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Steam powered Raspberry Pi pico

• abdullahkhalids 4y ago
  This is so cool. I hope they are burning coal to produce the steam to go full steampunk. Someone should do a water wheel powered one next.
  • pengaru 4y ago
    > I hope they are burning coal to produce the steam to go full steampunk. That's a commercial off-the-shelf hobbyist steam engine, they prescribe using smokeless fuel tablets like [0]. Coal would just make a bunch of soot and a big mess in general. [0] https://www.amazon.com/Esbit-1300-Degree-Smokeless-Tablets-Emergency/dp/B0000WR6W8/ https://www.amazon.com/Esbit-1300-Degree-Smokeless-Tablets-E...
  • bronikowski 4y ago
    I wonder how efficient a water will would be? Made with current tech, bearings, etc.
    • abdullahkhalids 4y ago
      I don't think modern gears and bearings will improve efficiency by more than a few percentage points. Most of it is in the size of the wheel, and the energy of the water.