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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://community.element14.com/cfs-file/__key/system/syndication/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><channel><title>Raspberry Pi 4 Animatronic BD-1 Companion Robot -- Episode 445</title><link>https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/element14-presents/project-videos/w/documents/8652/raspberry-pi-4-animatronic-bd-1-companion-robot----episode-445</link><description /><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>Telligent Community 12</generator><item><title>Raspberry Pi 4 Animatronic BD-1 Companion Robot -- Episode 445</title><link>https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/element14-presents/project-videos/w/documents/8652/raspberry-pi-4-animatronic-bd-1-companion-robot----episode-445</link><pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2020 07:24:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:ca86f40b-7dcf-4dc1-b78f-0882a73d354f</guid><dc:creator>Matt</dc:creator><comments>https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/element14-presents/project-videos/w/documents/8652/raspberry-pi-4-animatronic-bd-1-companion-robot----episode-445#comments</comments><description>Current Revision posted to Documents by Matt on 5/8/2020 7:24:00 AM&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2XKRSir-Oo"&gt;www.youtube.com/watch&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="background-color:#e9f6fc;border:1px solid #b8d7e5;margin:0;max-width:744px;padding:8px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:&amp;#39;Open Sans&amp;#39;, Arial, sans-serif;text-align:justify;"&gt;When Dave saw BD-1 while playing the latest Star Wars game on his xbox, he knew he had to build a BD-1 companion bot for himself. Some things definitely had to be achieved for this build, like the display in the back of the head or the stim / med pack shooter of the buddy robot. Adding the projector complicated the build, as now the power consumption got even bigger than the Raspberry PI would already takes. This astrobot is not designed to walk around, but rather sit on your shoulder, like in the game. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3334ca;"&gt;Supplemental Content:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="jive-link-poll-small" href="/challenges-projects/project14/w/polls/20159/project14-star-wars-day-what-path-did-you-follow-on-may-the-fourth" data-e14adj="t"&gt;Project14 | Star Wars Day: What Path Did You Follow on May the Fourth?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="jive-link-poll-small" href="/challengesprojects/project14/w/polls/20383/project14-star-wars-day-2020-which-star-wars-tv-character-is-your-favorite" data-e14adj="t"&gt;Project14 | Star Wars Day 2020: Which Star Wars TV Character Is Your Favorite?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="jive-link-poll-small" href="/challengesprojects/project14/w/polls/20245/project14-star-wars-day-2019-the-skywalker-saga-concludes-whose-force-abilities-impress-you-the-most" data-e14adj="t"&gt;Project14 | Star Wars Day 2019: The Skywalker Saga Concludes: Whose Force Abilities Impress You the Most?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="jive-link-blog-small" href="/challenges-projects/project14/fightinggerms/b/blog/posts/may-the-fourth-be-with-you-brings-a-new-hope-for-fighting-the-pandemic" data-e14adj="t"&gt;&amp;quot;May the Fourth be with You&amp;quot; Brings a New Hope for Fighting the Pandemic&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="jive-link-blog-small" href="/challenges-projects/project14/robots-with-wheels/b/blog/posts/the-making-of-r2d2---the-force-on-wheels" data-e14adj="t"&gt;The Making of R2D2 - The Force on Wheels&lt;/a&gt; by&amp;nbsp; &lt;span&gt;&lt;a href="/members/sjmill01"&gt;Sean_Miller&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="jive-link-blog-small" href="/challenges-projects/project14/rf/b/blog/posts/star-wars-r2d2-uses-the-force-with-xbee-rf-virtual-wires" data-e14adj="t"&gt;Star Wars&lt;span class="emoticon" data-url="https://community.element14.com/cfs-file/__key/system/emoji/00ae.svg" title="Registered"&gt;&amp;#x00ae;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;R2D2 Uses the Force with XBee RF Virtual Wires&lt;/a&gt; by &lt;span&gt;&lt;a href="/members/sjmill01"&gt;Sean_Miller&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="jive-link-blog-small" href="/challenges-projects/project14/questionofscale/b/blog/posts/size-matters-not---an-r2d2-story" data-e14adj="t"&gt;Size Matters Not - An R2D2 Story&lt;/a&gt; by &lt;span&gt;&lt;a href="/members/dougw"&gt;dougw&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="jive-link-blog-small" href="/challenges-projects/project14/open-arduino/b/blog/posts/arduino-powered-mse-6-mouse-droid" data-e14adj="t"&gt;Arduino Powered MSE-6 (Mouse Droid)&lt;/a&gt; by &lt;span&gt;&lt;a href="/members/jomoenginer"&gt;jomoenginer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3334ca;"&gt;Bill of Material:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;table class="jiveBorder" style="border:1px solid #C6C6C6;" border="1"&gt;
&lt;thead&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th style="background-color:#f2f2f2;border:1px solid #C6C6C6;color:#505050;padding:6px;text-align:left;"&gt;Product Name&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th style="background-color:#f2f2f2;border:1px solid #C6C6C6;color:#505050;padding:6px;text-align:left;"&gt;Manufacturer&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th style="background-color:#f2f2f2;border:1px solid #C6C6C6;color:#505050;padding:6px;text-align:left;"&gt;Quantity&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th style="background-color:#f2f2f2;border:1px solid #C6C6C6;color:#505050;padding:6px;text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a id="e14-product-link-cecaa" data-at-areainteracted="rte-content" data-at-type="click" data-at-link-type="button" href="https://referral.element14.com/OrderCodeView?fsku=3051887,2133070,3404690,3252903,2917061,2917067,9687769&amp;nsku=02AH3164,07W3935,67AH8870,41AH2666,71AC0837,71AC0842,98K9179&amp;COM=e14c-noscript&amp;CMP=e14c-noscript&amp;osetc=e14-noscript-tracking-loss" data-at-label="PRODUCT_BUY_KIT" class="e14-embedded e14_shopping-cart-far e14-button" onclick="event.preventDefault();e14.func.displayProduct(e14.meta.user.country, this, 'embedded-link', e14.func.getProductLinkJSON('cecaa'));" data-farnell="3051887~1,2133070~1,3404690~1,3252903~1,2917061~1,2917067~1,9687769~1" data-newark="02AH3164~1,07W3935~1,67AH8870~1,41AH2666~1,71AC0837~1,71AC0842~1,98K9179~1" data-comoverride="" data-cmpoverride="" data-cpc="" data-avnetemea="" data-avnetema="" data-avnetasia="" &gt;Buy Kit&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/thead&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;Raspberry PI 4 4GB&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;RASPBERRY PI&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;1&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a id="e14-product-link-056a7" data-at-areainteracted="rte-content" data-at-type="click" data-at-link-type="link" href="https://referral.element14.com/OrderCodeView?fsku=3051887&amp;nsku=02AH3164&amp;COM=e14c-noscript&amp;CMP=e14c-noscript&amp;osetc=e14-noscript-tracking-loss" data-at-label="PRODUCT_POPUP_OPEN"class="e14-embedded e14_shopping-cart-far e14-link" onclick="event.preventDefault();e14.func.displayProduct(e14.meta.user.country, this, 'embedded-link', e14.func.getProductLinkJSON('056a7'));" data-farnell="3051887~1" data-newark="02AH3164~1" data-comoverride="" data-cmpoverride="" data-cpc="SC15185" data-avnetemea="" data-avnetema="" data-avnetasia="" &gt;Buy Now&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;Arduino Leonardo&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;ARDUINO&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;1&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a id="e14-product-link-45806" data-at-areainteracted="rte-content" data-at-type="click" data-at-link-type="link" href="https://referral.element14.com/OrderCodeView?fsku=2133070&amp;nsku=07W3935&amp;COM=e14c-noscript&amp;CMP=e14c-noscript&amp;osetc=e14-noscript-tracking-loss" data-at-label="PRODUCT_POPUP_OPEN"class="e14-embedded e14_shopping-cart-far e14-link" onclick="event.preventDefault();e14.func.displayProduct(e14.meta.user.country, this, 'embedded-link', e14.func.getProductLinkJSON('45806'));" data-farnell="2133070~1" data-newark="07W3935~1" data-comoverride="" data-cmpoverride="" data-cpc="" data-avnetemea="" data-avnetema="" data-avnetasia="" &gt;Buy Now&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;ABX00028 - NANO EVERY DEVELOPMENT BRD, 8BIT AVR&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;ARDUINO&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;1&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a id="e14-product-link-1b861" data-at-areainteracted="rte-content" data-at-type="click" data-at-link-type="link" href="https://referral.element14.com/OrderCodeView?fsku=3404690&amp;nsku=67AH8870&amp;COM=e14c-noscript&amp;CMP=e14c-noscript&amp;osetc=e14-noscript-tracking-loss" data-at-label="PRODUCT_POPUP_OPEN"class="e14-embedded e14_shopping-cart-far e14-link" onclick="event.preventDefault();e14.func.displayProduct(e14.meta.user.country, this, 'embedded-link', e14.func.getProductLinkJSON('1b861'));" data-farnell="3404690~1" data-newark="67AH8870~1" data-comoverride="" data-cmpoverride="" data-cpc="" data-avnetemea="" data-avnetema="" data-avnetasia="" &gt;Buy Now&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;1403010049 - 3D Printer Filament, 1.75mm Dia, White, PLA&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;FILAMENTIVE&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;1&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a