Help me hack a cool IR controller

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Fuzzy Wobble

Joined Feb 16, 2010
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Ok this is my first post!

I am attempting to hack this IR controller cause I think it may be a handy little gadget later on.

It was part of a Silverlit IR controlled mini vehicle.

The board has 4 output M+, M-, L+, L-. M corresponds to the back wheels (front back) and L corresponds to the front wheels (left right). I hooked up the outputs as you see in the diagram into two analog Arduino inputs.

When i move the dials of the remote there is a response however the output is goofy.

here are the readings:
Hit nothing ==> M:55, L:55
Hit up ==> M:294, L:294
Hit down ==> M:0, L:0
Hit right ==> M:294, L:294
Hit left ==> M:0, L:55

Clearly this is not logical! Maybe you could offer some insight as to what could be going wrong...
 
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