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Raspberry Pi Project What do I do next? Help me decide what I should make next please!?

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With the shortage soon to be a thing of the past. (knocks on wood)  We hope with the news that Eben stated in a few interviews. This is great but looks like Raspberry Pi 3's are going to be some of the first back in the 3rd quarter available to us then in the next quarter we should be seeing the Pi 4s making their way back.

Not to brag or show off but I have quite a few pi's left from my older projects and projects that I have since scrapped and moved on to something else.

But with all the things pi I want your input to help me on my next build Idea.

having built so many pi projects over the years, even this blog post is being written on my Raspberry Pi Desktop which most would have already known as I do use it as my daily computer if you haven't check out some of my blog posts on it on the community.

make sure that you like the person's idea you like the most as well.  This will let me know which project that you all want to see happen which 100% up to you the community.

things I am looking for are.

1.What model Raspberry Pi should I use?

2.What should I make with it?

3.Why do you want me to make it?

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So what pi's are an option:

Pico, Pi Zero,  Pi Zero 2W,  Pi 2, pi 3, pi 3b+, pi 4 2, 4 and 8gb models.

From video game setups, servers, irrigation, time lapse, opencv, nas server, wifi hot spots, photo capture,  motor control,  custom mods and more think outside the pi. even custom hats

open your imagination and lets make something amazing!.  

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  • If you want to try something with a Pico, then for a while I've had the idea of a self-levelling garden rake/lute.

    (note that I didn't say that this was a good idea, just an idea)

    Basically a garden rake/lute with wheels (or skids) either end that can be automatically raised or lowered so as to try to keep the head of the rake level in use, using an accelerometer as reference. A LED pixel strip along the head of the rake to act as a spirit level bubble to indicate how far off level it is.

    One of the challenges would perhaps be how to keep the dirt out of the actuators, so I was thinking of some sort of dirt tolerant linkage to raise and lower the wheels rather than a direct drive.

    It would likely need some user controls to set how much bite the rake is allowed to have into the ground and to temporarily retract the wheels when you need roughly pull more soil/sand/compost from a mound into place before getting back to the levelling.

  • Some sort of surveying instrument could be interesting as you could make use of the DSI display for a built-in user touch screen interface (with the HDMI for an optional external display), and then the CSI camera for image / point finder type functionality. WiFi / Bluetooth would allow you wireless connectivity to a laptop or or other device for remote control or data transfer.

    It could be a level type device with accelerometers for detecting if the instrument is plumb and machine vision for reading the measuring staff; a transit type device using encoders to measure Az/El angles; a EDM using range laser finder; or even a self-propelled robot for mapping out an area autonomously. The later could also be used in reverse as a marking out tool. 

    Would make for a nice educational type project as well as a survey tool.

  • in reply to DAB

    I have done a few projects with it but nothing advanced as some I have been really impressed with some of the projects I have seen with it might have to start some more soon as well.

  • in reply to beacon_dave

    hmm, I have an old phone booth near me (on usable property).  Might be an option