Tag: david pride

Control a DSLR with a Raspberry Pi and motion detection via OpenCV

by Michael Horne • 3 August 2020 • 0 Comments

David Pride has taken his Panasonic Lumix DSLR camera and a Raspberry Pi and created a little bit of magic. He’s adapted (read: taken apart and hacked with a soldering iron!) a quick release mechanism for the DSLR and wired…

Hacking a cute, six-legged plastic toy with a Raspberry Pi Zero

by Michael Horne • 19 February 2019 • 2 Comments

David Pride has taken a Tobbie robot toy and hacked it using some 3D-printed extra parts and a Raspberry Pi Zero. He’s used a ZeroBorg from PiBorg as the motor controller and then 3D-printed a replacement head to house the Raspberry…