Tiny Tank

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Tiny Tank is a small, treaded vehicle designed with ease of printing and extendability in mind. You can easily design your own components to fit on the tank. A mounting bracket for a wireless receiver, like the IDT P9038-R-EVK, is also provided. Additionally, a housing for the sender is included, allowing the tank to drive on it and charge itself. The vehicle's parts are fitted together using M3 bolts that press-fit into the openings. The treads are connected with iron wire; any type will do to make this work. A Particle Photon microcontroller controls the vehicle, but you can swap it for your own controller. Two 9g Fitec continuous rotation servo's power the tank, a cheap and easy item to purchase. To build the Tiny Tank, you need: two Side Beams, one LED Beam, one Servo Beam, four Wheels, two Static Axle Parts 1, 2 & 3, thirty-two Tread Elements, eighteen M3 bolts (10mm), two M3 bolts (16mm), and iron wire. The IDT mounting parts for adding the IDT Wireless power are also required. In addition to these components, a Particle Photon ($25, available at https://store.particle.io/), three LEDs, and a USB power bank were used in the build. To control the tank, code is run on the Particle in combination with a console application written in .Net. The Photon connects to the .Net application using a socket, sending small commands to control the servo's and LEDs. This requires a direct socket connection, so connecting to another network segment may require additional configuration. The controls in the .Net application support an XBOX 360 controller, allowing for easy control of the vehicle. Print Settings: Rafts - No; Supports - Yes