id="e14-product-link-9410b" data-at-areainteracted="rte-content" data-at-type="click" data-at-link-type="link" href="https://referral.element14.com/OrderCodeView?fsku=3252903&amp;nsku=41AH2666&amp;COM=e14c-noscript&amp;CMP=e14c-noscript&amp;osetc=e14-noscript-tracking-loss" data-at-label="PRODUCT_POPUP_OPEN"class="e14-embedded e14_shopping-cart-far e14-link" onclick="event.preventDefault();e14.func.displayProduct(e14.meta.user.country, this, 'embedded-link', e14.func.getProductLinkJSON('9410b'));" data-farnell="3252903~1" data-newark="41AH2666~1" data-comoverride="" data-cmpoverride="" data-cpc="" data-avnetemea="" data-avnetema="" data-avnetasia="" &gt;Buy Now&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;1403010042 - 3D Printer Filament, 1.75mm Dia, Black, PLA&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;FILAMENTIVE&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;1&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a id="e14-product-link-ed59b" data-at-areainteracted="rte-content" data-at-type="click" data-at-link-type="link" href="https://referral.element14.com/OrderCodeView?fsku=2917061&amp;nsku=71AC0837&amp;COM=e14c-noscript&amp;CMP=e14c-noscript&amp;osetc=e14-noscript-tracking-loss" data-at-label="PRODUCT_POPUP_OPEN"class="e14-embedded e14_shopping-cart-far e14-link" onclick="event.preventDefault();e14.func.displayProduct(e14.meta.user.country, this, 'embedded-link', e14.func.getProductLinkJSON('ed59b'));" data-farnell="2917061~1" data-newark="71AC0837~1" data-comoverride="" data-cmpoverride="" data-cpc="" data-avnetemea="" data-avnetema="" data-avnetasia="" &gt;Buy Now&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;1403010037 - 3D Printer Filament, 1.75mm Dia, Orange, PLA&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;FILAMENTIVE&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;1&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a id="e14-product-link-f9334" data-at-areainteracted="rte-content" data-at-type="click" data-at-link-type="link" href="https://referral.element14.com/OrderCodeView?fsku=2917067&amp;nsku=71AC0842&amp;COM=e14c-noscript&amp;CMP=e14c-noscript&amp;osetc=e14-noscript-tracking-loss" data-at-label="PRODUCT_POPUP_OPEN"class="e14-embedded e14_shopping-cart-far e14-link" onclick="event.preventDefault();e14.func.displayProduct(e14.meta.user.country, this, 'embedded-link', e14.func.getProductLinkJSON('f9334'));" data-farnell="2917067~1" data-newark="71AC0842~1" data-comoverride="" data-cmpoverride="" data-cpc="" data-avnetemea="" data-avnetema="" data-avnetasia="" &gt;Buy Now&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;41 120 610 620 - Linear Solenoid, D Type / Box Type, Pull, Continuous, 12 VDC&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;PED&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;1&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a id="e14-product-link-265a8" data-at-areainteracted="rte-content" data-at-type="click" data-at-link-type="link" href="https://referral.element14.com/OrderCodeView?fsku=9687769&amp;nsku=98K9179&amp;COM=e14c-noscript&amp;CMP=e14c-noscript&amp;osetc=e14-noscript-tracking-loss" data-at-label="PRODUCT_POPUP_OPEN"class="e14-embedded e14_shopping-cart-far e14-link" onclick="event.preventDefault();e14.func.displayProduct(e14.meta.user.country, this, 'embedded-link', e14.func.getProductLinkJSON('265a8'));" data-farnell="9687769~1" data-newark="98K9179~1" data-comoverride="" data-cmpoverride="" data-cpc="" data-avnetemea="" data-avnetema="" data-avnetasia="" &gt;Buy Now&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0;padding:0px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3334ca;"&gt;Additional Parts:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0;padding:0px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;table class="jiveBorder" style="border:1px solid #000000;width:100%;" border="1"&gt;
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&lt;th style="background-color:#6690bc;border:1px solid #000000;color:#ffffff;padding:2px;text-align:left;" valign="middle"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Product Name&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/thead&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #000000;padding:2px;"&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;DS3225 Servo&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #000000;padding:2px;"&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Matek 5V 12V PDB power distribution board&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #000000;padding:2px;"&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Mini Beamer / Projector&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
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&lt;div style="font-weight:bold;margin:15px 0 5px 0;"&gt;Attachments:&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;div style="background:#ffffff;border:1px solid #dadada;margin:0;padding:14px 16px 16px 18px;vertical-align:top;"&gt;
&lt;div style="display:inline-block;float:left;padding:0px 25px 8px 0px;"&gt;&lt;a href="/challengesprojects/element14-presents/" data-e14adj="t"&gt;&lt;img alt="image"  src="/e14/assets/legacy/2018/e14PresentsJune818.png" width="180px" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div style="display:inline-block;vertical-align:top;width:70%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:18px;font-weight:bold;"&gt;Raspberry Pi 4 Animatronic BD-1 Companion Robot&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a class="jivecontainerTT-hover-container jive-link-community-small" href="/challengesprojects/element14-presents/" data-e14adj="t"&gt;element14 presents&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;strong&gt;|&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;a class="jive-link-wiki-small" href="/challengesprojects/element14-presents/vcp-program/w/documents/4110/vcp-biography-dave" data-e14adj="t"&gt;About davedarko&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;strong&gt;|&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;a class="jivecontainerTT-hover-container jive-link-community-small" href="/challengesprojects/element14-presents/project-videos/" data-e14adj="t"&gt;Project Videos&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div style="font-size: 90%;"&gt;Tags: led display, e14p_DD, firmata, led matrix, companion bot, joystick, makerbeam, jedi: fallen order, not a hammer, rpi4, makerbeams, projector, robot, 3D Printing, e14presents_davedarko, astromechs, raspberry pi 4, neopixel, raspberry pi, servos, wera, bd-1, davedarko, leonardo, bd1, laser cut, bb-8, arduino, davedarko - dave plöeger, star wars, johnny-five js, friday_release, 3d print, 3d printed, laser cutting, cal kestis, solenoid&lt;/div&gt;
</description></item><item><title>Episode 445: Raspberry Pi 4 Animatronic BD-1 Companion Robot</title><link>https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/element14-presents/project-videos/w/documents/8652/raspberry-pi-4-animatronic-bd-1-companion-robot----episode-445/revision/4</link><pubDate>Sat, 09 Jul 2022 00:08:49 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:ca86f40b-7dcf-4dc1-b78f-0882a73d354f</guid><dc:creator>saradetwiler</dc:creator><comments>https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/element14-presents/project-videos/w/documents/8652/raspberry-pi-4-animatronic-bd-1-companion-robot----episode-445#comments</comments><description>Revision 4 posted to Documents by saradetwiler on 7/9/2022 12:08:49 AM&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2XKRSir-Oo"&gt;www.youtube.com/watch&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="background-color:#e9f6fc;border:1px solid #b8d7e5;margin:0;max-width:744px;padding:8px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:&amp;#39;Open Sans&amp;#39;, Arial, sans-serif;text-align:justify;"&gt;When Dave saw BD-1 while playing the latest Star Wars game on his xbox, he knew he had to build a BD-1 companion bot for himself. Some things definitely had to be achieved for this build, like the display in the back of the head or the stim / med pack shooter of the buddy robot. Adding the projector complicated the build, as now the power consumption got even bigger than the Raspberry PI would already takes. This astrobot is not designed to walk around, but rather sit on your shoulder, like in the game. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3334ca;"&gt;Supplemental Content:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="jive-link-poll-small" href="/challenges-projects/project14/w/polls/20159/project14-star-wars-day-what-path-did-you-follow-on-may-the-fourth"&gt;Project14 | Star Wars Day: What Path Did You Follow on May the Fourth?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="jive-link-poll-small" href="/challengesprojects/project14/w/polls/20383/project14-star-wars-day-2020-which-star-wars-tv-character-is-your-favorite"&gt;Project14 | Star Wars Day 2020: Which Star Wars TV Character Is Your Favorite?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="jive-link-poll-small" href="/challengesprojects/project14/w/polls/20245/project14-star-wars-day-2019-the-skywalker-saga-concludes-whose-force-abilities-impress-you-the-most"&gt;Project14 | Star Wars Day 2019: The Skywalker Saga Concludes: Whose Force Abilities Impress You the Most?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="jive-link-blog-small" href="/challenges-projects/project14/fightinggerms/b/blog/posts/may-the-fourth-be-with-you-brings-a-new-hope-for-fighting-the-pandemic"&gt;&amp;quot;May the Fourth be with You&amp;quot; Brings a New Hope for Fighting the Pandemic&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="jive-link-blog-small" href="/challenges-projects/project14/robots-with-wheels/b/blog/posts/the-making-of-r2d2---the-force-on-wheels"&gt;The Making of R2D2 - The Force on Wheels&lt;/a&gt; by&amp;nbsp; &lt;span&gt;&lt;a href="/members/sjmill01"&gt;Sean_Miller&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="jive-link-blog-small" href="/challenges-projects/project14/rf/b/blog/posts/star-wars-r2d2-uses-the-force-with-xbee-rf-virtual-wires"&gt;Star Wars&lt;span class="emoticon" data-url="https://community.element14.com/cfs-file/__key/system/emoji/00ae.svg" title="Registered"&gt;&amp;#x00ae;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;R2D2 Uses the Force with XBee RF Virtual Wires&lt;/a&gt; by &lt;span&gt;&lt;a href="/members/sjmill01"&gt;Sean_Miller&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="jive-link-blog-small" href="/challenges-projects/project14/questionofscale/b/blog/posts/size-matters-not---an-r2d2-story"&gt;Size Matters Not - An R2D2 Story&lt;/a&gt; by &lt;span&gt;&lt;a href="/members/dougw"&gt;dougw&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="jive-link-blog-small" href="/challenges-projects/project14/open-arduino/b/blog/posts/arduino-powered-mse-6-mouse-droid"&gt;Arduino Powered MSE-6 (Mouse Droid)&lt;/a&gt; by &lt;span&gt;&lt;a href="/members/jomoenginer"&gt;jomoenginer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3334ca;"&gt;Bill of Material:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;table class="jiveBorder" style="border:1px solid #C6C6C6;" border="1"&gt;
