FishPi Will Make Raspberry Pi Cross the Atlantic
Ever wonder what you could do with a Raspberry Pi? Of course, there’s always the option of throwing Fedora on it and using it for an HTPC. But what about something more.. unique? Well, that’s where FishPi comes in. It’s a project that will use a Raspberry Pi to autonomously navigate a solar-powered boat across the Atlantic Ocean. Right now they’re still in the testing stages, and currently they’re working on a battery-powered Proof of Concept Vehicle (PoVC for an acronym; pictured above).
The team will hook up all sorts of things to a Raspberry Pi, including a GPS unit, a rotor with a Kort Nozzle, a servo to direct the rotor, a compass, a webcam, and more. The list of hardware for the PoVC, taken from FishPi’s website, is below:
- Command & Control: Raspberry Pi
- Battery Pack: 7.2v 5000 Sports Battery Pack or 6V 3300mAh Battery Pack
- Hull: Models By Design Cygnus DS25
- GPS: Navigatron v2 - I2C GPS
- Rudder & Ancillaries: Mindsensors 8-channel Servo Controller (I2C-SC8) | 40mm Kort Nozzle
- Compass: HMC6352
- Electronic Speed Controller: Mtronics MicroViper Marine10
- Motor: MFA 919D Single Ratio Metal Gearbox 2.5:1
- Webcam: Kinobo 5 Megapixel USB Webcam
You can read more about the project on the Raspberry Pi blog or on the FishPi website.