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Pi Atrix Project

Nate1616
Nate1616
26 Jun 2013

My son who is almost 3 years old wanted a computer that he could play on but also talk to me when I’m on the road for work.  I had and old Motorola Atrix Labdock laying around and have read that people are using these with the Raspberry Pi.  My goal is to tear down the Atrix and fit the Pi underneath with a custom case that will also house the Pi camera.  Now this is a work in progress so at this point I just have the pi hooked up externally for testing purposes only.  As I progress with this project I will post more.

 

Here is the parts list and wiring diagram I used.

a)1 x Motorola Atrix Lapdock (try Amazon)
b) 1 x Micro HDMI Type D female to female adapter (try eBay)
c) 1 x Micro HDMI Type D male to HDMI 1.4 male cable (try Amazon)
d) 1 x Micro USB female to USB A female adapter cable (try eBay)
e) 1 x Normal Micro USB cable (like you already use to power the Pi)

 

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Here are a couple of images of the Pi running on the Atrix.

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Here is a short description on how to hook up the camera.


Install the Raspberry Pi Camera module by inserting the cable into the Raspberry Pi. The cable slots into the connector situated between the Ethernet and HDMI ports, with the silver connectors facing the HDMI port.

 

Boot up your Raspberry Pi.

From the prompt, run "sudo raspi-config". If the "camera" option is not listed, you will need to run a few commands to update your Raspberry Pi. Run "sudo apt-get update" and "sudo apt-get upgrade"

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Run "sudo raspi-config" again - you should now see the "camera" option.

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Navigate to the "camera" option, and enable it. Select “Finish” and reboot your Raspberry Pi.

I noticed after the “upgrade” was complete my screen icons where not showing.  The fix for this was changing the config.txt file to say “disable_overscan=1”

Here are a couple of images that I took using the pi camera.  I was surprised at the image quality that came out of this little camera. I look forward to seeing what kind of video this will produce.

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I know some of this has been posted here before but would like to document my whole process so others can repeat.  My next post will show how to tear down the Atrix and build a case to incorporate the pi and camera.  Hope you all enjoy.

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