RaspiWiFi VS CygnusX1

I made a robot that cheers every time the Green Bay Packers score (American football).

https://photos.app.goo.gl/oXd6H27x7CDrpKrp9

The chassis is 3D printed and a Raspberry Pi is hiding, with a couple of speakers, in the base. The Pi connects via WiFi to the local network and checks ESPN’s publicly available JSON for that day’s game to determine if the score has changed.

I gifted it to a friend that owns a bar and wanted him to be able to move to new networks and reconfigure without using a computer. So, I wrote some python scripts that interface with the GPIO pins on the Pi to reset the device and broadcast a WiFi network and web interface that can be used to connect to other networks.

That last bit now has over 500 stars on GitHub!

https://github.com/jasbur/RaspiWiFi

This looks like what you are looking for: https://github.com/jasbur/RaspiWiFi

https://github.com/jasbur/RaspiWiFi This is a python solution I went with. I'll be honest, it does seem a bit buggy. For example, I have found if you type in your wifi password wrong, it didn't reset again to default back to the hotspot. Maybe I did something wrong. I also soft bricked a pi I had to totally reflash by messing around with this code, so be careful.

A thrust vectoring rocket! It was my sanity project during the pandemic. Flew many times and even flew two stages with slight software mods:

https://github.com/AdamMarciniak/CygnusX1

BPS Space is what got me into building my own thrust vectoring rocket during COVID lockdowns.

https://github.com/AdamMarciniak/CygnusX1

It was super fun to bring together lots of different disciplines and skills. 3D printing, software, soldering, circuit design, simulation etc.

Ultimately, I got so obsessed with it I got burned out and had to take a break for a bit but came back fresh and finished it. Did a few flights over the year with more and more interesting things culminating in a dual stage flight. I've still got the rocket ready to go anytime. Just gotta wait for the weather to clear up.

On the topic of rocket flight computers, here's a link to an FC I built last year for my model rocket. It does thrust vectoring and some rudimentary navigation. The control loops on this thing run at 200hz though. It's got a state machine for knowing what to do at each stage of flight as well.

https://github.com/polishdude20/CygnusX1

https://github.com/polishdude20/CygnusX1

This uses a simple PID controller to bring the rocket to any angle you want from an initial angle. There's a lot of settings that can be changed and variables to play around with. Right now, It's configured to do sort of what starlink does during it's flip maneuver.

Anyways just thought I'd share!