GoPiGo3 & Raspberry Pi Projects

My GoPiGo3 with all its modifications.

History

• 01/10/25 Update GoPiGo3_Code\Remote_Control to a better development sequence

GoPiGo3 Code

• ps4_gopigo_pygame.py --> Remote control with wireless PS4 game controller to Pi Bluetooth. PyGame is used as the library for GoPiGo3 remote control.
• rc_gui_ps4_bme280.py --> Uses ps4_gopigo.py as a module to run the joystick with GUI and BME280. Screenshot below.
• obstacle_scanner.py --> Tkinter visualization of area using distance sensor.
• radar_rich.py --> ASCII visualization of area using distance sensor and Python Rich library.
• radar_cli.py --> ASCII visualization of area using distance sensor.
• rc_tkinter_bme280.py --> Tkinter remote control with BME280 sensor readings.
• bme280_test.py
• bme280_thingspeak.py --> Upload Temperature, Humidity, and Barometric pressure to ThingSpeak.com.
• video_pi.py --> Video streaming using Picam2 for Raspberry Pi Bullseye and Bookworm. Using the new libcamera2 camera stack.

Obstacle Scanner

Documentation

• Threading folder contains a threading tutorial and example code. Threads allow the robot to do many tasks at a time.
• GoPiGo3 Pi Getting Started Bullseye Tutorial
• GoPiGo3 Getting Started Buster Tutorial
• GoPiGo3 Cloud Data with ThingSpeak Tutorial --> Upload sensor data to ThingSpeak.com.
  • Go to billthecomputerguy.com/gopigo for example readings.
• GoPiGo3 Sensors Tutorial
• GoPiGo Tutorials
• Raspberry Pi Getting Started Buster, Bullseye, and Bookworm Tutorial
• Raspberry Pi Sensors

Projects

• OfficeCannon --> The GoPiGo3 launches soft missiles with Dream Cheeky Thunder.

Credit

• setup_gopigo3_on_32-bit_Bullseye.sh is from slowrunner --> This shell script sets up the GoPiGo3 drivers for Bullseye 32 or 64 bit.

Purpose

I am an Information Technology Instructor at Western Nebraska Community College. I teach Information Technology Technical Support, CyberSecurity, and Computer Science.

This repository is for my personal projects and resources with the Raspberry Pi-based Modular Robotics GoPiGo3.

WNCC NASA GoPiGo3 projects are located at https://github.com/itinstructor/WNCCNASA.

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License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

Copyright (c) 2025 William A Loring