Hey everyone! I’m very new here and just wanted to introduce myself and share a project I'm working on. The idea came to me when I was digging through storage and found my old Hasbro interactive R2-D2 from 2002, sitting there covered in dust and looking lifeless. I couldn’t help but feel bad for him. This toy brought me a lot of joy as a kid, allowing me to pretend I was Luke Skywalker, off on adventures with my loyal companion, R2. So, I grabbed R2 and took him home.
The first thing I did was take R2 apart. I stripped out his old brain and circuit boards but left the motors intact. I bought two Raspberry Pi units: a Raspberry Pi 4B with 2GB of RAM to control his wheels, head, sound, and any other physical features I might want to add, like an arm or two. The second unit is a Raspberry Pi 5 with 8GB of RAM, which will serve as R2's main brain. I have most of the parts ordered besides the PI HAT+. a little pricey but man, wouldn't it be worth it?!
here are some pics of my project so far
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