Daily Archives: October 11, 2016

Cool twist to ibeacon and RPi

The tweak is ot use iBeacon (apple bluetooth token tech) to trigger your theme song to play when you are coming to a room.  A RPi controls the setup and the stereo out goes to a sound system.  Humm….may do … Continue reading

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Build cool stackable shelves

Nice build with plywood for stackable shelves with grooves to keep them together.  I agree with one of the commenter’s to adding cutouts on the bottom for hands to pick the shelves up.  I wonder how hard it would be … Continue reading

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Another nice build of an RPi for a garage door opener

The author uses an app with it called Cayenne.  I haven’t heard of it but it sounds interesting.  Overall the RPi zero is used to open/close the door and keep the state of the door with one magnetic sensor.  The … Continue reading

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