Computer-controlled Chinese chess

In this study, a program written in Visual Basic on a personal computer (PC) moves the chessmen of Chinese chess according to the Chinese chess rules. When the serial port of the PC is connected to a single chip microcontroller installed with a radio frequency (RF) wireless emitter, the emitter sends data to robot cars installed with an RF receiver. After a single chip microcontroller on each robot car analyzes the data, each robot car moves on a wood chessboard as its corresponding chessman does on the PC. The RF module fulfills the function of multiple communications, as the program enables six chessmen to move according to their respective moving rules, and their corresponding robot cars realize the moves simultaneously.