My first Tonka Conversion

[ddmckee54]

Jerry:

There's guys on this forum and others that are either working on the programming for Arduinos to run their lights, or have completed it. I'm working on a Bruder Manitou 2150 conversion on the MadModder forum where I'll be using an Arduino Nano to run my lights, didn't have any extra channels available.

I've got the lights bread-boarded to the Nano and I'm working on the code to monitor two RC channels, the speed/direction channel and the steering channel, to run these lights at the appropriate time: head-lights, tail-lights, back-up lights, brake lights, turn signals, work lights and safety flashers.

If you aren't stubborn like me, and don't need to write the code yourself just to prove you can do it, there are threads on this forum and other where the codes' already been written for you, all you need to do is copy it and use it. The Arduinos are cheap as chips, my Chinese clones cost me about $3-$4 apiece.

Don