These are my notes from the “Building a Steampunk Presentation Manipulation Apparatus with a Raspberry Pi” session at the 2016 FETC conference.
Presenter
- Dr. Torq, aka Rob Reilly
- http://drtorq.com
- Blog post related to this presentation
Notes
- Showed his Steampunk conference badge. More information at http://drtorq.com/uncategorized/steampunk-badge-is-a-hit-at-fetc/
- He is running the presentation from the presentation device.
- Materials used to create his device.
- Raspbery Pi 2, which costs about $35. This version already has HDMI and Ethernet ports.
- Brass tubing from Home Depot
- Electronics from http://www.adafruit.com
- Skills needed:
- Steampunk spirit.
- Hands-on fabrication
- Programming
- Electronics
- Software
- Libre Office
- guvcview – camera capture UNIX utility.
- Linux
- Python is the default Rasperry Pi language.
- xdotool – imitates key press.
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