&lt;thead&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th style="background-color:#f2f2f2;border:1px solid #C6C6C6;color:#505050;padding:6px;text-align:left;"&gt;Product Name&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th style="background-color:#f2f2f2;border:1px solid #C6C6C6;color:#505050;padding:6px;text-align:left;"&gt;Manufacturer&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th style="background-color:#f2f2f2;border:1px solid #C6C6C6;color:#505050;padding:6px;text-align:left;"&gt;Quantity&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th style="background-color:#f2f2f2;border:1px solid #C6C6C6;color:#505050;padding:6px;text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a id="e14-product-link-3e91b" data-at-areainteracted="rte-content" data-at-type="click" data-at-link-type="button" href="https://referral.element14.com/OrderCodeView?fsku=3051887,2133070,3404690,3252903,2917061,2917067,9687769&amp;nsku=02AH3164,07W3935,67AH8870,41AH2666,71AC0837,71AC0842,98K9179&amp;COM=e14c-noscript&amp;CMP=e14c-noscript&amp;osetc=e14-noscript-tracking-loss" data-at-label="PRODUCT_BUY_KIT" class="e14-embedded e14_shopping-cart-far e14-button" onclick="event.preventDefault();e14.func.displayProduct(e14.meta.user.country, this, 'embedded-link', e14.func.getProductLinkJSON('3e91b'));" data-farnell="3051887~1,2133070~1,3404690~1,3252903~1,2917061~1,2917067~1,9687769~1" data-newark="02AH3164~1,07W3935~1,67AH8870~1,41AH2666~1,71AC0837~1,71AC0842~1,98K9179~1" data-comoverride="" data-cmpoverride="" data-cpc="" data-avnetemea="" data-avnetema="" data-avnetasia="" &gt;Buy Kit&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/thead&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;Raspberry PI 4 4GB&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;RASPBERRY PI&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;1&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a id="e14-product-link-4698e" data-at-areainteracted="rte-content" data-at-type="click" data-at-link-type="link" href="https://referral.element14.com/OrderCodeView?fsku=3051887&amp;nsku=02AH3164&amp;COM=e14c-noscript&amp;CMP=e14c-noscript&amp;osetc=e14-noscript-tracking-loss" data-at-label="PRODUCT_POPUP_OPEN"class="e14-embedded e14_shopping-cart-far e14-link" onclick="event.preventDefault();e14.func.displayProduct(e14.meta.user.country, this, 'embedded-link', e14.func.getProductLinkJSON('4698e'));" data-farnell="3051887~1" data-newark="02AH3164~1" data-comoverride="" data-cmpoverride="" data-cpc="SC15185" data-avnetemea="" data-avnetema="" data-avnetasia="" &gt;Buy Now&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;Arduino Leonardo&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;ARDUINO&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;1&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a id="e14-product-link-89ce0" data-at-areainteracted="rte-content" data-at-type="click" data-at-link-type="link" href="https://referral.element14.com/OrderCodeView?fsku=2133070&amp;nsku=07W3935&amp;COM=e14c-noscript&amp;CMP=e14c-noscript&amp;osetc=e14-noscript-tracking-loss" data-at-label="PRODUCT_POPUP_OPEN"class="e14-embedded e14_shopping-cart-far e14-link" onclick="event.preventDefault();e14.func.displayProduct(e14.meta.user.country, this, 'embedded-link', e14.func.getProductLinkJSON('89ce0'));" data-farnell="2133070~1" data-newark="07W3935~1" data-comoverride="" data-cmpoverride="" data-cpc="" data-avnetemea="" data-avnetema="" data-avnetasia="" &gt;Buy Now&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;ABX00028 - NANO EVERY DEVELOPMENT BRD, 8BIT AVR&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;ARDUINO&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;1&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a id="e14-product-link-fd1a4" data-at-areainteracted="rte-content" data-at-type="click" data-at-link-type="link" href="https://referral.element14.com/OrderCodeView?fsku=3404690&amp;nsku=67AH8870&amp;COM=e14c-noscript&amp;CMP=e14c-noscript&amp;osetc=e14-noscript-tracking-loss" data-at-label="PRODUCT_POPUP_OPEN"class="e14-embedded e14_shopping-cart-far e14-link" onclick="event.preventDefault();e14.func.displayProduct(e14.meta.user.country, this, 'embedded-link', e14.func.getProductLinkJSON('fd1a4'));" data-farnell="3404690~1" data-newark="67AH8870~1" data-comoverride="" data-cmpoverride="" data-cpc="" data-avnetemea="" data-avnetema="" data-avnetasia="" &gt;Buy Now&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;1403010049 - 3D Printer Filament, 1.75mm Dia, White, PLA&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;FILAMENTIVE&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;1&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a id="e14-product-link-f4abc" data-at-areainteracted="rte-content" data-at-type="click" data-at-link-type="link" href="https://referral.element14.com/OrderCodeView?fsku=3252903&amp;nsku=41AH2666&amp;COM=e14c-noscript&amp;CMP=e14c-noscript&amp;osetc=e14-noscript-tracking-loss" data-at-label="PRODUCT_POPUP_OPEN"class="e14-embedded e14_shopping-cart-far e14-link" onclick="event.preventDefault();e14.func.displayProduct(e14.meta.user.country, this, 'embedded-link', e14.func.getProductLinkJSON('f4abc'));" data-farnell="3252903~1" data-newark="41AH2666~1" data-comoverride="" data-cmpoverride="" data-cpc="" data-avnetemea="" data-avnetema="" data-avnetasia="" &gt;Buy Now&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;1403010042 - 3D Printer Filament, 1.75mm Dia, Black, PLA&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;FILAMENTIVE&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;1&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a id="e14-product-link-d5c04" data-at-areainteracted="rte-content" data-at-type="click" data-at-link-type="link" href="https://referral.element14.com/OrderCodeView?fsku=2917061&amp;nsku=71AC0837&amp;COM=e14c-noscript&amp;CMP=e14c-noscript&amp;osetc=e14-noscript-tracking-loss" data-at-label="PRODUCT_POPUP_OPEN"class="e14-embedded e14_shopping-cart-far e14-link" onclick="event.preventDefault();e14.func.displayProduct(e14.meta.user.country, this, 'embedded-link', e14.func.getProductLinkJSON('d5c04'));" data-farnell="2917061~1" data-newark="71AC0837~1" data-comoverride="" data-cmpoverride="" data-cpc="" data-avnetemea="" data-avnetema="" data-avnetasia="" &gt;Buy Now&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;1403010037 - 3D Printer Filament, 1.75mm Dia, Orange, PLA&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;FILAMENTIVE&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;1&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a id="e14-product-link-f11bb" data-at-areainteracted="rte-content" data-at-type="click" data-at-link-type="link" href="https://referral.element14.com/OrderCodeView?fsku=2917067&amp;nsku=71AC0842&amp;COM=e14c-noscript&amp;CMP=e14c-noscript&amp;osetc=e14-noscript-tracking-loss" data-at-label="PRODUCT_POPUP_OPEN"class="e14-embedded e14_shopping-cart-far e14-link" onclick="event.preventDefault();e14.func.displayProduct(e14.meta.user.country, this, 'embedded-link', e14.func.getProductLinkJSON('f11bb'));" data-farnell="2917067~1" data-newark="71AC0842~1" data-comoverride="" data-cmpoverride="" data-cpc="" data-avnetemea="" data-avnetema="" data-avnetasia="" &gt;Buy Now&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;41 120 610 620 - Linear Solenoid, D Type / Box Type, Pull, Continuous, 12 VDC&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;PED&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;1&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a id="e14-product-link-c2d23" data-at-areainteracted="rte-content" data-at-type="click" data-at-link-type="link" href="https://referral.element14.com/OrderCodeView?fsku=9687769&amp;nsku=98K9179&amp;COM=e14c-noscript&amp;CMP=e14c-noscript&amp;osetc=e14-noscript-tracking-loss" data-at-label="PRODUCT_POPUP_OPEN"class="e14-embedded e14_shopping-cart-far e14-link" onclick="event.preventDefault();e14.func.displayProduct(e14.meta.user.country, this, 'embedded-link', e14.func.getProductLinkJSON('c2d23'));" data-farnell="9687769~1" data-newark="98K9179~1" data-comoverride="" data-cmpoverride="" data-cpc="" data-avnetemea="" data-avnetema="" data-avnetasia="" &gt;Buy Now&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0;padding:0px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3334ca;"&gt;Additional Parts:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0;padding:0px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;table class="jiveBorder" style="border:1px solid #000000;width:100%;" border="1"&gt;
