Homebrew [Project] Controlling robots with the 3DS browser.

[WhoAmI?]

Last year, I made a robot with a Raspberry Pi but I originally used my laptop to control it - which wasn't exactly ideal. I then decided to use my 3DS as a controller instead, as I didn't really use it much anyway.

After spending several months learning web design, Javascript and PHP (which is pretty easy to learn), I had finally made something that worked - a simple 3DS friendly UI to control robots!

This is similar to the homebrew posted here except that this is written purely in HTML, CSS and Javascript - no modding or hacks involved. So yeah - the 3DS browser is good for something, I guess .

Here is a video (sorry that the brightness is a bit sucky, I was using a Nexus 7... The camera is crappy in low light):



The web page also downloads JSON data in the background, then parses it and writes it to <DIV>'s, showing system info.

Other features:

• Exploit Launcher (to run GW, homebrew etc)
• RC Car Controller (it has predefined radio schematics, allowing you to control RC toys - the signal is broadcast by the RPi. You could be malicious with this if you wanted to )
• FM Radio Broadcaster (Allows you to stream music to a local FM radio)
• Simple Command Line Entry
• Shutdown and Reboot Buttons

Would be nice if I could port these features to an actual homebrew app, though I don't know how to develop HB as I haven't really taken the time to learn how to do so. Would be rad if someone developed a template that I could learn from!
If you wanna help me in doing so, this is all the template needs so I can get "basic" functionality:

• Send/Recieve HTTP Requests
• Parse JSON
• Detect key presses
• Send UDP/TCP packets (this is for the Pi-RC server)

Thanks for reading!

 

[DarkFlare69]

Interesting. Good job, maybe we can use this as a TV remote or something.

 

[WhoAmI?]

Interesting. Good job, maybe we can use this as a TV remote or something.

Perhaps a controller for XBMC, seeing as it has a web interface. Could probably develop one that would interface with the 3DS's buttons through JavaScript.

 

[Deleted member 313057]

Is your robot K9 from Doctor Who?

 

[WhoAmI?]

Is your robot K9 from Doctor Who?

Yeah. It used to be just a toy but I lost the controller so I decided it would be perfect as a robot project, seeing as the case was still usable.