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Wifi RC Car ESP8266 on Windows Pc

Developed By: Lacour Vincent

License: Free

Rating: 4,3/5 - 71 votes

Last Updated: April 17, 2024

Download on Windows PC

Compatible with Windows 10/11 PC & Laptop

App Details

Version 1.3.2
Size 1.9 MB
Release Date December 12, 23
Category Education Apps

App Permissions:
Allows applications to open network sockets. [see more (1)]

What's New:
✴ Fixing some problems. [see more]

Description from Developer:
✴ This application allows you to control a RC wifi car using your smartphone.

✴ To create my Wifi car, I used the NodeMCU V3 microcontroller which includes an ESP8266 Wifi module.... [read more]

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About this app

On this page you can download Wifi RC Car ESP8266 and install on Windows PC. Wifi RC Car ESP8266 is free Education app, developed by Lacour Vincent. Latest version of Wifi RC Car ESP8266 is 1.3.2, was released on 2023-12-12 (updated on 2024-04-17). Estimated number of the downloads is more than 10,000. Overall rating of Wifi RC Car ESP8266 is 4,3. Generally most of the top apps on Android Store have rating of 4+. This app had been rated by 71 users, 7 users had rated it 5*, 51 users had rated it 1*.

How to install Wifi RC Car ESP8266 on Windows?

Instruction on how to install Wifi RC Car ESP8266 on Windows 10 Windows 11 PC & Laptop

In this post, I am going to show you how to install Wifi RC Car ESP8266 on Windows PC by using Android App Player such as BlueStacks, LDPlayer, Nox, KOPlayer, ...

Before you start, you will need to download the APK/XAPK installer file, you can find download button on top of this page. Save it to easy-to-find location.

[Note] You can also download older versions of this app on bottom of this page.

Below you will find a detailed step-by-step guide, but I want to give you a fast overview of how it works. All you need is an emulator that will emulate an Android device on your Windows PC and then you can install applications and use it - you see you're playing it on Android, but this runs not on a smartphone or tablet, it runs on a PC.

If this doesn't work on your PC, or you cannot install, comment here and we will help you!

Step By Step Guide To Install Wifi RC Car ESP8266 using BlueStacks

  1. Download and Install BlueStacks at: https://www.bluestacks.com. The installation procedure is quite simple. After successful installation, open the Bluestacks emulator. It may take some time to load the Bluestacks app initially. Once it is opened, you should be able to see the Home screen of Bluestacks.
  2. Open the APK/XAPK file: Double-click the APK/XAPK file to launch BlueStacks and install the application. If your APK/XAPK file doesn't automatically open BlueStacks, right-click on it and select Open with... Browse to the BlueStacks. You can also drag-and-drop the APK/XAPK file onto the BlueStacks home screen
  3. Once installed, click "Wifi RC Car ESP8266" icon on the home screen to start using, it'll work like a charm :D

[Note 1] For better performance and compatibility, choose BlueStacks 5 Nougat 64-bit read more

[Note 2] about Bluetooth: At the moment, support for Bluetooth is not available on BlueStacks. Hence, apps that require control of Bluetooth may not work on BlueStacks.

How to install Wifi RC Car ESP8266 on Windows PC using NoxPlayer

  1. Download & Install NoxPlayer at: https://www.bignox.com. The installation is easy to carry out.
  2. Drag the APK/XAPK file to the NoxPlayer interface and drop it to install
  3. The installation process will take place quickly. After successful installation, you can find "Wifi RC Car ESP8266" on the home screen of NoxPlayer, just click to open it.

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Download older versions

Other versions available: 1.3.2.

Download Wifi RC Car ESP8266 1.3.2 on Windows PC – 1.9 MB

✴ This application allows you to control a RC wifi car using your smartphone.

✴ To create my Wifi car, I used the NodeMCU V3 microcontroller which includes an ESP8266 Wifi module. The car can be controlled either in AP mode (Access Point) or in STA mode (Station).

✴ The steps to control your car are:
• connect your smartphone to the same wifi network as your wifi car.
• Make sure that the application parameters are correct (IP, PORT, etc..).
• Have fun!

✴ 3 different ways to control your car:
• buttons.
• accelerometer.
• voice.

✴ List of default commands sent to your car server to control the motors are :
• http://IP:PORT/move?dir=F (Forward)
• http://IP:PORT/move?dir=B (Backward)
• http://IP:PORT/move?dir=R (Turn Right)
• http://IP:PORT/move?dir=L (Turn Left)
• http://IP:PORT/move?dir=S (Stop)

• http://IP:PORT/action?type=(1-8) (Action 1 to 8)


✴ The source code of my project is available here : https://github.com/lacour-vincent/wifi-car-esp8266

✴ Example in video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-RyAsFMnTI
✴ Fixing some problems.
Allows applications to open network sockets.