&lt;thead&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th style="background-color:#6690bc;border:1px solid #000000;color:#ffffff;padding:2px;text-align:left;" valign="middle"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Product Name&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/thead&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #000000;padding:2px;"&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;DS3225 Servo&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #000000;padding:2px;"&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Matek 5V 12V PDB power distribution board&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #000000;padding:2px;"&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Mini Beamer / Projector&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;div class="migration-injected-attachments"&gt;
&lt;div style="font-weight:bold;margin:15px 0 5px 0;"&gt;Attachments:&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;table style="border:0;"&gt;
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&lt;td colspan="2"&gt;&lt;span id="attid_https://www.element14.com/community/api/core/v3/attachments/301695" class="_se_attachment"&gt;&lt;a href="https://community.element14.com/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-03-81/BD_5F00_1_5F00_Resources.zip"&gt;community.element14.com/.../BD_5F00_1_5F00_Resources.zip&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div style="background:#ffffff;border:1px solid #dadada;margin:0;padding:14px 16px 16px 18px;vertical-align:top;"&gt;
&lt;div style="display:inline-block;float:left;padding:0px 25px 8px 0px;"&gt;&lt;a href="/challengesprojects/element14-presents/"&gt;&lt;img alt="image"  src="/e14/assets/legacy/2018/e14PresentsJune818.png" width="180px" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div style="display:inline-block;vertical-align:top;width:70%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:18px;font-weight:bold;"&gt;Raspberry Pi 4 Animatronic BD-1 Companion Robot&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a class="jivecontainerTT-hover-container jive-link-community-small" href="/challengesprojects/element14-presents/"&gt;element14 presents&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;strong&gt;|&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;a class="jive-link-wiki-small" href="/challengesprojects/element14-presents/vcp-program/w/documents/4110/vcp-biography-dave"&gt;About davedarko&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;strong&gt;|&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;a class="jivecontainerTT-hover-container jive-link-community-small" href="/challengesprojects/element14-presents/project-videos/"&gt;Project Videos&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div style="font-size: 90%;"&gt;Tags: led display, e14p_DD, firmata, led matrix, companion bot, joystick, makerbeam, jedi: fallen order, not a hammer, rpi4, makerbeams, projector, robot, 3D Printing, e14presents_davedarko, astromechs, raspberry pi 4, neopixel, raspberry pi, servos, wera, bd-1, davedarko, leonardo, bd1, laser cut, bb-8, arduino, davedarko - dave plöeger, star wars, johnny-five js, friday_release, 3d print, 3d printed, laser cutting, cal kestis, solenoid&lt;/div&gt;
</description></item><item><title>Episode 445: Raspberry Pi 4 Animatronic BD-1 Companion Robot</title><link>https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/element14-presents/project-videos/w/documents/8652/raspberry-pi-4-animatronic-bd-1-companion-robot----episode-445/revision/3</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Mar 2022 15:56:16 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:ca86f40b-7dcf-4dc1-b78f-0882a73d354f</guid><dc:creator>kellyhensen</dc:creator><comments>https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/element14-presents/project-videos/w/documents/8652/raspberry-pi-4-animatronic-bd-1-companion-robot----episode-445#comments</comments><description>Revision 3 posted to Documents by kellyhensen on 3/8/2022 3:56:16 PM&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2XKRSir-Oo"&gt;www.youtube.com/watch&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="background-color:#e9f6fc;border:1px solid #b8d7e5;margin:0;max-width:744px;padding:8px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:&amp;#39;Open Sans&amp;#39;, Arial, sans-serif;text-align:justify;"&gt;When Dave saw BD-1 while playing the latest Star Wars game on his xbox, he knew he had to build a BD-1 companion bot for himself. Some things definitely had to be achieved for this build, like the display in the back of the head or the stim / med pack shooter of the buddy robot. Adding the projector complicated the build, as now the power consumption got even bigger than the Raspberry PI would already takes. This astrobot is not designed to walk around, but rather sit on your shoulder, like in the game. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3334ca;"&gt;Supplemental Content:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="jive-link-poll-small" href="/challenges-projects/project14/w/polls/20159/project14-star-wars-day-what-path-did-you-follow-on-may-the-fourth"&gt;Project14 | Star Wars Day: What Path Did You Follow on May the Fourth?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="jive-link-poll-small" href="/challengesprojects/project14/w/polls/20383/project14-star-wars-day-2020-which-star-wars-tv-character-is-your-favorite"&gt;Project14 | Star Wars Day 2020: Which Star Wars TV Character Is Your Favorite?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="jive-link-poll-small" href="/challengesprojects/project14/w/polls/20245/project14-star-wars-day-2019-the-skywalker-saga-concludes-whose-force-abilities-impress-you-the-most"&gt;Project14 | Star Wars Day 2019: The Skywalker Saga Concludes: Whose Force Abilities Impress You the Most?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="jive-link-blog-small" href="/challenges-projects/project14/fightinggerms/b/blog/posts/may-the-fourth-be-with-you-brings-a-new-hope-for-fighting-the-pandemic"&gt;&amp;quot;May the Fourth be with You&amp;quot; Brings a New Hope for Fighting the Pandemic&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="jive-link-blog-small" href="/challenges-projects/project14/robots-with-wheels/b/blog/posts/the-making-of-r2d2---the-force-on-wheels"&gt;The Making of R2D2 - The Force on Wheels&lt;/a&gt; by&amp;nbsp; &lt;span&gt;&lt;a href="/members/sjmill01"&gt;Sean_Miller&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="jive-link-blog-small" href="/challenges-projects/project14/rf/b/blog/posts/star-wars-r2d2-uses-the-force-with-xbee-rf-virtual-wires"&gt;Star Wars&lt;span class="emoticon" data-url="https://community.element14.com/cfs-file/__key/system/emoji/00ae.svg" title="Registered"&gt;&amp;#x00ae;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;R2D2 Uses the Force with XBee RF Virtual Wires&lt;/a&gt; by &lt;span&gt;&lt;a href="/members/sjmill01"&gt;Sean_Miller&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="jive-link-blog-small" href="/challenges-projects/project14/questionofscale/b/blog/posts/size-matters-not---an-r2d2-story"&gt;Size Matters Not - An R2D2 Story&lt;/a&gt; by &lt;span&gt;&lt;a href="/members/dougw"&gt;dougw&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="jive-link-blog-small" href="/challenges-projects/project14/open-arduino/b/blog/posts/arduino-powered-mse-6-mouse-droid"&gt;Arduino Powered MSE-6 (Mouse Droid)&lt;/a&gt; by &lt;span&gt;&lt;a href="/members/jomoenginer"&gt;jomoenginer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3334ca;"&gt;Bill of Material:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;table class="jiveBorder" style="border:1px solid #C6C6C6;" border="1"&gt;
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&lt;th style="background-color:#f2f2f2;border:1px solid #C6C6C6;color:#505050;padding:6px;text-align:left;"&gt;Product Name&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th style="background-color:#f2f2f2;border:1px solid #C6C6C6;color:#505050;padding:6px;text-align:left;"&gt;Manufacturer&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th style="background-color:#f2f2f2;border:1px solid #C6C6C6;color:#505050;padding:6px;text-align:left;"&gt;Quantity&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th style="background-color:#f2f2f2;border:1px solid #C6C6C6;color:#505050;padding:6px;text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a id="e14-product-link-44062" data-at-areainteracted="rte-content" data-at-type="click" data-at-link-type="button" href="https://referral.element14.com/OrderCodeView?fsku=3051887,2133070,3404690,3252903,2917061,2917067,9687769&amp;nsku=02AH3164,07W3935,67AH8870,41AH2666,71AC0837,71AC0842,98K9179&amp;COM=e14c-noscript&amp;CMP=e14c-noscript&amp;osetc=e14-noscript-tracking-loss" data-at-label="PRODUCT_BUY_KIT" class="e14-embedded e14_shopping-cart-far e14-button" onclick="event.preventDefault();e14.func.displayProduct(e14.meta.user.country, this, 'embedded-link', e14.func.getProductLinkJSON('44062'));" data-farnell="3051887~1,2133070~1,3404690~1,3252903~1,2917061~1,2917067~1,9687769~1" data-newark="02AH3164~1,07W3935~1,67AH8870~1,41AH2666~1,71AC0837~1,71AC0842~1,98K9179~1" data-comoverride="" data-cmpoverride="" data-cpc="" data-avnetemea="" data-avnetema="" data-avnetasia="" &gt;Buy Kit&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/thead&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;Raspberry PI 4 4GB&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;RASPBERRY PI&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;1&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a id="e14-product-link-11008" data-at-areainteracted="rte-content" data-at-type="click" data-at-link-type="link" href="https://referral.element14.com/OrderCodeView?fsku=3051887&amp;nsku=02AH3164&amp;COM=e14c-noscript&amp;CMP=e14c-noscript&amp;osetc=e14-noscript-tracking-loss" data-at-label="PRODUCT_POPUP_OPEN"class="e14-embedded e14_shopping-cart-far e14-link" onclick="event.preventDefault();e14.func.displayProduct(e14.meta.user.country, this, 