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  1. Les vacances d'Hiver sont à nos portes en France, et les suivantes sont celles de Printemps et de Pâques pour ceux qui fêtent. Disney dans son _Droid Factory_ a sorti un nouveau droïde astromécano : R2-BNE (à prononcer à l'anglaise).

    #StarWars #Astromech #R2D2 #Easter #Toys #Toy #Droid #DroidFactory

    mintinbox.net/2025/02/06/droid

  2. I’m really excited about this feature in my #3dprinted #astromech the main body contains a Pi Zero W 2 but the head is an independent system running a Pi Pico W. The sound files are played in the body but the head is able to react to the sound and flash the mouth by listening for a message that is broadcast over MQTT.

  3. Tonight I spent some time weathering my baby astromech. I think I over did it on the dome a bit so I might need to bring back the orange parts a bit. Tomorrow I’ll be putting all the #electronics back inside and finishing up the last bits of code to get the mouth to flash in time to the audio (which sounds easy but the head is running a separate microcontroller to the body!)

    #starwars #scifi #3dprinting #astromech #droid #robot #raspberrypi #maker

  4. I've been sick with a cold since Wednesday. I'm starting to feel better, but since I'm stuck inside, I did some more stuff with R2.

    #R2D2 #R2D2Builder #making #starwars #astromech

  5. What a journey this has been! R2-D2 is finally wired and moving about! I'm so proud! There's a lot of work yet to do, but I think for now I'll rest the next few days.

    #r2d2 #astromech #starwars #R2D2Builder #making

  6. Ok, one day later and I've finished wiring up R2-D2's dome. Barring any bad cables, of which I'm sure there are a few, I can tackle the body next. That's far less complex. So I think it'll go faster.

    #R2D2Builder #r2d2 #astromech #starwars #making

  7. So much R2-D2 progress over the past week. I've spent time learning CAD so I can make all the electrical standoffs. I also designed a speaker mount that turned out so perfectly that I couldn't be happier. Today I've been wiring up the dome. It's not the cleanest, but it's mine.

    #r2d2 #making #astromech #starwars #r2builders

  8. Today I drew up a wiring diagram for R2 and started laying out components on the flip down electronics panel inside the body. I have a rough idea now how it'll all work.

    #r2d2 #starwars #astromech #making

  9. A local skating rink on a foggy night provides a perfect landing site for one of these. Well, near perfect, those lamp wires above are a problem.

    #starwars #spaceship #spacefiction #xwing #miniature #scalemodel #toy #toyphotography #fog #snow #winter #astromech #droid