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3D camera with Raspberry Pi

3D camera (with Raspberry Pi)

Although 3D camera’s are usually said to be really intricate, hence their price, it turned out the basic principles aren’t really that difficult to replicate. Granted it is troublesome to get the quality of professional products, compared to their cost, this is a neat homebuilt alternative. Built your own for less than $100 (depending on

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Raspberry Pi supercapacitor micro UPS seeks funding

Raspberry Pi supercapacitor micro-UPS seeks funding

Nelectra is crowdfunding a supercapacitor based micro-UPS for Raspberry models B and B+, enabling brownout protection and “last gasp” shutdown sequences. Bratislava, Slovakia based Nelectra’s first product was a generic “Juice4Halt” supercapacitor based micro-UPS (uninterrupted power supply) module aimed at single board computers used in industrial and embedded applications. The adapters protect the SBC’s operation

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How to build your own Quadcopter Autopilot Flight Controller

How to build your own Quadcopter Autopilot / Flight Controller

Contents Introduction Reading the Radio Inputs Controlling the motors Determining Orientation Acrobatic / Rate mode control Stablilised Control Final Product – video and full code Other ideas: Safety Optional: Raspberry Pi Optional: Autonomous Flight Introduction This article will walk you through building your own controller whilst teaching you the details of how it works. This

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