I have no experience with Arduino or microcontrollers at all. One of the requirements for one of our college courses is that we construct a microcontroller project.
For our project, we were thinking to build a road-safety module. We are considering a scenario, where a car has a big truck right in front of it on two way highway. So, we were thinking if we could build a local network that would show the driver if some other vehicle is coming from the other way. So that he can make an informed decesion whether to overtake or not.
Is this possible with arduino and its related communication modules. Obviously we won't build a real life example, this is going to be a miniature version with rc cars.
So, here my idea is if we could build a small network, where each car talks to central unit. The central unit informs each car about the incoming car. But I don't know how to implement this.
Another idea was to use Bluetooth modules, when another comes close enough, in our case with in the range of the Bluetooth module, we notify the driver there is a car close by, don't overtake.
I would be highly glad if someone with experience could help us. Please let me if what we are trying achieve, is plausible? If it is plausible, what type of communication should we use?
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