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Raspberry Pi Robot + Wii remote (It’s Alive!)

August 17, 2017August 20, 2017 by Brian
Raspberry Pi Wii Remote Robot - Brian Hensley

So i’ve made some updates on my Raspberry pi robot, and the video has been posted for some time now. In this tutorial you’ll see hints on how I built the robot, what is needed. For starters the robot works! It drives, moves, and is fully controlled by the Wii remote. HOW COOL!! check out … Read more

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Raspberry Wi-Fi Pi

June 3, 2013August 20, 2017 by Brian

Hope you like my play on words in the title Wi-Fi Pi! I’m doing a tutorial on getting your raspberry pi to run off a Wi-Fi USB key. This way you no longer have to use an Ethernet connection or have that cord running across your living room floor like mine was doing for months. … Read more

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Raspberry Pi Robot + Wii remote (Phase 1)

March 5, 2013August 20, 2017 by Brian

So my last post on how to use the Nintendo Wii controller with the Raspberry Pi was popular. Thus, i’ve been working on the next stage of the project which includes connecting my Digilent Cerebot II Atmega64L micro-controller to the Raspberry Pi. This required that I get the SPI connection working between the Pi and … Read more

Categories Electronic Posts, Python, Raspberry PI14 Comments

Wii Controller + Raspberry Pi + Python = Awesome!!

August 3, 2012October 23, 2017 by Brian

        So this is going to be a many part series for a robot project i’m working on. This first one covers writing a program that runs on the Raspberry Pi. This program is going to connect through bluetooth to a Nintendo Wii controller and allow you to control the data via … Read more

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Getting SPI working on the Raspberry Pi

July 25, 2012October 23, 2017 by Brian

So one of the phases in my project is connecting the Raspberry Pi to a micro-controller that has many Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) signals. Since the Raspberry doesn’t have the number of PWM signals I need to control i’m going to do so through SPI. This post is the ‘how to’ on getting your SPI … Read more

Categories Electronic Posts, Python, Raspberry PI101 Comments

Python controlling SPI Bus on Beagleboard XM, and Raspberry Pi

February 26, 2012August 20, 2017 by Brian

So i’m writing my second article on how to do stuff on the Beagleboard Xm. This time i’m going to focus on how to write code for python controlling SPI on the Beagleboard Xm SPI bus ports, works for the Raspberry Pi too. Most the time I could stick with programming C since my last … Read more

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I'm a Father of three wonderful girls, married up in the world, local handyman / DIYer. WSU Alumni #GoCougs and I work at Tektronix as a Product Marketing Manager working with oscilloscopes/digitizers. Read More..

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Recent Posts

  • Easy Smart Pixels Tutorial – Part 2
  • Intro to Smart Pixels – Part 1
  • Network Setup: Falcon Player FPP with Falcon F16v3 Controller
  • Raspberry Pi Robot + Wii remote (It’s Alive!)
  • Blog Revenue Aug 2017 – $131

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  • Getting SPI working on the Raspberry Pi 126 views | 0 comments | posted on July 25, 2012
  • Network Setup: Falcon Player FPP with Falcon F16v3 Controller 84 views | 0 comments | posted on October 14, 2017
  • Wii Controller + Raspberry Pi + Python = Awesome!! 44 views | 0 comments | posted on August 3, 2012
  • How to get 1080p videos running on my Raspberry Pi 43 views | 0 comments | posted on July 13, 2012

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Recent Post

  • Easy Smart Pixels Tutorial – Part 2 March 4, 2018
  • Intro to Smart Pixels – Part 1 October 30, 2017
  • Network Setup: Falcon Player FPP with Falcon F16v3 Controller October 14, 2017
  • Raspberry Pi Robot + Wii remote (It’s Alive!) August 17, 2017
  • Blog Revenue Aug 2017 – $131 August 14, 2017

Popular Post

  • How to replace rotted T1-11 / LP siding with a belly band 678 views | 0 comments | posted on September 3, 2015
  • Getting SPI working on the Raspberry Pi 126 views | 0 comments | posted on July 25, 2012
  • Network Setup: Falcon Player FPP with Falcon F16v3 Controller 84 views | 0 comments | posted on October 14, 2017
  • Wii Controller + Raspberry Pi + Python = Awesome!! 44 views | 0 comments | posted on August 3, 2012
  • How to get 1080p videos running on my Raspberry Pi 43 views | 0 comments | posted on July 13, 2012

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