Open Hardware: Raspberry Pi and More
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Simulate driving a 1970s tank with Raspberry Pi
Its proper name is the Panzer 68 driving simulator (FASIP). There are tonnes of brilliant photos, plus details about all the other upgrades made during the restoration process on the museum’s website. Shout out to museum staff Gerold Handschin, Michael Salathé, and René Demarmels, who did most of this work.
It took them several days to translate the original paper-based computer program into a modern language for the Raspberry Pi. The simulator’s camera, screen and some site lighting also needed replacing.
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Directed Machines’ farming robots get an RP2040 makeover
Way back in 2020, we heard about a small company on a mission to remove pollution and minimise human labour in land care. Raspberry Pi 4 is at the heart of Directed Machines‘ solar-powered, autonomous, electric tractors called Land Care Robots.
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The Tiny Cluster
The parts list is very short, but unfortunately, that doesn’t mean it’s easy to get them now (October 2022): [...]