Author archive for John

Author archive for John

  • The Raspberry Pi 2 Will Work With Dexter Industries Products

    TLDR: Our Products Work with the Raspberry Pi 2 Too long, didn’t read the rest of the post:  all of our boards and robots work with the Raspberry Pi 2 – just needs a simple update. The GoPiGo, the BrickPi, the GrovePi, and the Arduberry will all work with the new Raspberry Pi 2, but you have to do one of...

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  • Raspberry Pi 2 Model B+ and robotics.

    Unboxing the Raspberry Pi 2

    We received a Raspberry Pi 2 from Newark this morning!  John was so excited. Notable Differences There’s a chip on the bottom! The Raspberry Pi 2 ships with a nice little instruction booklet.  This should be really helpful for new users. Notable Similarities Fortunately for us, the Raspberry Pi B+ and the Raspberry Pi 2 have a similar footprint....

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    Raspberry Pi Computer Vision Tutorial for the BrickPi

    What if your robot could “see” the world around it? One of the most “eye-opening” things you can do with your robot project is to add vision.  This is commonly called computer vision, and has recently been made affordable by the dropping cost of digital cameras (thanks to the massive amounts of smartphones being cranked out!). Even if buying a camera for...

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  • GoPiGo controlled with a PS3 Controller

    Our Favorite Raspberry Pi Projects with the GoPiGo

    We set out a few months ago to make it easy to turn your Raspberry Pi into a Robot.  We wanted to make getting started as easy and as quick as possible, especially for beginners.  Over the past two months, we’ve published a few tutorials on projects you can use with the GoPiGo. No technology is useful when hidden and our goal...

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  • BrickPi B+ Case

    New BrickPi Raspberry Pi Case for the Model B+

    We’ve just added a new Raspberry Pi Case to our lineup, the BrickPi B+ Case.  This new Raspberry Pi Case offers a few advantages over the standard case that ships with the BrickPi Advanced: LEGO Mounting on all 6 sides. Case protection on all 6 sides. Cleaner fit with the Model B+ Raspberry Pi. This design works only with...

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    Updated Scratch for the BrickPi (and other Graphical Programming Languages!)

    We’ve just updated our instructions and improved Scratch for the BrickPi.  It’s now simpler than ever to get started making and programming a Scratch Raspberry Pi Robot! What’s Changed with Scratch?   This summer, we devoted a bit of effort to updating the the BrickPi software.  It’s now easier to install, and easier to program with.  We fixed quite a...

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  • GrovePi+ in case with wires coming out top view stylized

    (Re)Introducing the GrovePi

    This month we’re re-introducing the GrovePi, telling everyone about how awesome the GrovePi is, and re-introducing our redesigned GrovePi Starter Kit. What’s the GrovePi? GrovePi connects your Raspberry Pi to the Grove Sensor System. No soldering or breadboard.  Your Raspberry Pi computer enters the physical world.  Think of it as LEGO for electronics.  The Grovepi Starter Kit is a quick-start kit...

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  • EV3 Sensors and the BrickPi

    EV3 Sensors and the BrickPi

    Looking for adventure? Last month we quietly released a beta version of the BrickPi firmware that will allow you to use EV3 sensors and the BrickPi.  We wanted to invite all that are interested pushing the state of the art further to give the firmware a test.

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  • SimpleBot

    Testing EV3 Sensors with the BrickPi

    Beta Testing EV3 Sensors with BrickPi One of the projects we’re in the process of testing: an update to the BrickPi Firmware.  The original BrickPi firmware only works with NXT sensors.  We recently updated the firmware to accommodate EV3 sensors.  The firmware is still in Beta, but we’re inviting everyone to come try it out and tell us what you...

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  • programmable_LEGO_clock_with_raspberry_pi

    A LEGO Digital Clock

    Dwalton76 over at programmablebrick has built a programmable LEGO digital clock with the BrickPi.             He has re-worked the original lego clock design by Hans Anderson, using the BrickPi and a Raspberry Pi.   All of the code is written in python and is available on github: https://github.com/dwalton76/LegoDigitalClock  

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