Raspberry Pi Levels with You

It is easy to imagine how early man started using rocks and then eventually developed better and better tools until they created the hammer. Some simple tools took a little longer to invent. The spirit level, for example, didn’t exist until sometime in the last half of the 1600’s.

The idea is simple. A clear tube holds a liquid and a bubble. When the bubble is in the center of the tube, the device is level in the direction of the tube. [Mark Williams] has a slightly more involved approach. He took an internal measurement unit (IMU) and a Raspberry Pi to create a modern take on the spirit level.

The device shows virtual spirit bubbles on an LCD using some Python libraries. You can see a video below and find the code on GitHub.

We’ve certainly seen more exciting uses of IMUs. We’ve even looked at some tiny IMUs, if you want to go smaller. But this is a nice project, and well done. We thought you should see it.

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