Mar 18, 2016 · I'm thinking of making a sonic screwdriver with an R-Pi though I think it would only be like having a universal remote (being the fact that I would only be able to control remote based technology, but I can dream).

Dec 13, 2013 · It’s a very basic system: five outlets with five buttons on the remote. All he had to do was wire up the Raspberry Pi to simulate the button presses by setting the GPIO pins high, and presto, a...

Recently I found out that a company makes a universal remote shaped like the 11th Doctor’s sonic screwdriver. I think you can see where this is going. I programmed the buttons from a remote into the sonic screwdriver and used those IR command to control the Raspberry Pi.

To start, I'm going to assume you have a Raspberry Pi and you know how to run commands and connect the GPIO pins to a breadboard. Before you can program the Attiny, you need to first install a patched version of Gordon's AVRdude.

Oct 20, 2013 · It is an IR universal remote Sonic Screwdriver! As a long time Doctor Who fan I can not think of anything cooler - apart from a combination of both the Sonic and the Pi?!

Mar 6, 2015 · To keep it simple they used an Arduino Pro Mini 5V with a Sparkfun OpenLog to record all the data — and a handful of sensors of course! After modifying the body a few times they finally got all the...

Jan 26, 2025 · using a Sonic Screwdriver! Ever since he pre-ordered his Raspberry Pi at the beginning of February 2012, he knew he wanted to try his hand at home automation.

Nov 30, 2023 · A fairly accurate replica of the 8th Doctor’s sonic screwdriver as seen in the 1996 TV movie. The additional hardware required is a 10mm x 50mm spring for the main piston and a 4mm pen spring for the button.

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Working Doctor Who props with Raspberry Pi A conversing K-9, multi-functional sonic screwdrivers and a TARDIS that's flown to the stratosphere Helen Lynn - 12th Oct 2015