Raspberry Pi Zero/Zero W – Noise https://noise.getoto.net The collective thoughts of the interwebz Wed, 08 Sep 2021 06:28:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 Zippy the Raspberry Pi Zero-powered mini Mars Rover https://noise.getoto.net/2021/09/08/zippy-the-raspberry-pi-zero-powered-mini-mars-rover/ Wed, 08 Sep 2021 06:28:27 +0000 https://www.raspberrypi.org/?p=74274 Maker Mellow was inspired by watching the progress of NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover and wanted in on the interplanetary robot scene. Their first idea was to build a scale version of Perseverance, but when their partner stepped in to suggest that starting smaller might be a little easier, Zippy was born. Hardware Raspberry Pi Zero…

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]]> Robotic waiter learning to serve drinks https://noise.getoto.net/2021/09/03/robotic-waiter-learning-to-serve-drinks/ Fri, 03 Sep 2021 08:59:25 +0000 https://www.raspberrypi.org/?p=74124 The maker of this robotic waiter had almost all of the parts for this project just sat around collecting dust on a shelf. We’re delighted they decided to take the time to pick up the few extra bits they needed online, then take the extra hour (just an hour?!) to write a program in Python…

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]]> Top project ideas for Raspberry Pi Zero https://noise.getoto.net/2021/08/25/top-project-ideas-for-raspberry-pi-zero/ Wed, 25 Aug 2021 05:14:54 +0000 https://www.raspberrypi.org/?p=74010 We came across this ‘Top 15 Raspberry Pi Zero Projects’ video and realised that it’s been a while since we showed our tiniest computer some love on this blog. The compilation features full build videos for 15 Raspberry Pi Zero projects. Too many to go into detail about here, so we’ve picked out a few…

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]]> Raspberry Pi ‘WeatherClock’ shows you the hour’s forecast https://noise.getoto.net/2021/08/02/raspberry-pi-weatherclock-shows-you-the-hours-forecast/ Mon, 02 Aug 2021 07:48:34 +0000 https://www.raspberrypi.org/?p=72979 Meet Eli’s WeatherClock, a digital–analogue timepiece that displays the weather at each hour of the day as well as the time. Here’s an example: every day at 3pm, instead of the hour hand just pointing to a number three on the clock’s face, it also points to a visual representation of what the weather is…

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]]> Raspberry Pi makes your retro analogue camera digital https://noise.getoto.net/2021/07/28/raspberry-pi-makes-your-retro-analogue-camera-digital/ Wed, 28 Jul 2021 07:48:27 +0000 https://www.raspberrypi.org/?p=72822 Befinitiv has built a custom film cartridge, using a Raspberry Pi Zero W, that turned their gorgeous old analogue camera into a digital one, and enabled it to take digital photos, videos, and even wirelessly live stream to the Internet. The analogue camera they used in the build was considered state-of-the-art around fifty years ago,…

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]]> Bluebot Shoal Fish Robot https://noise.getoto.net/2021/07/06/bluebot-shoal-fish-robot/ Tue, 06 Jul 2021 09:46:57 +0000 https://www.raspberrypi.org/?p=71968 If you loved the film Finding Dory, you might just enjoy the original story of these underwater robots, fresh out of the latest issue of The MagPi Magazine. It’s no coincidence that the shoal of robot fish in this Raspberry Pi Zero W project look more than a little like Dory from Pixar’s movie. As with…

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]]> Translate dog barks with Raspberry Pi https://noise.getoto.net/2021/07/02/translate-dog-barks-with-raspberry-pi/ Fri, 02 Jul 2021 06:13:43 +0000 https://www.raspberrypi.org/?p=72230 I speak English. Super well. And I can read the rough, overall vibe of writing in French. I can also order beer and taxis in Spanish. Alas, my dog can do none of these things, and we are left in communication limbo. I try asking them (in English) why they’re so mean to that one…

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]]> Raspberry Pi Zero makes a xylophone play itself https://noise.getoto.net/2021/06/23/raspberry-pi-zero-makes-a-xylophone-play-itself/ Wed, 23 Jun 2021 11:51:56 +0000 https://www.raspberrypi.org/?p=71646 When maker Stéphane (aka HalStar) set about building this self-playing xylophone, their goal was to learn more about robotics, and to get hands-on with some mechanical parts they had never used before, in this case solenoids. They also wanted to experiment with Raspberry Pi to build something that reflected their love of music. This automated…

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