'embedded-link', e14.func.getProductLinkJSON('11008'));" data-farnell="3051887~1" data-newark="02AH3164~1" data-comoverride="" data-cmpoverride="" data-cpc="SC15185" data-avnetemea="" data-avnetema="" data-avnetasia="" &gt;Buy Now&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;Arduino Leonardo&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;ARDUINO&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;1&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a id="e14-product-link-9bf5b" data-at-areainteracted="rte-content" data-at-type="click" data-at-link-type="link" href="https://referral.element14.com/OrderCodeView?fsku=2133070&amp;nsku=07W3935&amp;COM=e14c-noscript&amp;CMP=e14c-noscript&amp;osetc=e14-noscript-tracking-loss" data-at-label="PRODUCT_POPUP_OPEN"class="e14-embedded e14_shopping-cart-far e14-link" onclick="event.preventDefault();e14.func.displayProduct(e14.meta.user.country, this, 'embedded-link', e14.func.getProductLinkJSON('9bf5b'));" data-farnell="2133070~1" data-newark="07W3935~1" data-comoverride="" data-cmpoverride="" data-cpc="" data-avnetemea="" data-avnetema="" data-avnetasia="" &gt;Buy Now&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;ABX00028 - NANO EVERY DEVELOPMENT BRD, 8BIT AVR&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;ARDUINO&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;1&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a id="e14-product-link-0691e" data-at-areainteracted="rte-content" data-at-type="click" data-at-link-type="link" href="https://referral.element14.com/OrderCodeView?fsku=3404690&amp;nsku=67AH8870&amp;COM=e14c-noscript&amp;CMP=e14c-noscript&amp;osetc=e14-noscript-tracking-loss" data-at-label="PRODUCT_POPUP_OPEN"class="e14-embedded e14_shopping-cart-far e14-link" onclick="event.preventDefault();e14.func.displayProduct(e14.meta.user.country, this, 'embedded-link', e14.func.getProductLinkJSON('0691e'));" data-farnell="3404690~1" data-newark="67AH8870~1" data-comoverride="" data-cmpoverride="" data-cpc="" data-avnetemea="" data-avnetema="" data-avnetasia="" &gt;Buy Now&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;1403010049 - 3D Printer Filament, 1.75mm Dia, White, PLA&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;FILAMENTIVE&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;1&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a id="e14-product-link-878e4" data-at-areainteracted="rte-content" data-at-type="click" data-at-link-type="link" href="https://referral.element14.com/OrderCodeView?fsku=3252903&amp;nsku=41AH2666&amp;COM=e14c-noscript&amp;CMP=e14c-noscript&amp;osetc=e14-noscript-tracking-loss" data-at-label="PRODUCT_POPUP_OPEN"class="e14-embedded e14_shopping-cart-far e14-link" onclick="event.preventDefault();e14.func.displayProduct(e14.meta.user.country, this, 'embedded-link', e14.func.getProductLinkJSON('878e4'));" data-farnell="3252903~1" data-newark="41AH2666~1" data-comoverride="" data-cmpoverride="" data-cpc="" data-avnetemea="" data-avnetema="" data-avnetasia="" &gt;Buy Now&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;1403010042 - 3D Printer Filament, 1.75mm Dia, Black, PLA&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;FILAMENTIVE&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;1&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a id="e14-product-link-0aa6d" data-at-areainteracted="rte-content" data-at-type="click" data-at-link-type="link" href="https://referral.element14.com/OrderCodeView?fsku=2917061&amp;nsku=71AC0837&amp;COM=e14c-noscript&amp;CMP=e14c-noscript&amp;osetc=e14-noscript-tracking-loss" data-at-label="PRODUCT_POPUP_OPEN"class="e14-embedded e14_shopping-cart-far e14-link" onclick="event.preventDefault();e14.func.displayProduct(e14.meta.user.country, this, 'embedded-link', e14.func.getProductLinkJSON('0aa6d'));" data-farnell="2917061~1" data-newark="71AC0837~1" data-comoverride="" data-cmpoverride="" data-cpc="" data-avnetemea="" data-avnetema="" data-avnetasia="" &gt;Buy Now&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;1403010037 - 3D Printer Filament, 1.75mm Dia, Orange, PLA&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;FILAMENTIVE&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;1&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a id="e14-product-link-99746" data-at-areainteracted="rte-content" data-at-type="click" data-at-link-type="link" href="https://referral.element14.com/OrderCodeView?fsku=2917067&amp;nsku=71AC0842&amp;COM=e14c-noscript&amp;CMP=e14c-noscript&amp;osetc=e14-noscript-tracking-loss" data-at-label="PRODUCT_POPUP_OPEN"class="e14-embedded e14_shopping-cart-far e14-link" onclick="event.preventDefault();e14.func.displayProduct(e14.meta.user.country, this, 'embedded-link', e14.func.getProductLinkJSON('99746'));" data-farnell="2917067~1" data-newark="71AC0842~1" data-comoverride="" data-cmpoverride="" data-cpc="" data-avnetemea="" data-avnetema="" data-avnetasia="" &gt;Buy Now&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;41 120 610 620 - Linear Solenoid, D Type / Box Type, Pull, Continuous, 12 VDC&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;PED&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;1&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a id="e14-product-link-7ab6d" data-at-areainteracted="rte-content" data-at-type="click" data-at-link-type="link" href="https://referral.element14.com/OrderCodeView?fsku=9687769&amp;nsku=98K9179&amp;COM=e14c-noscript&amp;CMP=e14c-noscript&amp;osetc=e14-noscript-tracking-loss" data-at-label="PRODUCT_POPUP_OPEN"class="e14-embedded e14_shopping-cart-far e14-link" onclick="event.preventDefault();e14.func.displayProduct(e14.meta.user.country, this, 'embedded-link', e14.func.getProductLinkJSON('7ab6d'));" data-farnell="9687769~1" data-newark="98K9179~1" data-comoverride="" data-cmpoverride="" data-cpc="" data-avnetemea="" data-avnetema="" data-avnetasia="" &gt;Buy Now&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0;padding:0px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3334ca;"&gt;Additional Parts:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0;padding:0px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;table class="jiveBorder" style="border:1px solid #000000;width:100%;" border="1"&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th style="background-color:#6690bc;border:1px solid #000000;color:#ffffff;padding:2px;text-align:left;" valign="middle"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Product Name&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/thead&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #000000;padding:2px;"&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;DS3225 Servo&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #000000;padding:2px;"&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Matek 5V 12V PDB power distribution board&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td style="border:1px solid #000000;padding:2px;"&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Mini Beamer / Projector&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;div class="migration-injected-attachments"&gt;
&lt;div style="font-weight:bold;margin:15px 0 5px 0;"&gt;Attachments:&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;td colspan="2"&gt;&lt;span id="attid_https://www.element14.com/community/api/core/v3/attachments/301695" class="_se_attachment"&gt;&lt;a href="https://community.element14.com/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-03-81/BD_5F00_1_5F00_Resources.zip"&gt;community.element14.com/.../BD_5F00_1_5F00_Resources.zip&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;/tbody&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div style="background:#ffffff;border:1px solid #dadada;margin:0;padding:14px 16px 16px 18px;vertical-align:top;"&gt;
&lt;div style="display:inline-block;float:left;padding:0px 25px 8px 0px;"&gt;&lt;a href="/challengesprojects/element14-presents/"&gt;&lt;img alt="image"  src="/e14/assets/legacy/2018/e14PresentsJune818.png" width="180px" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div style="display:inline-block;vertical-align:top;width:70%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:18px;font-weight:bold;"&gt;Raspberry Pi 4 Animatronic BD-1 Companion Robot&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a class="jivecontainerTT-hover-container jive-link-community-small" href="/challengesprojects/element14-presents/"&gt;element14 presents&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;strong&gt;|&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;a class="jive-link-wiki-small" href="/challengesprojects/element14-presents/vcp-program/w/documents/4110/vcp-biography-dave"&gt;About davedarko&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;strong&gt;|&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;a class="jivecontainerTT-hover-container jive-link-community-small" href="/challengesprojects/element14-presents/project-videos/"&gt;Project Videos&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div style="font-size: 90%;"&gt;Tags: led display, firmata, led matrix, companion bot, joystick, makerbeam, jedi: fallen order, not a hammer, rpi4, makerbeams, projector, robot, 3D Printing, e14presents_davedarko, astromechs, raspberry pi 4, neopixel, raspberry pi, servos, wera, bd-1, davedarko, leonardo, bd1, laser cut, bb-8, arduino, davedarko - dave plöeger, star wars, johnny-five js, friday_release, 3d print, 3d printed, laser cutting, cal kestis, solenoid&lt;/div&gt;
