Film makers use explosive and gasoline to do the same you did with a
PIC. They use the remote just to detonate, at least fast results I
think... :)
Instead to drive the car horizontally (as you did), their remote drives
the car vertically... :)

Tony Nixon wrote:
>
> Alice Campbell wrote:
> >
> > congratulations, i think, on smashing your new pic project to
> > smithereens.  However, if i had known you were going to just going
> > to smash it into a wall, i would have sent over my ex-husband, and
> > saved everyone the price of an innocent pic.
> > alice
>
> |-))
>
> I just turned the system back on and all is well. It seems the PIC's are
> rugged little chaps after all.
>
> There's a bit of battery acid splashed here and there, so I would
> envisage a total rebuild just in case. The crystal is now sporting a
> nice head of fuzzy stuff and could do with a trim.
>
> Considering these boards were all prototypes, hand made and have heaps
> of mods patched all over the back of them, they didn't do too bad.
>
> I'm pretty sure I can simplify the design and use a single board with
> one 16F877 in control, but my guess is, now that the LEDs lit up, they
> will want to use it again ;-)
>
> --
> Best regards
>
> Tony
>
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