Raspberry Pi's are small, inexpensive computers that runs Raspbian, a Debian-based OS. It operates with a micro SD card and a USB-C charger. I used my mobile charger, but it can also be plugged into an outlet. Raspberry Pi's have 40 pins; 24 are GPIO. Although you can plug in a keyboard, mouse, and HDMI wire, this project utilized VNC and SSH so that the Pi could be controlled from my device. With the VNC, I was able to create programs on the Pi even though things were typed on a separate keyboard.

Instead of using a chassis that was offered (and I am now regretting), I decided to make my own chassis and turning mechanism. I made a chassis on OnShape and scaled the crucial bits down to 1/4 their actual dimensions. With that in mind, I cut out the rough shape in cardboard. I wasn't sure if I had the LEGOs I needed to make it. I mostly had the LEGOs, so I decided to make the new chassis out of that. LEGOs are notoriously weak against constant movement. There were many times that pieces would pop out, so I superglued them down. It was a trip. 2/10, would not recommend. Just take the chassis from Dave.

I developed most of the code in Python, with two pieces being open-source. Modules that aren't available on desktop are available on the Pi, and all code can be found on my GitHub: SaberGameDev.