During March, and for the past week as well, I’ve been working on the latest iteration of my Picorder project. This project, which has been my “go-to project” for the past 9 years (gulp!) is now running from a Raspberry…
If you’ve been reading this blog for a long time, you’ll know that my first Raspberry Pi project was a version of a Star Trek Tricorder. The first version was made out of LEGO and used a Pi in combination…
Placeholder for when I eventually write the whole project up. Until now, below there’s a screenshot of the latest (14th April 2014) design. And here’s a download of the Fritzing file: Picorder
My Picorder has reached another version. This time it’s got a proper case and lots more sensors. With the help of Amanda, my step-daughter, we shot this putting-it-together video that shows all the parts and bits-and-pieces that go into the…
Pardon the pun in the title, couldn’t resist. Here is a two-part video I’ve just shot of the Picorder version 2. I’m just about to work on version 3, so it seemed the perfect time to document my work so…
This project has been in progress since I first received my Raspberry Pi last July. Until now, I just haven’t had the time to record video. The Picorder is a Pi/Arduino combination taking readings from 2 temperature sensors, a hall-effect…
The Picorder project has been progressing, albeit slowly. So far, I’ve managed to add the following items to my Pi: a 16×2 LCD board a TMP102 temperature sensor an SR-04 ultrasonic distance sensor Coming up is my first foray into analog-to-digital…
For those not aware of the Picorder project, read more here. As with all best laid plans, they are susceptible to Murphy’s Law – all that can go wrong, will go wrong. I was just about to go out to…
This weekend, I’m going to start assembling and cutting the shell for my new project the Picorder. Here are some photos of the shell as it currently stands. It’s a Wharfedale PDO8710 portable DVD player that wasn’t wanted any more.…
Long-term hardware project: a Raspberry Pi tricorder. It’s not exactly a novel idea, but it gives me the opportunity to merge my software skills with the hardware side of the Pi, which I’m just learning. PHASE 1 – Tricorder BASICS…
