[SGVHAK] The BrickPi - Raspberry Pi + robotics

[Lan Dang]

I was looking up how one bricks a Raspberry Pi, which seems like a hard thing to do, and came across this Kickstarter campaign to make a robotics kit using the Raspberry Pi and the Lego Mindstorms sensors.  The campaign successfully raised over $125K in June and has made some ambitious promises for what to do with the excess funds, including launching it into near-space and sailing it around the world in a solar-powered boat.

The kits are available for pre-order from the company website, with shipping dates estimated for late Sep 2013.  It's basically a slide-on PCB board that will provide connections for Mindstorms sensors, a case for the BrickPi which will allow you to attach Lego pieces to it. The basic power system is a 9V battery, but there is an option for a more sophisticated power system.  Pre-order prices are $60 to $85.

There are also instructions, designs, and bill of materials, if you want to build your own from scratch.

TechCrunch article

http://techcrunch.com/2013/06/11/brickpi/


Kickstarter campaign
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/john-cole/brickpi-lego-bricks-with-a-raspberry-pi-brain


Pre-order page
http://www.dexterindustries.com/BrickPi.html


Design documents
http://www.dexterindustries.com/BrickPi/design/


Lan
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