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I need some advice on Raspberry Pi for my son who is interested in Robotics.

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My son is interested in Robotics. He is 15 and has already worked on Raspberry Pi with some friends at school. I would like to get him a Robotics starter kit to begin doing his own projects at home, but I have no clue about this stuff. So I was told to join this group for some advice. Can anyone recommend to me what I need to get…the RPI module on its own does not go very far…so what else do I need to order? Anyone out there who can help me?

 

Would be very grateful for advice.

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    I think arduino based robots are significantly simpler (easier to learn) and less costly than Raspberry Pi robots.

    However, if you like Raspberry Pi there is a lot of power there. The Raspberry Pi needs an interface card to connect motors and sensors and there are several choices, such as PiFace Digital or GertBoard.

    One solution I like is a ChipKit Pi which is a powerful peripheral controller that allows inexpensive arduino peripherals to be used with the Raspberry Pi and all softtware development can be performed on the Raspberry Pi using their free development environment.

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    I Agree for most simple applications the bots based on Arduinos are probably more appropriate, how ever in both cases they need extra motor driver boards or whatever to drive much more than an LED.

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