Raspberry Pi Cat Laser Toy 2.0 pt. 1 with Tony D!

30/06/2016 1h 27min

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Episode Synopsis


Live stream to http://twitch.tv/adafruit showing part 1 of a multi-part build to make a Cat laser toy controlled by the internet. This video looks at a previous version of the project that is the inspiration and outlines how it will be improved in this series. In addition the hardware components of the laser toy are connected to the Pi and tested.

Links mentioned in the video:
- Original Raspberry Pi Cat Laser v1 project: https://learn.adafruit.com/raspberry-pi-wifi-controlled-cat-laser-toy/overview
- Show & Tell 9/7/13 showing the original project: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKMIensR_Lc
- Pan & tilt servo system: https://www.adafruit.com/product/1967
- PCA9685 breakout: https://www.adafruit.com/products/815
- PCA9685 HAT: https://www.adafruit.com/products/2327
- Laser diode: https://www.adafruit.com/product/1054
- Laser diode mount: https://www.adafruit.com/products/1094
- NPN transistor: https://www.adafruit.com/products/756
- mjpg-streamer for Raspberry Pi fork: https://github.com/jacksonliam/mjpg-streamer
- PCA9685 Python library: https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit_Python_PCA9685
- RPi GPIO Circuits (see NPN transistor wiring): http://elinux.org/RPi_GPIO_Interface_Circuits

Acknowledgements:
- Music: bartlebeats
- Intro shuttle footage: NASA
- Intro fonts: Typodermic
- Intro inspiration: Mr. Wizards's World
- Matrix background: cool-retro-term & cmatrix

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