It’s no secret that cosplayers are known to use our favorite SBCs. raspberry pi, taking your handmade creations to the next level.we’ve seen it all Game Boy Cosplay with Pi To Raspberry Pi Galactus Mask, But this is my first ever Pi-powered Stray cosplay. Maker and developer his Dawn DuPriest uses a Raspberry Pi to animate his face. stray companions cosplay You can also play music on demand.
The character she is cosplaying is known as “Morasque”. This character is known to play music when she brings sheet music. To bring her cosplay to life, convention attendees give her sheet music for the Pi to recognize with her RFID reader. She then plays the music through speakers built into the guitar prop where she houses the rest of her electronics.
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Stray’s companion is a humanoid robot with a facial screen that plays animations of facial expressions. For cosplay, she wears a wireless her screen that interacts with the Pi to change her face as desired. The Pi has buttons attached that DuPriest can choose to trigger various facial animations.
The face screen uses an iPad Mini that can wirelessly communicate with the Pi, making it ideal for cosplays with a lot of movement. Driving the operation is a Raspberry Pi 3B+ connected to an RFID reader and a series of buttons. These additional components are connected to the Pi’s GPIO using the Sparkfun Pi Wedge.
The iPad Mini is running several apps that allow remote access to the Pi, such as Pi Helper and VNC Viewer. This will allow you to view your Pi’s desktop on the go without cables. She also explained that the sprite sheets used to generate the facial animations were created using an online app called Piskel.
Overall, this is a very clever cosplay. If you want to learn more about this Raspberry Pi project, check out the project details on Hackster and follow DuPriest for more cool creations.