</description></item><item><title>Episode 445: Raspberry Pi 4 Animatronic BD-1 Companion Robot</title><link>https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/element14-presents/project-videos/w/documents/8652/raspberry-pi-4-animatronic-bd-1-companion-robot----episode-445/revision/2</link><pubDate>Tue, 15 Feb 2022 09:05:25 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:ca86f40b-7dcf-4dc1-b78f-0882a73d354f</guid><dc:creator>Matt</dc:creator><comments>https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/element14-presents/project-videos/w/documents/8652/raspberry-pi-4-animatronic-bd-1-companion-robot----episode-445#comments</comments><description>Revision 2 posted to Documents by Matt on 2/15/2022 9:05:25 AM&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div style="background:#ffffff;padding:14px 16px 16px 18px;margin:0;vertical-align:top;border:1px solid #dadada;"&gt;&lt;div style="float:left;display:inline-block;padding:0px 25px 8px 0px;"&gt;&lt;a href="/challengesprojects/element14-presents/"&gt;&lt;img alt="image" src="/e14/assets/legacy/2018/e14PresentsJune818.png" width="180px"  /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="display:inline-block;vertical-align:top;width:70%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:18px;font-weight:bold;"&gt;Raspberry Pi 4 Animatronic BD-1 Companion Robot&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a class="jivecontainerTT-hover-container jive-link-community-small" href="/challengesprojects/element14-presents/"&gt;element14 presents&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;strong&gt;|&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;a class="jive-link-wiki-small" href="/challengesprojects/element14-presents/vcp-program/w/documents/4110/vcp-biography-dave"&gt;davedarko&amp;#39;s VCP Profile&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;strong&gt;|&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;a class="jivecontainerTT-hover-container jive-link-community-small" href="/challengesprojects/element14-presents/project-videos/"&gt;Project Videos&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;padding:0px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;padding:0px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2XKRSir-Oo"&gt;www.youtube.com/watch&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;padding:0px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;border:1px solid #b8d7e5;background-color:#e9f6fc;padding:8px;max-width:744px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:&amp;#39;Open Sans&amp;#39;, Arial, sans-serif;text-align:justify;"&gt;When Dave saw BD-1 while playing the latest Star Wars game on his xbox, he knew he had to build a BD-1 companion bot for himself. Some things definitely had to be achieved for this build, like the display in the back of the head or the stim / med pack shooter of the buddy robot. Adding the projector complicated the build, as now the power consumption got even bigger than the Raspberry PI would already takes. This astrobot is not designed to walk around, but rather sit on your shoulder, like in the game. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;padding:0px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3334ca;"&gt;Supplemental Content:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;padding:0px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="jive-link-poll-small" href="/challenges-projects/project14/w/polls/20159/project14-star-wars-day-what-path-did-you-follow-on-may-the-fourth"&gt;Project14 | Star Wars Day: What Path Did You Follow on May the Fourth?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="jive-link-poll-small" href="/challengesprojects/project14/w/polls/20383/project14-star-wars-day-2020-which-star-wars-tv-character-is-your-favorite"&gt;Project14 | Star Wars Day 2020: Which Star Wars TV Character Is Your Favorite?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="jive-link-poll-small" href="/challengesprojects/project14/w/polls/20245/project14-star-wars-day-2019-the-skywalker-saga-concludes-whose-force-abilities-impress-you-the-most"&gt;Project14 | Star Wars Day 2019: The Skywalker Saga Concludes: Whose Force Abilities Impress You the Most?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="jive-link-blog-small" href="/challenges-projects/project14/fightinggerms/b/blog/posts/may-the-fourth-be-with-you-brings-a-new-hope-for-fighting-the-pandemic"&gt;&amp;quot;May the Fourth be with You&amp;quot; Brings a New Hope for Fighting the Pandemic&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="jive-link-blog-small" href="/challenges-projects/project14/robots-with-wheels/b/blog/posts/the-making-of-r2d2---the-force-on-wheels"&gt;The Making of R2D2 - The Force on Wheels&lt;/a&gt; by&amp;nbsp; &lt;span&gt;&lt;a href="/members/sjmill01"&gt;Sean_Miller&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="jive-link-blog-small" href="/challenges-projects/project14/rf/b/blog/posts/star-wars-r2d2-uses-the-force-with-xbee-rf-virtual-wires"&gt;Star Wars&lt;span class="emoticon" data-url="https://community.element14.com/cfs-file/__key/system/emoji/00ae.svg" title="Registered"&gt;&amp;#x00ae;&lt;/span&gt; R2D2 Uses the Force with XBee RF Virtual Wires&lt;/a&gt; by &lt;span&gt;&lt;a href="/members/sjmill01"&gt;Sean_Miller&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="jive-link-blog-small" href="/challenges-projects/project14/questionofscale/b/blog/posts/size-matters-not---an-r2d2-story"&gt;Size Matters Not - An R2D2 Story&lt;/a&gt; by &lt;span&gt;&lt;a href="/members/dougw"&gt;dougw&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="jive-link-blog-small" href="/challenges-projects/project14/open-arduino/b/blog/posts/arduino-powered-mse-6-mouse-droid"&gt;Arduino Powered MSE-6 (Mouse Droid)&lt;/a&gt; by &lt;span&gt;&lt;a href="/members/jomoenginer"&gt;jomoenginer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;padding:0px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3334ca;"&gt;Bill of Material:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;padding:0px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;table border="1" class="jiveBorder mce-item-table" style="border:1px solid #C6C6C6;"&gt;&lt;thead&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;th style="border:1px solid black;border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;color:#505050;background-color:#f2f2f2;text-align:left;"&gt;Product Name&lt;/th&gt;&lt;th style="border:1px solid black;border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;color:#505050;background-color:#f2f2f2;text-align:left;"&gt;Manufacturer&lt;/th&gt;&lt;th style="border:1px solid black;border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;color:#505050;background-color:#f2f2f2;text-align:left;"&gt;Quantity&lt;/th&gt;&lt;th style="border:1px solid black;border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;color:#505050;background-color:#f2f2f2;text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a id="e14-product-link-a2462" data-at-areainteracted="rte-content" data-at-type="click" data-at-link-type="button" href="https://referral.element14.com/OrderCodeView?fsku=3051887,2133070,3404690,3252903,2917061,2917067,9687769&amp;nsku=02AH3164,07W3935,67AH8870,41AH2666,71AC0837,71AC0842,98K9179&amp;COM=e14c-noscript&amp;CMP=e14c-noscript&amp;osetc=e14-noscript-tracking-loss" data-at-label="PRODUCT_BUY_KIT" class="e14-embedded e14_shopping-cart-far e14-button" onclick="event.preventDefault();e14.func.displayProduct(e14.meta.user.country, this, 'embedded-link', e14.func.getProductLinkJSON('a2462'));" data-farnell="3051887~1,2133070~1,3404690~1,3252903~1,2917061~1,2917067~1,9687769~1" data-newark="02AH3164~1,07W3935~1,67AH8870~1,41AH2666~1,71AC0837~1,71AC0842~1,98K9179~1" data-comoverride="" data-cmpoverride="" data-cpc="" data-avnetemea="" data-avnetema="" data-avnetasia="" &gt;Buy Kit&lt;/a&gt; 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&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;padding:0px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3334ca;"&gt;Additional Parts:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;padding:0px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;table border="1" class="jiveBorder" style="border:1px solid #000000;width:100%;"&gt;&lt;thead&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;th style="border:1px solid black;border:1px solid #000000;padding:2px;color:#ffffff;background-color:#6690bc;text-align:left;" valign="middle"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Product Name&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/th&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/thead&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="border:1px solid black;border:1px solid #000000;padding:2px;"&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;DS3225 Servo&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="border:1px solid black;border:1px solid #000000;padding:2px;"&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Matek 5V 12V PDB power distribution board&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="border:1px solid black;border:1px solid #000000;padding:2px;"&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Mini Beamer / Projector&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;div class="migration-injected-attachments"&gt;&lt;div style="font-weight:bold;margin:15px 0 5px 0;"&gt;Attachments:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;table style="border:0;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan="2"&gt;&lt;span class="_se_attachment" id="attid_https://www.element14.com/community/api/core/v3/attachments/301695"&gt;&lt;a href="https://community.element14.com/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-03-81/BD_5F00_1_5F00_Resources.zip"&gt;community.element14.com/.../BD_5F00_1_5F00_Resources.zip&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style="font-size: 90%;"&gt;Tags: led display, firmata, led matrix, companion bot, joystick, makerbeam, jedi: fallen order, not a hammer, rpi4, makerbeams, projector, 3D Printing, e14presents_davedarko, astromechs, raspberry pi 4, neopixel, servos, wera, bd-1, bd1, laser cut, bb-8, arduino, davedarko - dave plöeger, star wars, johnny-five js, friday_release, 3d print, 3d printed, laser cutting, cal kestis&lt;/div&gt;
