The Raspberry Pi has supplied a few of the quirkiest tech moments of current years, however the newest creation could be the choose of the bunch.
An ingenious Redditor has used the microcomputer to construct The Simpsons’ tv set seen within the present’s opening credit and more often than not America’s favorite household are occupying their front room.
The palm-sized set, which has a engaged on/off change and an analog quantity knob, performs each episode from the primary 11 sequence of the enduring animated sitcom at random, from a 32GB SD card, which means there’s no want for web connectivity.
The Reddit consumer, u/buba447, deployed a Raspberry Pi Zero hooked as much as the Jessie Lite show with a 640×480 decision, and a small inside speaker. Naturally there’s a bit little bit of programming wizardry to make sure the episodes are performed at random when the system is powered on.
The array is greater than sufficient to make these late 80s episodes look good. The 3D printed casing for the tv consists of the outdated TV-top aerial. It’s powered by way of a microUSB cable plugged into the mains.
It appears beautiful sufficient to place in entrance of a miniature couch and crowd round, and enthused observers will be capable of construct their very own quickly sufficient than with the Redditor promising to put up construct directions quickly.
Right here’s the gist although: “The Pi is operating Jessie Lite. The episodes have been all compressed particularly for the display and loaded onto the SD card. When the Pi is powered up, by the USB port on the again of the TV, it begins enjoying episodes at random. When on episode ends the following is randomly chosen. The highest button is wired as much as GPIO and turns the display on and off whereas additionally muting the quantity. The underside is a POT that’s related to the speaker inside.”
As one enthused commented advised, ‘that is what the Raspberry Pi and 3D printers have been invented for.’ We’ll let you recognize when the total construct directions go stay.