Robotics / Product Production
Knights of Isiah
A custom Raspberry Pi multitool built for a friend, featuring RFID scanning, a virtual pet, infrared signal cloning, and a microphone-based frequency reader.
Knights of Isiah is a multitool built specifically for one person: our friend Isiah. Two classmates and I collaborated to design and build a device that combined four distinct capabilities into a single handheld form factor.
The feature set — RFID scanning, a virtual pet, infrared signal cloning, and a microphone-based frequency reader — was chosen to match Isiah's interests and daily contexts. The design problem was as much about knowing the user as it was about knowing the hardware.
Built around a Raspberry Pi 3, the project required integrating multiple hardware modules, writing drivers for each, and designing a unified interface that made four different tools feel like one coherent device.
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