Hi, I am relatively new here and wanted to show off the construction and idea of a roller coaster controlled by a raspberry pi. For anyone who doesn't know what a raspberry pi is, it basically is a mini computer. Then, you can put a Adafruit Motor Top Hat on the pi (circuit board) than you can plug motors into and control them. The program that is used to write the scripts for the motors is python. You can control up to four motors, its speed, direction, and time. The roller coaster will be a launch coaster, which the raspberry will control the launch. The first element of the ride is it will go up a spiral into a dive loop. The height will probably be between 4-5 ft. I have posted a picture of the track layout and the raspberry pi. Also I will try to do a droptrack at the end of the ride, which too will be controlled by the raspberry pi. I wanted to try something different, and thought it would be cool to control a coaster by a computer. Also, you can control audio and lights with the pi. So I could add computerized audio and lighting to the ride as well. I still have to come up with a name for the coaster. I will continue to post updates and photos.
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Edited by Jebuk201, 23 November 2017 - 03:57 PM.