My son and I are attempting to make an RC project for summer. The idea is to make a micro/table tank using electronics and our 3D printers. The problems we are having is finding a non arduino type receiver and transmitter combo. We would rather it be a dedicated build and not use something as beefy and power consuming as an arduino for simply moving two dc motors.

We happened to have a micro rc car that we could reverse engineer however once I broke it down, I can’t find any information on the RF2521 ic which I assume is running the show here. Same chip is on the remote.

Are these chips married to each other? So just designing this type of setup wouldn’t automatically work?

Can anyone recommend any tutorials or builds that might walk us through making our own remote control setup? (Really just the electrical design portion) The more component oriented the better as we want to really dive into how each part contributes to it all coming together as opposed to pre-built rx tx combos.

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