Computer controlled RC helicopter

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Hi Anybody know how to interface a transmitter of RC helicopter with the parallel port?The transmitter has joysticks. We have to control it with our GUI in visual basic. Is it possible to control digitally the potentiometer?

Posted 22-Dec-09 17:23pm

analiza llamedo

Updated 22-Dec-09 18:17pm

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Christian Graus · Accepted Answer · 2009-12-22T17:26:00

Well, you tagged your post HTML and then asked about VB, so that leaves us with no idea what you're really doing. The core issue is probably working out how your helicopter accepts or sends data, and how you can interface with that. You can use an inpout.dll to control the pins of the parallel port, I believe .NET only has support for serial ports, directly.

If you have a pot, then no, there's no way to control it electronically, unless you create a robot to move it. You'd need to replace it with a circuit that provided a varied resistance based on a circuit.