Hey Robot Fans! Today we convert TWO Power Wheels cars to 2x voltage and also add a bit of control via an arduino. This way we (the parents) can set the top speed of the car at any given time.
Upgrade Parts list;
Arduino Pro Micro: https://amzn.to/307XFGy
PWM Controller: https://amzn.to/2Lwytpf
Circuit Breaker: https://amzn.to/2LA8AVB
12v Lead Acid Battery (quantity 2): (these can be found on eBay, mine are 12v 1200mAH)
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Definitely a fun project! I was blown away by the size of the community of people who are into this kind of things . Forums, facebook groups, websites, stores, all dedicated to making PowerWheels go INSANELY Fast. I love it! Glad I could dip my toes into the PowerWheels waters and not feel the urge to dive in, haha. I think you can sink as much money into a PowerWheels as you could into a car. Feel free to link any of your power wheels mods below, I'd love to check them out!
Awesome wanna ask my remote reciver and motors are in 12v do I have to change it or this two peaces well work just fine without damaging any thing
Fantastic. I did something similar and somehow missed your video which would have saved me a huge amount of time, plus yours is much better.
Excellent, do you have any option to add Rc module from a cart to control?
They tell me they want a semi autonomous rover that can carry a camera and gimbal estimating the weight about 46lbs. I'm going to use power wheels motor and gears just looking for a simple way to use an Arduino. Thanks for the video.
I put a 20v in one of these and destroyed the gearbox after about 60 seconds – which of these components will control the acceleration so the gear doesn't disintegrate?
Please, I'm using your video to modify my kids car but it's 4×4 and it has a speed controller with parent remote control. How to upgrade from 12 to 24 volts while these circuits are there coz everything heated up (but not burned) when I've added another 12v batt.
You really showed an experience here so I'm expecting your answer with right solution.
Hi, love the video. Great work! I tried to get a 3dprinter company to make the steering knuckle and they said according to the manufacturer, the object is not printable in its current state. The dimensions we received for your parts are:
File Unit: mm
Dimensions: 2.1188571453094482 × 1.011502981185913 × 2.590221643447876
looks like the file needs to be changed to inches? Any assistance would be great as I purchased the rest of the stuff to put this together. lol. Also, what size are the bearings you used? I think I ordered ones that are much smaller than what is needed. ha.
Cool Video. I turned my sons into a wagon that hauls gear down to our boat. The only thing is before we get there the over heat sensor shuts it down. We have to let it cool for a few minutes and then go again. I was afraid to by pass the over heat sensor. Maybe I need to add 2 more motors to the front of it. It’s all stock but plan to up grade to the Milwaukee 18v because I have so many of them.
Question for you: It looks like you’re still running the PWM 16 – 24V power through the stock relays for fwd/rev and hi, low. How have they held up? I have a 6v car with RC relays spec’d to 14VDC. I want to keep that capability for parental control. I can step down the voltage for the steering and lights but I’m unsure how to handle the fed/rev section.
hy guys. thanks for the video. Quick question if i may….what motors do the 12V jeep use?? I want to upgrade my 4yo sons ride on car to 24V but i m afraid it will burn the motors. Did you change aswell the motors? Any advice will be much appreciated. Thank you!
Put a brake reduction module in that guy. A super nerdy way to do this…love it
Hello PatchBOTS!
This is a well done video! Thank you for sharing the schematics and code.
If I were to replace the potentiometer with a hall sensor (gas pedal), what code changes are required?
Is it possible to have both the potentiometer and the pedal? In case I need to adjust the max speed?
Thank you for the help!
Hey guys… there has to be a way to slow the acceleration so it does not jerk so much? Could you make a video on that? Or link a part to figure it out?
Should make a video on the whole programming process for people that have never used an Arduino
Question: how does the motor originally made to handle 12v do with double the voltage? I assume you kept the same motors on both ride .thank you
you didnt upgrade the motors? is that 24v to a 6v motor?
Mechanical engineer here that needs help with electrical. Would you guys be willing to send me the wiring diagram for your Arduino and PWM controller? East coast makes something similar but they'll charge you 140 dollars for the system. I would rather do it myself at the same time learn a new skill. Thanks guys.
I did a similar upgrade recently. Got really good speed, but the stock motors burned out within a day. Tried some 24v motors, but when I tried those, the speed seemed back to regular, even though it was using two 12v batteries. I’m lost as to what to do now? Any help would be appreciated.
GREAT VIDEO … JUST GOT A 12V LAWN BATT .. IM LOST LOL GOOGLE DID NOT HELP ME SO IF I GET A DC MOTOR CONTROL I CAN BOOST THE SPEED ?? THANKS
Ludicrous speed! Space balls?
can i have a connection diagram of the final pcb's?thank you
Hey Patchbots, is there any way you would share your coding? I have never worked with arduino and would love to make this setup. I have a dune racer which is already 12v, but i'd like to do that knob like he did for mcqueen, because i figure later on i could replace that knob and the gas pedal with a variable pedal for more control since it looks like it could be updating the "max" speed on the fly. My other question is if it would be easy to program in a soft start, so that it took 3-5 seconds to reach full power, i would suggest you do it to yours and it can save you from every needing to replace the gearbox. I had been looking at https://eastcoastpowerup.com/ESC_LED_Kits/24v_ESC_Kit but there is no top speed limiter.
Last question, could using a PWM like that be able to make it so i could use an 80v power source but effectively only send the motors max of 24v without need of a heavy and wasteful step down transformer, i ask this because i have the kobalt 80v electric lawn mower and it would be amazing to be able to use those batteries for the powerwheels lol
Awesome project! Just got a Wild Thing off FB marketplace but it looks like the board is dead….but the motors work! Care to share the motor driver you're using? Or will something like this work on these Power Wheels motors: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B014KMHSW6/
Thanks.
You need to make an instructable! I want to replicate this on my son's Benz 🙂
well, nothing fancy. you shall try adding some ramp up and down (trapezoidal control) to the motors because that sudden stop of the motor it's going to hurt the gearing of the car.
Why did you not just use a variable resistor? Love the happy faces from the kids! <3
Any write up on the arduino build or a parts list? I'm wanting to do this to my daughters rc bigwheel that the factory screwed up and cant be used unless I build new guts 🙁
When are you doing more of the star wars clone trooper
Hey Patchbots, could you post an update video for the Commander Bow armor?
Awesome
I will admit, I was giggling when you cranked it up to 24v.
Happy wife lol