{"id":2663,"date":"2013-03-06T17:45:16","date_gmt":"2013-03-06T17:45:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/178.62.14.192\/?p=2663"},"modified":"2021-07-02T15:15:27","modified_gmt":"2021-07-02T14:15:27","slug":"my-raspberrypi-tricorder-the-pipodcorder-raspberry_pi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=2663","title":{"rendered":"The RaspberryPi Tricorder &#8211; the Picorder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">This project has been in progress since I first received my Raspberry Pi last July. Until now, I just haven&#8217;t had the time to record video.<\/p>\n<p>The Picorder is a Pi\/Arduino combination taking readings from 2 temperature sensors, a hall-effect magnetism sensor and an ultrasonic distance sensor which it then displays, with the aid of a Python script, on an LCD display. The Pi also displays it&#8217;s own IP address(es) which can come in useful sometimes!<\/p>\n<p>Here is a list of components:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Raspberry Pi Model B 512MB (although it would likely run on a 256MB)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dfrobot.com\/index.php?route=product\/product&amp;product_id=786\">Dreamer Nano v4<\/a> (Arduino Leonardo clone from dfrobot.com)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bitbang.co.uk\/proto-plate_1_1.html\">PiPlate prototyping board<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Edimax wifi dongle<\/li>\n<li>TMP102 temperature sensor<\/li>\n<li>SR-04 Ultrasonic distance sensor<\/li>\n<li>Light-resistant resistor<\/li>\n<li>MCP9700 active thermistor<\/li>\n<li>AL1302EUA-T Hall effect sensor<\/li>\n<li>A HD44780-type LCD<\/li>\n<li>Stripboard<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The scripts for the Picorder are held on my <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/recantha\/redwing-pi\">GitHub redwing-pi repository<\/a>. The main driver Python script is pipodcorder4.py.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">This project is also detailed on <a href=\"http:\/\/pideas.co.uk\/project.php?id=31\">my project page at Ryan Walmsley&#8217;s Pideas.co.uk site<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/pideas.co.uk\/\">, which is a fantastic place to add your own Pi project<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a photograph of the Picorder:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2664\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/060320131-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"SAMSUNG\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/060320131.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/060320131.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/060320131.jpg?w=1120&amp;ssl=1 1120w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/060320131.jpg?w=1680&amp;ssl=1 1680w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>For a walkthrough of the components watch the following video:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NOPPqk-WHG0?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>See the device in action below:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"PiPodCorder in action\" width=\"560\" height=\"420\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/D2u2sjAhxQU?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>I will be posting more technical details of the inner workings, code and such like, in the next week, so keep an eye on the blog using the <a href=\"http:\/\/178.62.14.192\/?feed=rss2\">RSS feed<\/a> or subscribe via email at the top of the screen.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?cat=37\">All the articles about, or related to, the Picorder are available here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This project has been in progress since I first received my Raspberry Pi last July. 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