Wouldn’t it be nice of someone read you a book aloud when you were feeling lazy to read it yourself? Have you ever wanted to get that Kindle Book into another format, or just copy the text? Have you ever wanted to get all of your highlights or notes off your Kindle? In this project we make an ebook...

In this example we build a simple Raspberry Pi weather and time station that Tweets the temperature and the time, using Python.  The purpose of this project is to demonstrate how easy it is to push information out to the internet using the BrickPi, Python, and a few sensors. Building the weather station is very simple.  You’ll need: BrickPi...

A few Hints and Tricks we’ve picked up from programming with the BrickPi. Here is by Far the best productivity booster when Working with Raspberry Pi: Editing code on RPi from the comfort of Notepad++ We work a lot on Raspberry Pi (Wheezy)and well as the Arduino and Atmel Studio(Windows). The setup that we usually have is the RPi...

Sending the Raspberry Pi in Space using the BrickPi, the Raspberry Pi, and a little bit of LEGO. The goal of this project is to send a BrickPi into near space and learn enough to teach others how to do it.  And take some nice pictures. We made a video of the entire adventure.  For more details, click on...

The APL Picker was named by Dyalog Limited in our Kickstarter Campaign.  Thank you Dyalog Limited for backing the BrickPi project and bringing it to life! This page has all of the information to build and run the robotic arm model. Download Building Instructions in LEGO Digital Designer here. Download the Bill of Materials here. View this project in Github here. View the example code for...

The SriShooter Model was named by Srikanth in our Kickstarter Campaign.  Thank you Srikanth for backing the BrickPi project and bringing it to life! This page has all of the information to build and run the mouse controller shooter bot example. Download Building Instructions in LEGO Digital Designer here. Download the Bill of Materials here. View this project in Github...

The Rigraptor Tank was named by Jordan in our Kickstarter Campaign.  Thank you Jordan for backing the BrickPi project and bringing it to life! This page has all of the information to build and run the tank example. Download Building Instructions in LEGO Digital Designer here. Download the Bill of Materials here. View this project in Github here. View...

The “JJ” car was named by Vanleeuwen Opensource Consultancy in our Kickstarter Campaign.  Thank you Vanleeuwen Opensource Consultancy for backing the BrickPi project and bringing it to life! This is a quick guide to building a Raspberry Pi Wifi Car with the BrickPi, LEGO Mindstorms, and the Raspberry Pi. This page has all of the information to build and run the...

How to use The Scratch Programming Language with the BrickPi: a quick and easy introduction to BrickPi Scratch. Our purpose here is to get you up and running using Scratch on the BrickPi.  Below we will walk you through a step-by-step on how to setup and run Scratch.  If you’re using our latest image for the BrickPi, you will have...

Python is the most widely used language with the BrickPi.  Below are instructions for getting started with the BrickPi and Python.  If using the Dexter Industries image, you can skip most of the material below:  Python examples and modules come fully installed.   Drivers The driver file is located under “BrickPi_Python” and is named “BrickPi.py”.  BrickPi.py contains all of...