If you’re interested in programming the BrickPi on Ruby, you can start on Github here.

A few months ago, we made a Bookreader powered by the BrickPi which had the ability to read pages from your Kindle. There was a huge response to the project.  But what everyone really wanted was a bookreader that could read a real paper book. Here we present to you the BrickPi Bookreader 2 which can read aloud a...

Run the BrickPi on Python IDLE Python IDLE (integrated development evironment) is often the preferred environment for education and learning Python.  Below we have tried to outline the steps for using IDLE Python with the BrickPi. Before beginning: You must use an image that has been prepared for use with the BrickPi. See here. Click on the IDLE icon...

BlockyTalky is a graphical programming language developed at Tufts University. BlockyTalky is a low-cost, extensible, open source, programmable, networked toolkit for tangible creations. BlockyTalky is currently being developed in the Laboratory for Playful Computation at the Center for Engineering Education and Outreach at Tufts University. BlockyTalky creates an easily-approached environment for programming, robotics, and more. Some screenshots from BlockyTalky show just how...

You can program the BrickPi in Java using this Github repository. Note: this does not apply to the BrickPi3. This was developed and setup by one of our community members, ergouser.  Thanks ergouser!!

Photos from our #spacepi BrickPi Ballo0n Launch in December 2013.  These photos were taken during the balloon launch by the Raspberry Pi camera.  See more details about the project on our Space Program page.

“The browserBot” is a web-browser controller robot using the BrickPi.  With this project, we demonstrate how to control a BrickPi robot directly from the browser of any computer, tablet, or phone. Using the browserBot you can build your own web-controlled robot in very very easily with just a few lines of code. The browserBot is a good place to...

The mouseShooter is a BrickPi robot which can shoot LEGO balls  and is controlled by a mouse for its movement and shooting the balls. You can use the mouse to move the arm around and when you are locked on to your target just press your mouse to shoot the LEGO balls. Building the Mouse Shooter The Mouse shooter...

SimpleBot is the simplest BrickPi model.  With a total of 46 parts(most of them are connectors) and two motors.  A minimalist design, it uses as few parts as possible.  SimpleBot is a great place to start for a first robot with the BrickPi! Sample Program: We have 3 sample programs for the SimpleBot up on Github both in C...

Introduction In this tutorial we will look at how to send data to an online service like Thingspeak, and how to display data from your BrickPi on the web. We use a the Dexter Industries Thermometer to measure the temperature in the room and then post the data up on the ThingSpeak website. The temperature values are read by ...