Build your own tiny Raspberry Pi based robot out of a few easy to obtain bits! You will need: A Raspberry Pi. A PiCy pack kit, which contains: Two motors and two wheels. A battery holder for two AA batteries with battery clip. Two 40mm M4 bolts with two M4 nuts. Some wire (roughly 20cm …
PiCy – The Tiny Raspberry Pi Powered Robot! Continue Reading
Two things have happened recently that have contributed to my tinkering hobby. Firstly – My Raspberry Pi arrived after a long (but worth it) wait. Secondly – My two girls (8 and 5) have got in to Lego and so slowly but surely I’ve been bringing down old Lego that I had when I was …
Here I will show you how I went about building my arcade machine that uses a Raspberry Pi running MAME to emulate games. As everyones setup will be different this will be general in nature but will hopefully supply enough information so you can get started yourself ! This is my first instructable but hopefully it will …
Turn an old CRT Television into a Raspberry Pi Powered MAME Cocktail Cabinet Continue Reading
In this Instructable you will learn: How to build a solar powered system How to design and size the panels and batteries How to gather data to analyze your system performance How to wire up a Raspberry Pi to a solar power system How to safely turn a Raspberry Pi on and off Building 3D …
Create Your Own Solar Powered Raspberry Pi Weather Station Continue Reading
In this instructable I will show you how to properly supply power to a Raspberry Pi or Pi 2 with a battery pack or any voltage between 2.9 -32 volts DC. I will be using a efficient Pololu Step-Up/Step-Down Voltage Regulator and a toggle switch. This can be done with any Raspberry pi version. Using …
Step 1: What You need A raspberry pi A solar panel (with built in charger controller or a Solar Charging Regulator) A car power socket A usb car power adapter A battery and some wire Step 2: Connecting the Battery First off we need to connect the wire to car power adapter then to the battery. The …
Here I am going to show you how to set up a solar panel, buck convertors and batteries to create a solar power solution that will keep your pi powered 24/7. A great idea for your personal server or timelapse projects. The solar panel is sufficiently powerful to provide power in cloudy conditions. In this …
The first step of building the Raspberry Pi-powered speaking doorbell is building a simple input circuit. The purpose of the input circuit is to protect the Pi from damage by electrically isolating the doorbell and its power supply from the Raspberry Pi itself. The circuit design and a full description of how it works can …
The Raspberry Pi Powered Speaking Doorbell – Part 1: The Input Circuit Continue Reading