</description></item><item><title>Episode 445: Raspberry Pi 4 Animatronic BD-1 Companion Robot</title><link>https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/element14-presents/project-videos/w/documents/8652/raspberry-pi-4-animatronic-bd-1-companion-robot----episode-445/revision/1</link><pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2020 13:53:27 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:ca86f40b-7dcf-4dc1-b78f-0882a73d354f</guid><dc:creator>tariq.ahmad</dc:creator><comments>https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/element14-presents/project-videos/w/documents/8652/raspberry-pi-4-animatronic-bd-1-companion-robot----episode-445#comments</comments><description>Revision 1 posted to Documents by tariq.ahmad on 5/29/2020 1:53:27 PM&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div style="background:#ffffff;padding:14px 16px 16px 18px;margin:0;vertical-align:top;border:1px solid #dadada;"&gt;&lt;div style="float:left;display:inline-block;padding:0px 25px 8px 0px;"&gt;&lt;a href="/challengesprojects/element14-presents/"&gt;&lt;img alt="image" src="/e14/assets/legacy/2018/e14PresentsJune818.png" width="180px"  /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="display:inline-block;vertical-align:top;width:70%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:18px;font-weight:bold;"&gt;Raspberry Pi 4 Animatronic BD-1 Companion Robot&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a class="jivecontainerTT-hover-container jive-link-community-small" href="/challengesprojects/element14-presents/"&gt;element14 presents&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;strong&gt;|&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;a class="jive-link-wiki-small" href="/challengesprojects/element14-presents/vcp-program/w/documents/4110/vcp-biography-dave"&gt;davedarko&amp;#39;s VCP Profile&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;strong&gt;|&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;a class="jivecontainerTT-hover-container jive-link-community-small" href="/challengesprojects/element14-presents/project-videos/"&gt;Project Videos&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;padding:0px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;padding:0px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2XKRSir-Oo"&gt;www.youtube.com/watch&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;padding:0px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;border:1px solid #b8d7e5;background-color:#e9f6fc;padding:8px;max-width:744px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:&amp;#39;Open Sans&amp;#39;, Arial, sans-serif;text-align:justify;"&gt;When Dave saw BD-1 while playing the latest Star Wars game on his xbox, he knew he had to build a BD-1 companion bot for himself. Some things definitely had to be achieved for this build, like the display in the back of the head or the stim / med pack shooter of the buddy robot. Adding the projector complicated the build, as now the power consumption got even bigger than the Raspberry PI would already takes. This astrobot is not designed to walk around, but rather sit on your shoulder, like in the game. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;padding:0px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3334ca;"&gt;Supplemental Content:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;padding:0px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="jive-link-poll-small" href="/challenges-projects/project14/w/polls/20159/project14-star-wars-day-what-path-did-you-follow-on-may-the-fourth"&gt;Project14 | Star Wars Day: What Path Did You Follow on May the Fourth?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="jive-link-poll-small" href="/challengesprojects/project14/w/polls/20383/project14-star-wars-day-2020-which-star-wars-tv-character-is-your-favorite"&gt;Project14 | Star Wars Day 2020: Which Star Wars TV Character Is Your Favorite?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="jive-link-poll-small" href="/challengesprojects/project14/w/polls/20245/project14-star-wars-day-2019-the-skywalker-saga-concludes-whose-force-abilities-impress-you-the-most"&gt;Project14 | Star Wars Day 2019: The Skywalker Saga Concludes: Whose Force Abilities Impress You the Most?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="jive-link-blog-small" href="/challenges-projects/project14/fightinggerms/b/blog/posts/may-the-fourth-be-with-you-brings-a-new-hope-for-fighting-the-pandemic"&gt;&amp;quot;May the Fourth be with You&amp;quot; Brings a New Hope for Fighting the Pandemic&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="jive-link-blog-small" href="/challenges-projects/project14/robots-with-wheels/b/blog/posts/the-making-of-r2d2---the-force-on-wheels"&gt;The Making of R2D2 - The Force on Wheels&lt;/a&gt; by&amp;nbsp; &lt;span&gt;&lt;a href="/members/sjmill01"&gt;Sean_Miller&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="jive-link-blog-small" href="/challenges-projects/project14/rf/b/blog/posts/star-wars-r2d2-uses-the-force-with-xbee-rf-virtual-wires"&gt;Star Wars&lt;span class="emoticon" data-url="https://community.element14.com/cfs-file/__key/system/emoji/00ae.svg" title="Registered"&gt;&amp;#x00ae;&lt;/span&gt; R2D2 Uses the Force with XBee RF Virtual Wires&lt;/a&gt; by &lt;span&gt;&lt;a href="/members/sjmill01"&gt;Sean_Miller&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="jive-link-blog-small" href="/challenges-projects/project14/questionofscale/b/blog/posts/size-matters-not---an-r2d2-story"&gt;Size Matters Not - An R2D2 Story&lt;/a&gt; by &lt;span&gt;&lt;a href="/members/dougw"&gt;dougw&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="jive-link-blog-small" href="/challenges-projects/project14/open-arduino/b/blog/posts/arduino-powered-mse-6-mouse-droid"&gt;Arduino Powered MSE-6 (Mouse Droid)&lt;/a&gt; by &lt;span&gt;&lt;a href="/members/jomoenginer"&gt;jomoenginer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;padding:0px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3334ca;"&gt;Bill of Material:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;padding:0px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;table border="1" class="jiveBorder mce-item-table" style="border:1px solid #C6C6C6;"&gt;&lt;thead&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;th style="border:1px solid black;border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;color:#505050;background-color:#f2f2f2;text-align:left;"&gt;Product Name&lt;/th&gt;&lt;th style="border:1px solid black;border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;color:#505050;background-color:#f2f2f2;text-align:left;"&gt;Manufacturer&lt;/th&gt;&lt;th style="border:1px solid black;border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;color:#505050;background-color:#f2f2f2;text-align:left;"&gt;Quantity&lt;/th&gt;&lt;th style="border:1px solid black;border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;color:#505050;background-color:#f2f2f2;text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span class="e14-init-shown e14-product-link-buynow" id="addProduct-BdVIf4rf-linked" style="white-space:nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a class="jive-link-product-addtolist" href="https://www.element14.com/community/view-product.jspa?fsku=3051887~1,2133070~1,3404690~1,3252903~1,2917061~1,2917067~1,9687769~1&amp;amp;nsku=02AH3164~1,07W3935~1,67AH8870~1,41AH2666~1,71AC0837~1,71AC0842~1,98K9179~1&amp;amp;COM=noscript" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span class="pf-widget-map pf-productlink-cart-icon"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a class="jive-link-product pf-embedded-product-link" href="https://www.element14.com/community/view-product.jspa?fsku=3051887~1,2133070~1,3404690~1,3252903~1,2917061~1,2917067~1,9687769~1&amp;amp;nsku=02AH3164~1,07W3935~1,67AH8870~1,41AH2666~1,71AC0837~1,71AC0842~1,98K9179~1&amp;amp;COM=noscript" target="_blank"&gt;Buy Kit&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="e14-init-hidden" id="addProduct-BdVIf4rf-unlinked"&gt;Buy Kit&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/th&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/thead&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="border:1px solid black;border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;Raspberry PI 4 4GB&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border:1px solid black;border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;RASPBERRY PI&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border:1px solid black;border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;1&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border:1px solid black;border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span class="e14-init-shown e14-product-link-buynow" id="addProduct-M2DsJcX3-linked" style="white-space:nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a class="jive-link-product-addtolist" href="https://www.element14.com/community/view-product.jspa?fsku=3051887~1&amp;amp;nsku=02AH3164~1&amp;amp;COM=noscript" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span class="pf-widget-map pf-productlink-cart-icon"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a class="jive-link-product pf-embedded-product-link" href="https://www.element14.com/community/view-product.jspa?fsku=3051887~1&amp;amp;nsku=02AH3164~1&amp;amp;COM=noscript" target="_blank"&gt;Buy Now&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="e14-init-hidden" id="addProduct-M2DsJcX3-unlinked"&gt;Buy Now&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="border:1px solid black;border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;Arduino Leonardo&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border:1px solid black;border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;ARDUINO&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border:1px solid black;border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;1&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border:1px