{"id":14369,"date":"2016-03-18T10:10:12","date_gmt":"2016-03-18T09:10:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=14369"},"modified":"2016-03-18T10:27:20","modified_gmt":"2016-03-18T09:27:20","slug":"steam-powered-turbine-drives-a-raspberry-pi-zero","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=14369","title":{"rendered":"Steam powered engine drives a Raspberry Pi Zero"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/steampi-cropped.jpg?ssl=1\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-14370\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14370\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/steampi-cropped.jpg?resize=560%2C314&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"steampi-cropped\" width=\"560\" height=\"314\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/steampi-cropped.jpg?w=796&amp;ssl=1 796w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/steampi-cropped.jpg?resize=300%2C168&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/steampi-cropped.jpg?resize=768%2C430&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/steampi-cropped.jpg?resize=560%2C314&amp;ssl=1 560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/steampi-cropped.jpg?resize=260%2C146&amp;ssl=1 260w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/steampi-cropped.jpg?resize=160%2C90&amp;ssl=1 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>This is a ridiculous project, but that doesn&#8217;t make it any less cool.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Alexzpro&#8221; has\u00a0created a steam boiler (with water heated by two propane blow torches!) which drives a two-cylinder steam engine. The engine turns a motor which generates power. A regulator and some capacitors\u00a0converts the power into a steady 5V supply and this is then fed into a Raspberry Pi Zero. You can <a href=\"https:\/\/translate.google.com\/translate?sl=auto&amp;tl=en&amp;js=y&amp;prev=_t&amp;hl=en&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Felektronikforumet.com%2Fforum%2Fviewtopic.php%3Ff%3D2%26t%3D81764&amp;edit-text=\" target=\"_blank\">read a bit more here on the Forum<\/a>\u00a0on which he was able to get a bit of help sorting out voltage issues. You can see a video of it in action below:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Steam driven Raspberry Pi Zero\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/55sur7ssr78?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/hackaday.com\/2016\/03\/17\/steam-powered-raspberry-pi-zero-doesnt-get-any-more-steampunk\/\" target=\"_blank\">Thanks to Hackaday for spotting this one<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is a ridiculous project, but that doesn&#8217;t make it any less cool. &#8220;Alexzpro&#8221; has\u00a0created a steam boiler (with water heated by two propane blow torches!) which drives a two-cylinder steam engine. 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