<div dir="ltr">Now that's pretty cool! Wish I had heard about it when they were looking for funding.<div style>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.</div>
<div style><br></div><div style>Still, I'll have to add this to the growing list of RaspPi projects to look into.</div><div style><br></div><div style>thanks!</div><div style><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra">
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<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 3:55 PM, Lan Dang <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:l.dang@ymail.com" target="_blank">l.dang@ymail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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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.</div>
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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.</div>
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There are also instructions, designs, and bill of materials, if you want to build your own from scratch.</div>
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<font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Design documents</font></div><div style="font-style:normal;font-size:13px;background-color:transparent;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:13px"><a href="http://www.dexterindustries.com/BrickPi/design/" target="_blank">http://www.dexterindustries.com/BrickPi/design/</a></span><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
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