The brains of a Raspberry Pi joined with the LEGO building system. The BrickPi breakout board takes your Raspberry Pi into the physical world, by allowing it to directly interact with LEGO! BrickPi3helps you do more with LEGO MINDSTORMSby connecting LEGOsensors and motors totheRaspberry Pi. The Base Kitincludes oneBrickPi boardfor connecting MINDSTORMS, an upgraded 6-sidedacrylic casefor attaching Legotechnic bricks, and a battery power pack. Please Note/ Raspberry Pisold separately.LEGOparts not included. BrickPi3 is best for someone who already has LEGO MINDSTORMSsensors and motors. The BrickPi3 connects to the Raspberry Pi, and replaces the MINDSTORMSBrick (brain of Mindstorm system). What’s included in the BrickPi BaseKit? BrickPi3 board 6-sided Acrylic Case to connect LEGOtechnic bricks on all sides Case hardware Battery Power Pack(8AA batteries not included) What’s required for assembly & use but NOTincluded? LEGOMINDSTORMSsensors, motors, cables & technic parts Tiny (jewelry-sized) phillips head screwdriver is recommended for assembly of the case. 8AA Batteries Power Supply Ethernet Cable Raspberry Pi(we recommend the 3, but any version will work) microSD Cardwith Dexter Industries “Raspbian for Robots” software Mini Wi-Fi Dongle Computer, or a monitor, mouse, & keyboard for programming Key Features: Connect 1 of manyGrove Sensors. Connect up to 4 NXT or EV3 motors. Connect up to 4 NXT or EV3 sensors, both digital and analog. Battery pack powersthe Raspberry Pi – and the whole robot. Libraries availablein languages such as Python, Scratch & Java. Connect your LEGOMINDSTORMSrobot to the web to control it remotely or integrate other internet services and data. Attach your LEGOTechnic bricks to the BrickPi case to buildan awesome robot!
F**R
Not an impressive construction but then what's the alternative.
poor quality machined components.. Do not over-tighten the screws.
D**H
Board is brilliant, the case not so
I bought this a week ago as a step up from my bricktronics on my arduino. I have to say the board is excellent with an excellent Raspberry Pi image to flash to SD card. You will be going straight out of the gate.My Gripe is the case. Wow this is junk. To say its fidly to assemble is an understatement. I managed it in the end, but not without problems with spinning nuts and two areas where a captive nut slot cracked as I tightened the screw moderately and a third where a corner broke off as I screwed it together. Luckily it seems fairly stable, but I will have to make a new case as soon as I am back in work after the holidays.You may be thinking I am a hamfisted assembler, but industrial electronic systems design has been my job for over 30 years working on everything from embedded systems through to vehicles and up to Autonomous vehicles and beyond. I realised as soon as I unwrapped the case it was the wrong material and would shatter if I sneezed too hard. Think cheap crystal CD jewel case and you get the idea. Insert a lego peg and listen to the plastic case splintering, this wont last long at all. The design though is great, just the wrong material.I now teach electronics, programming and robotics, so would I buy this for my students. Well yes I would, but I wouldn't buy the case, I would manufacture one in house.Is it better than bricktronics? Well yes it is if you understand the higher battery power requirements for the Raspberry PI. At least with this I can use EV3 sensors whereas the bricktronics only supports NXT sensors.The only other shame is supplied C source is very lacking compared to the Python source. But if you have an understanding of both you should be able to do mostly the same in C as in Python. e.g. the balance bot doesnt have any C source only python, so you will have to create the C source yourself.
