Raspberry Pi 3 B+ Rover/Drone Project NEED HELP!!!
October 6, 2023, 16:10
yeah it's fine
it's your project you can do what you want with it
I did reimage it tho and connected it to wifi before I put the sd card back into it using raspberry pi imager. So all I just have to do is boot it up and wire it and co figure it.
yes
Yo <@248576224983646227>
Im wanting to build a similar project just not building a car but just for learning so we can help each other and when we finish our projects we can build a drone together or smth
<@1071178789939331253> i got documentation of how the gpio configuration is for the rover if you want me to share the link
its on google sheets
yeah sure
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yup okay
for some reason on one of my raspbery pis both power and data lights are solid and the other one just the power one is and green isnt doing anything
oh
same os?
is it displaying anything on a monitor?
no not yet gonna reflash it
okay
how much ram would this robot need to run a pan and tilt camera, and a small voice assistant and a web server to run the webpage to run the robot on?
i only have a 512mb version pi and a 1gb version
<@1071178789939331253> any ideas?
it needs to be lite as it can be
since im working with very low hardware requriements
But doesn't that run hotter?
Since there's more bits
Would 32 bit work better?
no im not aware of that
64 bit is Just faster, I can test it tomorrow to see if it is hotter but Im not aware of it
Ok but yeah im trying to make this the lightest thing it can be since ram is limited. Functionality I want It to do things like the old kids toy Tribot did. I want to be able to issue voice commands to it like follow mode or guard mode, trace mode and etc. Also to be able to drive it with any device I choose and my phone being the vr eyes for the rpi camera.
Sounds like a lot for a small package.
But is it possible.
Idk
it is possible
maybe a big laggy on a pi 3 but it is possible
also that will definitely be very hard and not a beginner project
Also add alarm clock mode maybe too.
So not possible on the pi 1 model b+ but on the pi 3 with 1gb of ram yes?
possibly
Raspberry pi 1 model b+ has only 512mb of ram
maybe not all at the same time and you might want to upgrade to the pi 4 or 5 if possible
but let's try do the basics first
Too expensive for what its worth.
do you have a fan? you probably should spend a little bit of money on a fan and heatsink
Yeah start small and work our way up
I have heatsinks on the raspberry pi 3 not the 1
Yea
None
ok I recommend getting one for what you want
should I link one?
Is it really needed or can I work with what I got?
If we need more later then yes I might buy it but I don't want to buy more stuff I maynot need
ok that's fine
yes go for 64 bit then
Ok 64 bit raspberry pi os lite?
yes
Which raspberry pi version 3 or 1?
wdym
Maybe we can try it on the 1 and if it's having a hard time then switch it to the 3
why not just go straight to the pi 3 at first
Ok we can do that
I think the pi 1 is pretty much doomed to fail, unless only for simple control
Ahh ok let's try the 3 then
The other raspberry pi idk what I want to do with it but maybe a smartwatch with hacking capabilities idk
Idk if 512mb can run a GUI or not maybe not the smartest idea
you can possibly build it into this project if you really wanna use it
I don't know how but I know it's possible
btw how do you plan on controlling the bot?
Using my phone, wireless USB controller or my computer.
That's what the webpage is for
And the phone is my eyes for the camera of the raspberry pi
ah ak
Ahh so rpi3 would be best?
Since it will be streaming video to my phone
Would a higher end micro sd card work for this better or would just any sd card work without performance drops?
I mean that'd be hard to code
Hard to code streaming video and moving the sersos with my phones accelerometers?
Maybe ask chat gpt it might help lol
yeah lol
For the hard shit
So yeah easy shit for us hard shit for gpt
So would any sd card be fine it don't change any performance at all.
not much
Ok so it don't matter really ok
yeah
K
It posted but no visual on my gaming monitor. Red light was solid green light blinked slow 4 times and then fast 4 times.
I don't know what the codes are
do you have WiFi enabled?
and I'm guessing your using a micro hdmi to hdmi cable right?
Yes I have it to already connect to wifi on boot when I flashed it
No it's full size hdmi
I'll fool with it tomorrow it's making me frustrated that my raspberry pis won't boot correctly.
that's fine