William Henning

William's Articles

Serving Raspberry Pi — Working Around Motor-to-Motor Variations in Cheap Gear Motors
May 2017
Working around motor-to-motor variations in cheap gear motors.

Serving Raspberry Pi — Part 9
February 2017
Berry's head keeps falling off. Time for a better mount!

Serving Raspberry Pi — Part 8
December 2016
If a robot can tell where it is, it can be a lot more useful.

Berry Bot
November 2016
Our series on using the popular Raspberry Pi platform in robot builds is back, and with a new bot to introduce.

Serving Raspberry Pi — Part 6
June 2016
Making our Raspberry Pi based robot more sensitive with virtual bumpers, Wi-Fi hotspots, and game controllers.

Serving Raspberry Pi — Part 5
May 2016
Decide on the power source(s) necessary for your Raspberry Pi based robot.

Serving Raspberry Pi — Part 4
April 2016
Choosing sensors to use on a Raspberry Pi based robot platform.

Serving Raspberry Pi — Part 3
March 2016
Deciding which motor driver to use for a Raspberry Pi based robot platform.

Serving Raspberry Pi — Part 2
February 2016
Taking a look at some popular Raspberry Pi robot chassis.

Serving Raspberry Pi
January 2016
Interested in using the Raspberry Pi in your robot builds? This series introduction discusses some of the kits that are currently available as a starting point.

SPRITE: Simple Pi Robot Interactive Testbed for Experiments
January 2014
Build this multi-purpose robot base geared toward the hobbyist (or student) to experiment with to your heart’s content.

Upgrading the Boe-Bot — Part 2
October 2011
This last installment will show you how to add infrared remote control, line following sensors, a compass, and an infrared range sensor.

Upgrading the Boe-Bot — Part 1
September 2011
Beef up your Boe-Bot to do more than humanly possible ... well, sort of.