[SGVHAK] The BrickPi - Raspberry Pi + robotics

[James McDuffie]

The Raspberry Pi doesn't have any built in memory to corrupt like we traditionally think of causing a device to get bricked. Everything needed to boot comes off the SD card. If it's "bricked" then it's either a hardware problem on the board or a broken SD card. 

Lan Dang <l.dang at ymail.com> wrote:
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>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.
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>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.
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>There are also instructions, designs, and bill of materials, if you
>want to build your own from scratch.
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>TechCrunch article
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>http://techcrunch.com/2013/06/11/brickpi/
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>Kickstarter campaign
>http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/john-cole/brickpi-lego-bricks-with-a-raspberry-pi-brain
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>Pre-order page
>http://www.dexterindustries.com/BrickPi.html
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>Design documents
>http://www.dexterindustries.com/BrickPi/design/
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>Lan
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