Raspberry Pi trail signs

3dprinterwannabe

The more I think about this project the better it feels/sounds.

I would take the suggestion made by Dimitios and investigate Arduino. It would be an excellent project to introduce you to Microcontrollers, Sensors, LED Matrixes, Wireless communication, Solar power and power management.

If you have access to a 3d printer you could print an enclosure to house the components. The finished product could be tie wrapped to a gate post and operate autonomously.

I would take Michaels comments onboard, and design the unit in such a way that it doesn't turn the countryside into a disco.

This project could easily be broken down in to a series of small challenges that will eventually come together as a finished product.

If you would like some help, myself and the rest of the community would be more than willing to assist you

3dprinterwannabe

The more I think about this project the better it feels/sounds.

I would take the suggestion made by Dimitios and investigate Arduino. It would be an excellent project to introduce you to Microcontrollers, Sensors, LED Matrixes, Wireless communication, Solar power and power management.

If you have access to a 3d printer you could print an enclosure to house the components. The finished product could be tie wrapped to a gate post and operate autonomously.

I would take Michaels comments onboard, and design the unit in such a way that it doesn't turn the countryside into a disco.

This project could easily be broken down in to a series of small challenges that will eventually come together as a finished product.

If you would like some help, myself and the rest of the community would be more than willing to assist you

I think this is a very good project and as a biker and runner i am also interested to see how can u make this possible.

Dont be afraid of the microcontrollers. I started with the Raspberry Pi two and half years ago but now i started using and learning about micro controllers.

You can find plenty of code from the community.

I too would agree with Paul on this one, The Arduino Approach, the complete basic controller and sensor could be built for a few dollars (Pounds) where as the PI is $35 before you even do anything including adding power so I doubt you would get much less than say 100$ for a PI based solution, rather than way less than 50 for an Aruduino (More specifically an ATMEGA328 or cheaper chip), even an arduino may be overkill for this but still cheap enough and would be way less power consumption giving more night time running

Thank you so much for your support! I am a middle schooler trying to get my "school of the arts" associated with Raspberry Pi and other units like it. Support from you and others is helping me make leaps in this direction. In all honesty, I have only been working with this technology for a matter of months, but such support is willing me to go farther and farther in this amazing world of electronics. Thank you everyone!

I think Arduino will suit you perfectly. It might look daunting, but you'll have a simple sketch up and running in absolutely no time at all.

The cost will be more attractive and you will be amazed at the speed of development when you get going.