Then, raspberry pi Projects, manufacturers know how to make sure they get it done. But in her latest work she’s given an inch and taken a mile off she’s Element 14’s Lorraine. In a video recently published on her YouTube channel for Element 14, she worked with her family to run to the international space station (ISS).
I know what you’re thinking, but you can’t run through space. In this case, the family is running on Earth and using Pi to record the collective distance. The data will be processed by Pico to illuminate the LED ladder to show progress toward reaching the ISS. The farther you run, the closer you get to your goal.
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The data used in the project comes from a tool called Strava. It’s a website with a mobile app that users can use to track their runs, bike routes, and more. You can record not only how far you’ve gone, but also where you’ve been. Strava has an API that Lorraine uses to get the data her Pico uses to track progress.
If you were to recreate this project or design something similar, you would need a bit of hardware. In this case Lorraine is using a Raspberry Pi Pico W with internet access. This is needed to update the LED with data from Strava. This project also requires strips of individually addressable LEDs. These should be changed to a ladder configuration to suit your project design.
As I mentioned earlier, this project relies on Strava’s API. Each family member has their own profile. Data for each member of the family is processed separately, so the ladder can represent individual progress in a specific color. This makes it easy to see how far you have run and who has run the most (or the least). Lorraine details the code and how it all works in a video shared on Element 14’s channel.
To see this in detail raspberry pi projectWe highly recommend checking out the original video shared on . YouTube. There you can not only see how it works, but also what it’s like in action.
