Die Hard isn’t a movie that receives a lot of cosplay or prop building love so this project from Robert Wallhead came as a bit of a surprise. Powered by the Raspberry Pi Pico , this RFID card reader is housed in an almost screen accurate prop. Essentially the prop is an RFID card reader, an RFID-RC522, connected to the Raspberry Pi Pico’s SPI and I2C GPIO interfaces. The act of scanning an RFID card triggers the MicroPython powered code to control a strip of NeoPixels (WS2812 RGB LEDs) that illuminate an “open” sign. This is a simple, yet practical prop that harks back to the 1980s aesthetic. Speaking of aesthetic, Wallhead’s prop recreates the first level of security in the Nakatomi Plaza, where 1988 movie Die Hard is set. European terrorists, who ultimately are there to steal money from a secret vault, are foiled by New York City police detective John McClane (played by Bruce Willis, who at the time was more famous for comedy roles). McClane is outgunned and goes it alone to take on the terrorists in this classic ̶C̶h̶r̶i̶s̶t̶m̶a̶s̶ movie. Image Rather than 3D print the case, Wallhead chose to scratch build it using 1mm thick… Read full this story
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