For the remote car fans, it’s nothing better to play with your remote cars in a wide open space during the weekend, isn’t it? Well, if you’re a creative person, then you might want to take a look on how to remote control a toy car with programmable chip.

If you’ve involved with many electronic projects before, this remote car with programmable chip is absolutely a piece of cake for you.

First of all, connect a remote controlled car to a 16F84 programmable chip and control the car using C code. Please remember that you can close and open any kind of switch, which is under 15 volts.

Frankly, the 16F84A is definitely an obsolete chip, where it’s very limited. However, the best part about the 16F84A is it costs about $2. So, if you only have limited budget for the programmable chip, the 16F84A would be the perfect choice for you here!

By the way, don’t be shocked, as the programmer is usually cost you more than the chip did! Let’s take an example. The MPLAB ICD2 would cost you about $50. Despite of its expensive price, MPLAB ICD2 is actually a powerful programmer that can program many PICs.