I realized quickly I would need to expand on this design. Then add on the dome motor controller, drive motor controllers, lighting displays, screens, etc. There are over 20 servos in the dome alone, almost as many in the body. Initially when I dreamed this up I somehow had it in my mind that I would just need a single Raspberry Pi to run things, but after putting together my initial R2-D2 project plan I realized there were going to be far too many devices that would need to be controlled. After all I am writing the Astromech Operating System to control R2-D2. Complexity – This type of system adds a lot of complexity that average DIYers might not be able to do themselves.Time will tell, but I hope it will be rock solid.
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It’s certainly possible I will have programming and stability issues with the full size R2-D2 remote control system running on a Raspberry Pi. There are however some downsides of using a Raspberry Pi over the traditional model airplane remote controllers:
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Wi-Fi – With Wi-Fi on the RPi I can have R2-D2 on my home network and also develop iOS and Android applications to control him.Bluetooth – Since the RPi has integrated Bluetooth, I can use a Playstation 3 or XBOX One game controller with the Raspberry Pi to drive and operate R2-D2.This means I can control Arduinos, motor controllers, and anything else that supports I2C remotely.
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I2C – The I2C protocol is a serial bus protocol that allows multiple devices to talk to each other over just two wires.GPIO – The RPi has GPIO for controlling servos, relays, and other device.A full size PC was just not going to be an option for something that I hope to run 8-12 hours on a single charge. Since R2-D2 is battery operated, saving power is critical. Low Power – The Raspbery Pi is a lower power device.I’ll quickly go over some of the reasons I chose the RPi. For me its just about the perfect choice. I ultimately landed on the Raspberry Pi for R2-D2. The best way to do this is to have some sort of computer or micro-controller inside him. R2-D2 is going to live in my theater room and I wanted him to come alive and go to sleep before and after movies but to be silent during them. I wanted to put together something much more modern that I could build on and have APIs for integration into other things.įor example, I wanted my home automation system to be able to do things with R2-D2 like wake him up or turn him off. Most of the builders were just rehashing 10 year old plans that others had made using model airplane remote control systems. When I first started my R2-D2 building adventure I read all the R2-D2 forums and Reddit posts on how others have done it. So today, I will take you through what I have done so far and what I plan to do in the future. I’ve had so many people ask me how I went about building the full size R2-D2 remote control system.
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