Show HN: I was reintroduced to computers: Raspberry Pi

Re:Show HN: I was reintroduced to computers: Raspberry Pi by alnwlsn on Friday December 05, 2025 @09:44AM (#46161935)

I think everyone builds one of these little camera cars at least once.

I made one when I got my NTC CHIP[0] in 2015. This was a pretty big deal at the time because Raspberry Pi were still months away from releasing a model with integrated WiFi, and were sold out for quite a while after that. You had to use USB WiFi adapters, and this was always a little flakey.

I attached my camera to a servo so you could tilt it up and down, and it even had a rear facing camera and a magnetic connector, so you could back up and 'dock' with a power supply to recharge. I wanted to make a little claw arm for it, but I never got that far. Good times, makes me want to do another one.

0 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CHIP_(computer)

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Re:Show HN: I was reintroduced to computers: Raspberry Pi by observer2022 on Friday December 05, 2025 @10:54AM (#46162959)

An automatic charging dock and a robotic arm could be my next challenge. Really cool build

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Re:Show HN: I was reintroduced to computers: Raspberry Pi by dmd on Friday December 05, 2025 @09:56PM (#46170172)

I want to learn more about your definition of “everyone”.

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