Misc. What projects can i do with a Raspberry 500 with little effort?

[SleipnirTheHorse]

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At both my home and my day program I can't use soldering tools. And I pretty much have a few electrical kits, but I don’t think their compatible.

I live in a Group Home in a condominium. I need a DIY project that's easy and doesn't involve sharp objects or noise. I also need it to require minimal space

 

[berkeman]

What kind of electronics projects have you built before? What kind of tools have you used for those projects?

Have you used solderless breadboards before for projects? Pretty much all you need for those is a pair of wire strippers and components that have thin enough legs to be plugged into the breadboards:

I'm not familiar with the Raspberry 500 -- can you link to some info about it and what peripherals it supports?

Are you familiar with the Maker movement? Have you looked there to see what kinds of projects Makers have use the Raspberry Pi for?

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sou...UQFnoECBcQAQ&usg=AOvVaw2LGw3JTG2Rao15htdFxrhF

 

[Borek]

Raspberry Pi 500 is basically Raspberry Pi 5 with some added peripherals. So a small footprint multicore 64-bit computer with built in USB, HDMI and WiFi ports, typically with linux distro on micro SD card used for storage, reasonably beefy for many DIY projects (I would even say unnecessarily strong for many), with an external IO bus (but needs at least gold pins soldered for easy access in the basic version).

 

[SleipnirTheHorse]

What kind of electronics projects have you built before? What kind of tools have you used for those projects?

Have you used solderless breadboards before for projects? Pretty much all you need for those is a pair of wire strippers and components that have thin enough legs to be plugged into the breadboards:

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I'm not familiar with the Raspberry 500 -- can you link to some info about it and what peripherals it supports?

Are you familiar with the Maker movement? Have you looked there to see what kinds of projects Makers have use the Raspberry Pi for?

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sou...UQFnoECBcQAQ&usg=AOvVaw2LGw3JTG2Rao15htdFxrhF

Yes, I'm trying to become part of the Maker Movement, but I live in a Group Home?

 

[fresh_42]

I'm not sure what you are precisely looking for. But how about a mathematical project? E.g., I tried to construct a heptadecagon (17) with a compass and a straightedge when I was a kid, following the description I had found in a book. Okay, I failed spectacularly, as my last section resulted in a significant gap due to a lack of precision in the numerous single steps that accumulated. Or you can build a Galton board, or repeat Buffon's needle experiment. Needles aren't required; sticks or matches will do.

The last ones could probably also be simulated on a Raspberry Pi.

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

Simple circuits with a classic breadboard are really easy and fun. I played around during Covid lockdown. It's pretty straightforward when using a Python library like https://pypi.org/project/gpiozero/

Here is a loose guide I wrote on it https://importsem.com/light-up-uptime-monitor-with-leds-and-lcd-screen-using-python/

 

[sbrothy]

Not precisely Raspberry PI but as @berkeman mentioned using "solderless breadboards", a possible start is:

Basic Starter Kit for Arduino Uno CH340.

Here's the tutorial PDF: Basic Starter Kit for Arduino Uno CH340 (EN).pdf.

It's not for Raspberry PI as such but it contains various small projects (and parts to get other projects started) such a as a humidity sensor module, a sound sensor module, an infrared obstacle avoidance module, amongst other things.

It's cheap, and due to its "breadboard" nature it can probably be easily integrated with a Raspberry PI for other projects.

I just bought one as part of a larger project and I think I got my money's worth in opportunities.

PS: I'm not affiliated in any way.