Control your R/C vehicle from your iPhone
It’s 1:47…
It’s 1:47 in the morning, my eyes hurt and I’ve voluntarily been at it all day messing around with this WiShield… I can tell you that it’s finally paid off! I’ve managed to get the WiShield to give an XML response based on a URL passed to it… Basically creating a REST webservice on the WiShield/Arduino which will control the servo’s on the car over Wi-Fi from… you guessed it ANY application that can open a URL! I’ll post how I did it in the cook book in the morning when I’m awake!
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