RaspberryTortoise

Project to interface a Raspberry Pi with a Big Trak unit.

Questions

• How do we power this?
  • Possible rechargable batteries
  • Solar Cell for daylight operation or to recharge / top-up battery
• How to interface the RPi to the motor controller and sensor board

Wish List

• Include the current control functionality that comes with a Big Trak
• Solar Powered / Battery recharge
• WiFi - Can SSH in to the RPi to issue new commands etc.
  • Dongle
• Camera
• Object detection / avoidance

References

1. Big Trak Reverse Engineered
2. Solar Panel Charging
3. PCB manufacture
4. Cheap BigTraks Here?
5. Battery Chargers
6. Batteries
7. 11000mAH battery