[SGVHAK] The BrickPi - Raspberry Pi + robotics

[Claude Felizardo]

I thought I bricked a Pi as well, all I had to do was redo the flash SD
card.  I think it was disconnecting power at the wrong time that did it but
did not want to repeat the experiment to confirm.


On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 9:27 AM, Michael Starch <starchmd at umich.edu> wrote:

> Apparently I bricked one.... not sure what I did, but I am still debugging.
>
> Michael
> On Sep 27, 2013 5:02 PM, "Claude Felizardo" <cafelizardo at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Now that's pretty cool!  Wish I had heard about it when they were looking
>> for funding.
>> Too bad it doesn't support the original Lego sensors and motors as I have
>> a bunch of those. I think the RIS 2.0 to NXT adapters are like $20-25 each?
>>  I did build a DCC control system for my Lego scale layout that used 3 RIS
>> 2.0 bricks to control switches made out of Legos as well as power the 9-v
>> rail trains.
>>
>> Still, I'll have to add this to the growing list of RaspPi projects to
>> look into.
>>
>> thanks!
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 3:55 PM, Lan Dang <l.dang at ymail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> 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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