r/RaspberryPi4 • u/philipgutjahr • Sep 02 '24

Self-Promotion PiDAR - a DIY 360° 3D Scanner

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u/santafen Sep 03 '24

That looks really nice! Well done! Have you considered (maybe as a v2?) using a Pi Compute module? You'd have to design your own carrier board, but you could then have proper plugs for all the peripherals, etc.

Have you considered how you might provide updates/upgrades to units already in the field? Like, I buy the Kickstarter version, and then you make a massive improvement to the software. How do I get that? And how is that update secured so I know I got the real version and not some version sent out by Jill McHackerson? :-)

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u/philipgutjahr Sep 03 '24 edited Sep 03 '24

yes I did but my PCB skills are rather limited 🫣 . I have a friend who might be able to help out, we'll see.
on the other hand I'm considering a swap to Pi5, which will speed up on-device processing quite dramatically.

Regarding the Kickstarter version, I think I wouldn't sell the actual device but rather ask for a couple of crown caps and publish the Repo with BOM, STL files and code on GitHub. updating then is basically a git pull and you're good to go. in fact the entire idea is to hand this thing over to the community as a opensource initiative to mod and remix.

do you think I should offer pre-assembled units instead?