Life & fun · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Crankshaft
Transform your Raspberry Pi into an Android Auto headunit.
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Crankshaft launched in 2018; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Using the Raspberry Pi to water plants automatically
2017 · mtlynch.io · its alternatives →
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2017 · kelu124.gitbooks.io · its alternatives →
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I am not sure if this is fits the HN community, but I am posting it here if people are interested. This is the current iteration of the car: http://i.imgur.com/ko8YBh.jpg Details: I wrote a simple android app that streams the accelerometer data from the phone to the pi over a simple socket. The pi then uses this data to drive the DC motor and the servo motor. Tilting the phone to control the car feels very natural. In this[0] pic you can see the wifi dongle I've used. I am using Adafruit Occidental v0.2[1] as my OS because it has support for my wifi dongle. It also makes some hardware…
2012 · i.imgur.com · its alternatives →
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Raspberry Pi 3▲4383nd generation with faster processor, wireless and Bluetooth
2016 · raspberrypi.com · its alternatives →
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The GoPiGo3 is a Raspberry Pi Robot Car kit that is easy to build and program with Scratch, Python, Blockly, and other programming languages..
2013 · dexterindustries.com · its alternatives →
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A deep neural network based self-driving car, that combines Lego Mindstorms NXT with the computational power of a Raspberry Pi 3. - felipessalvatore/self_driving_pi_car
2018 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Garage door opener. Contribute to evzaboun/garage-door development by creating an account on GitHub.
2020 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Raspberry Pi 2▲2882nd generation with faster processor and more memory
2015 · raspberrypi.org · its alternatives →
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Tingbot▲119Transform your Raspberry Pi into a platform for creativity
2015 · kickstarter.com · its alternatives →
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Transform your PC into a Raspberry Pi. Contribute to gbin/DonglePi development by creating an account on GitHub.
2015 · github.com · its alternatives →
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This project will show you how to build the BricKuber, a Raspberry Pi Rubiks Cube Solving Robot with with BrickPi and the Raspberry Pi.
2017 · dexterindustries.com · its alternatives →
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Found that you can actually run a 35B Qwen model on a Pi with very impressive intelligence and stability. Built connectors for car ODB to read all about car internals, and manufacturer's cloud service for stuff like changing AC or opening/ locking doors. Gave it info such as the full car manual. And then hooked it up with my other agents in our discussion room! So now it can answer car questions such as "when should I add oil and what kind of oil?" and help you fully offline, and when online talk with the agent family that includes all the most powerful models so they know how the car…
Aug 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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A step-by-step guide how to create a simple OS from scratch.
2018 · github.com · its alternatives →
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2013 · sidg.tl · its alternatives →
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2014 · jasperproject.github.io · its alternatives →
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A global contest to grow and monitor your own food with Raspberry Pi - alexellis/growlab
2021 · github.com · its alternatives →
- 18IV
2013 · jondot.github.io · its alternatives →
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Smaller, better, and cheaper: $20
2014 · raspberrypi.org · its alternatives →
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- 23CA
2018 · cattlepi.com · its alternatives →
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