solid black;border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span class="e14-init-shown e14-product-link-buynow" id="addProduct-IcISvfkh-linked" style="white-space:nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a class="jive-link-product-addtolist" href="https://www.element14.com/community/view-product.jspa?fsku=2133070~1&amp;amp;nsku=07W3935~1&amp;amp;COM=noscript" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span class="pf-widget-map pf-productlink-cart-icon"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a class="jive-link-product pf-embedded-product-link" href="https://www.element14.com/community/view-product.jspa?fsku=2133070~1&amp;amp;nsku=07W3935~1&amp;amp;COM=noscript" target="_blank"&gt;Buy Now&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="e14-init-hidden" id="addProduct-IcISvfkh-unlinked"&gt;Buy Now&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="border:1px solid black;border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;ABX00028 - NANO EVERY DEVELOPMENT BRD, 8BIT AVR&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border:1px solid black;border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;ARDUINO&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border:1px solid black;border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;1&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border:1px solid black;border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span class="e14-init-shown e14-product-link-buynow" id="addProduct-URoZMaOB-linked" style="white-space:nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a class="jive-link-product-addtolist" href="https://www.element14.com/community/view-product.jspa?fsku=3404690~1&amp;amp;nsku=67AH8870~1&amp;amp;COM=noscript" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span class="pf-widget-map pf-productlink-cart-icon"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a class="jive-link-product pf-embedded-product-link" href="https://www.element14.com/community/view-product.jspa?fsku=3404690~1&amp;amp;nsku=67AH8870~1&amp;amp;COM=noscript" target="_blank"&gt;Buy Now&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="e14-init-hidden" id="addProduct-URoZMaOB-unlinked"&gt;Buy Now&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="border:1px solid black;border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;1403010049 - 3D Printer Filament, 1.75mm Dia, White, PLA&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border:1px solid black;border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;FILAMENTIVE&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border:1px solid black;border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;1&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border:1px solid black;border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span class="e14-init-shown e14-product-link-buynow" id="addProduct-XhYyLvTa-linked" style="white-space:nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a class="jive-link-product-addtolist" href="https://www.element14.com/community/view-product.jspa?fsku=3252903~1&amp;amp;nsku=41AH2666~1&amp;amp;COM=noscript" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span class="pf-widget-map pf-productlink-cart-icon"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a class="jive-link-product pf-embedded-product-link" href="https://www.element14.com/community/view-product.jspa?fsku=3252903~1&amp;amp;nsku=41AH2666~1&amp;amp;COM=noscript" target="_blank"&gt;Buy Now&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="e14-init-hidden" id="addProduct-XhYyLvTa-unlinked"&gt;Buy Now&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="border:1px solid black;border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;1403010042 - 3D Printer Filament, 1.75mm Dia, Black, PLA&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border:1px solid black;border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;FILAMENTIVE&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border:1px solid black;border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;1&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border:1px solid black;border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span class="e14-init-shown e14-product-link-buynow" id="addProduct-af9Rdxiv-linked" style="white-space:nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a class="jive-link-product-addtolist" href="https://www.element14.com/community/view-product.jspa?fsku=2917061~1&amp;amp;nsku=71AC0837~1&amp;amp;COM=noscript" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span class="pf-widget-map pf-productlink-cart-icon"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a class="jive-link-product pf-embedded-product-link" href="https://www.element14.com/community/view-product.jspa?fsku=2917061~1&amp;amp;nsku=71AC0837~1&amp;amp;COM=noscript" target="_blank"&gt;Buy Now&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="e14-init-hidden" id="addProduct-af9Rdxiv-unlinked"&gt;Buy Now&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="border:1px solid black;border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;1403010037 - 3D Printer Filament, 1.75mm Dia, Orange, PLA&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border:1px solid black;border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;FILAMENTIVE&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border:1px solid black;border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;1&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border:1px solid black;border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span class="e14-init-shown e14-product-link-buynow" id="addProduct-1QMK6gg1-linked" style="white-space:nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a class="jive-link-product-addtolist" href="https://www.element14.com/community/view-product.jspa?fsku=2917067~1&amp;amp;nsku=71AC0842~1&amp;amp;COM=noscript" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span class="pf-widget-map pf-productlink-cart-icon"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a class="jive-link-product pf-embedded-product-link" href="https://www.element14.com/community/view-product.jspa?fsku=2917067~1&amp;amp;nsku=71AC0842~1&amp;amp;COM=noscript" target="_blank"&gt;Buy Now&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="e14-init-hidden" id="addProduct-1QMK6gg1-unlinked"&gt;Buy Now&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="border:1px solid black;border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;41 120 610 620 - Linear Solenoid, D Type / Box Type, Pull, Continuous, 12 VDC&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border:1px solid black;border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;PED&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border:1px solid black;border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;1&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="border:1px solid black;border:1px solid #C6C6C6;padding:6px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span class="e14-init-shown e14-product-link-buynow" id="addProduct-XEMjBJDJ-linked" style="white-space:nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a class="jive-link-product-addtolist" href="https://www.element14.com/community/view-product.jspa?fsku=9687769~1&amp;amp;nsku=98K9179~1&amp;amp;COM=noscript" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span class="pf-widget-map pf-productlink-cart-icon"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a class="jive-link-product pf-embedded-product-link" href="https://www.element14.com/community/view-product.jspa?fsku=9687769~1&amp;amp;nsku=98K9179~1&amp;amp;COM=noscript" target="_blank"&gt;Buy Now&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="e14-init-hidden" id="addProduct-XEMjBJDJ-unlinked"&gt;Buy Now&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;padding:0px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3334ca;"&gt;Additional Parts:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;padding:0px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;table border="1" class="jiveBorder" style="border:1px solid #000000;width:100%;"&gt;&lt;thead&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;th style="border:1px solid black;border:1px solid #000000;padding:2px;color:#ffffff;background-color:#6690bc;text-align:left;" valign="middle"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Product Name&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/th&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/thead&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="border:1px solid black;border:1px solid #000000;padding:2px;"&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;DS3225 Servo&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="border:1px solid black;border:1px solid #000000;padding:2px;"&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Matek 5V 12V PDB power distribution board&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="border:1px solid black;border:1px solid #000000;padding:2px;"&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Mini Beamer / Projector&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;div class="migration-injected-attachments"&gt;&lt;div style="font-weight:bold;margin:15px 0 5px 0;"&gt;Attachments:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;table style="border:0;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan="2"&gt;&lt;span class="_se_attachment" id="attid_https://www.element14.com/community/api/core/v3/attachments/301695"&gt;&lt;a href="https://community.element14.com/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-03-81/BD_5F00_1_5F00_Resources.zip"&gt;community.element14.com/.../BD_5F00_1_5F00_Resources.zip&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

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