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Shift RC aims to be a small, light, cheap, and simple RC controller for simulating the first RC devices electrically and/or making rc devices without feeling like the entire device runs on some kind of hidden dark magic(overly complex or closed protocol), also without needing a microprocessor.
the protocol to controll a ShiftRC device is simple, all boards work the same, they work just like a state mashine and whenever it receives a pulse it shifts to the next state, this is very similar to how the worlds first RC boat by Nikola Tesla worked. but rather than using a physical roller to switch and stay in states this system uses a small simple chip.
since it needs to remain simple for people at home of school to reproduce the test/demo versions use IR light radiowaves to communicate(normal IR leds and receiver leds) rather than using the low frequency high voltage radio signals the original used. also because that type of radio would now be illegal in most countries, IR led light isn't illegal in any country I know of and is such a standard and low range communication method that it isn't likely to become illegal unless the world really changes a lot.
the project is aimed to be so simple that highschool students can do it without needing real guidance.
and that primary school students can also do it with a instructor.
it is also meant to remain usable as well for hobbyist and college students after high school. not all versions will be simple but some will be simple, however to try to stay inclusive towards different types of chips there might be some more complex designs.

this project started with a shift register but to make it quite reliable and usable with one state on at a time it needed a lot of extra hardware for standalone use without a microprocessor, such as capacitors, schist trigger hex inverters, diodes resistors and transistors(don't remember it exactly but the version with that one capable of working as desired required that many extra parts that it became much to big and complex and fault sensitive for the use case so I didn't even write out that design since at that point you could much better build a real mechanical one.
since this project started with a wooden single use spoon which I wanted to recycle-turn into a rc boat that device was much to big.

the CURRENT version WHICH ISN'T POSTED YET, only uses one simple cheap common chip, and requires almost no space other than that chip and whatever you connect to it and the receiver and power source. this one is insanely simple and effective and in theory even support proportional driving of things up to a certain extend, the main limit would be the IR receiver so for proportional controlling(since I tried and tested it) it is heavily recommended to use something other than IR since with IR it just becomes unstable if you put the frequency to high due to the capacitance in the transistor base causing small delays(or add some special circuitry for fast discharge. but also since there is a lot of IR outside it is best to make it just use direct digital controll if you use it outside since this system has no error correction other than you and ambient light might trigger a IR sensor. with other more noise free and faster communication methods it is however possible to do proportional controlls with this super simple version.
will probably update soon to include this new version

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