I'm surprised a 3rd-party HAT hasn't been developed before now.
There used to be one for the beagleboard, but it´s not available anymore...
https://makezine.com/2013/04/23/beaglebone-lego-motor-contro...
Raspberry Pi Build HAT – Controls Lego Technic motors and sensors
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Re: Raspberry Pi Build HAT – Controls Lego Technic motors and sensors
#62First time I've seen the STEAM acronym (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math). Described as: "While these initiatives are a wonderful start into the exploration of these four areas of study, the critical process of creativity and innovation is missing. Students in STEM programs may have more experiential learning opportunities, but they are limited to only science, technology, engineering and math. Our eco…
The first I recall seeing the STEAM acronym was John Maeda's efforts to popularize it in the early 2010s e.g. https://scholarship.claremont.edu/steam/vol1/iss1/34/
His focus at the MIT Media Lab was teaching artists and designers to program, and my understanding is that he continued that as the president of RISD, so it definitely was not intended as an acronym to convince art/design folks they didn't need to learn STEM.
I also never personally interpreted the attempted inclusion of Art as implying a lack of creativity in the other domains any more than the inclusion of Math implied a lack of mathematical aptitude in the other domains.
Re: Raspberry Pi Build HAT – Controls Lego Technic motors and sensors
#63Cute, but the Legos are crazy expensive. What you save by using a Pi, you lose by buying Legos.
I have several thousand dollars of LEGO bricks (or actually my son does), and I've probably only paid a couple hundred dollars for everything.
There are people all over that don't know the value of LEGO bricks and will sell the incredibly cheap. Check garage sales and Facebook marketplace and you will find deals quick.