# RevCar CLI: reconstructing WowWee car BLE control

> RevCar CLI is a Python controller for WowWee RevCar toys built from BLE command observations. Its notes identify GATT handles for notifications and commands, describe the handshake and driving payloads, and include a captured HCI exchange.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Protocol
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-08
- Original resource: <https://github.com/madkaye/revcar-cli>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/madkaye/revcar-cli/blob/c49a0ae47b1545c81d53d4fb5ddccbc73203caa2/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/revcar-cli-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/revcar-cli-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/revcar-cli-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** A WowWee RevCar, Linux, Python 3 and bluepy; BLE scanning may require elevated privileges.
- **Limits:** Hit-event notifications remain unfinished.
- **License:** MIT license.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/madkaye/revcar-cli/blob/c49a0ae47b1545c81d53d4fb5ddccbc73203caa2/README.md>

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