{"id":17707,"date":"2017-10-17T20:12:09","date_gmt":"2017-10-17T19:12:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=17707"},"modified":"2017-10-17T20:12:09","modified_gmt":"2017-10-17T19:12:09","slug":"have-your-very-own-star-wars-fight-with-this-raspberry-pi-powered-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=17707","title":{"rendered":"Have your very own Star Wars fight with this Raspberry Pi-powered project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/jedi.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17708\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/jedi.jpg?resize=560%2C162&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"162\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/jedi.jpg?w=1278&amp;ssl=1 1278w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/jedi.jpg?resize=300%2C87&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/jedi.jpg?resize=768%2C222&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/jedi.jpg?resize=1024%2C296&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/jedi.jpg?resize=560%2C162&amp;ssl=1 560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/jedi.jpg?resize=260%2C75&amp;ssl=1 260w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/jedi.jpg?resize=160%2C46&amp;ssl=1 160w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/jedi.jpg?w=1120&amp;ssl=1 1120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>California-based <a href=\"https:\/\/www.richardanthonyarellano.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Richard Arellano<\/a> has developed this lovely live-action Star Wars duel. It features a Raspberry Pi with camera module pointing at two Star Wars figures of Yoda and a Sith Lord. These figures are sat on a motor a-piece and you can control:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The lighting<\/li>\n<li>Which character takes a light sabre swipe at the other<\/li>\n<li>The message that appears on the LCD screen.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You can <a href=\"https:\/\/interact.rdarellano.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">have a go yourself by visiting Richard&#8217;s interactive website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>California-based Richard Arellano has developed this lovely live-action Star Wars duel. It features a Raspberry Pi with camera module pointing at two Star Wars figures of Yoda and a Sith Lord. 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