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Complete noob needs help with Pi3 components for Pipboy

ibagadget

Slightly overwhelmed here with all the info on this board.

 

Quick synopsis - Been a huge Fallout fan for many years, and just recently had a friend give me the 3D printed Fallout Pipboy 3000 and the Pi3 board w/screen that goes in it. I have no idea what I'm doing. I watched the Element 14 video on the 2000 Mk II build, and I like some of the accessories that he put into his build. I would like to do something similar, with the GPS location tracking, menu switching, environmental readout and music playing (possibly from an attached USB drive?)

 

I have never even held a Pi3 before this, let alone put one together and programmed it. Any assistance in what components I need to get, as well as where to find coding resources would be greatly appreciated.

 

Owen

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  • Quick question. Building up my credit on Amazon thanks to retailer surveys, and came across the Freenove Starter Kits - Are these worth considering? The Ultimate Starter Kit looks like a pretty good deal at $49.95US and comes with quite a few accessories and tutorials (no Pi, but I already have that)

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  • Quick question. Building up my credit on Amazon thanks to retailer surveys, and came across the Freenove Starter Kits - Are these worth considering? The Ultimate Starter Kit looks like a pretty good deal at $49.95US and comes with quite a few accessories and tutorials (no Pi, but I already have that)

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  • in reply to ibagadget

    They're as useful as your curiosity in them is.

     

    By that I mean they contain a lot of parts, and if you're the type that can go "oh I can think how these work together for a project!" then they're great, also if you're the type of person to go "I'll methodically go through each component and get it working, and build up a suite of code to then make a project" it's also fine. However, it's perfectly acceptable to look at it and go "I have all of this stuff, where do I start? how does it fit together?" and then be ultimately bemused - that's usually me.

     

    I tend to pick up parts as and when I need them for what I want to do, and make sure they're fit for the job, however having a collection of parts spare isn't a bad thing when you know they work and use them to test.

     

    Hopefully that gives you a bit of a steer depending on what approach you're coming from.

  • in reply to cstanton

    Thank you once again Christopher. You have been a huge help on this undertaking of mine.

     

    I just earned myself another $25US from my latest Welding Distributor survey, so I think once that hits my account and I have $75, I'll go ahead and get that ultimate kit. The extra components will give me something to practice and learn with before tackling the main project.