponding data will appear. The hardware is

initialized at the same time, so the servos connected to the front wheels and the pan-and-

tilt will turn, indicating the hardware initialization is done.

pi@raspberrypi:~ $ cd ~/SunFounder_PiCar-V/remote_control/

pi@raspberrypi:~/SunFounder_PiCar-V/remote_control $ sudo ./start

Server running

Performing system checks...

DEBUG "front_wheels.py": Set debug off

DEBUG "front_wheels.py": Set wheel debug off

DEBUG "Servo.py": Set debug off

DEBUG "back_wheels.py": Set debug off

DEBUG "TB6612.py": Set debug off

DEBUG "PCA9685.py": Set debug off

DEBUG "camera.py": Set debug off