Category Archives: RaspberryPi

Nice Magic Mirror build with RPi

Posted on January 15, 2022 by robertwilkie

Nice build, but expensive. The author didn’t cheap out on the build. I think he has at least $200 into this. https://www.instructables.com/Build-Your-Own-Google-Home-Enabled-Smart-Mirror-in/

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Making a power button for an RPi

Posted on January 12, 2022 by robertwilkie

Some interesting builds for a RPi power button that will trigger the RPi to power down correctly. https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/add-power-button-raspberry-pi/

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Interfacing RPi GPIO remotely

Posted on November 29, 2021 by robertwilkie

The author basically made a simple rest interface for the GPIO pins of an Raspberry Pi with an installer. This way you can interface it remotely.

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Turn an Old Phone Into a Smart Doorbell Camera With Facial Recognition

Posted on November 18, 2021 by robertwilkie

The phone is basically turned into a wifi camera, an RPI is used for an image server, and then cloud based apps for the rest. https://www.open-electronics.org/turn-an-old-phone-into-a-smart-doorbell-camera-with-facial-recognition/

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Nice $10 RPi clone comes with a built in display

Posted on October 2, 2021 by robertwilkie

Pretty neat clone, it has a built in display and is like a RPI Pico. The issue I have with clones like this is support can be a bit spotty, and not very long term. https://www.tomshardware.com/news/raspberry-pi-pico-alternative-gets-a-screen

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Another porch pirate preventor build

Posted on September 24, 2021 by robertwilkie

This time from a Canadian, who tried to build a prevention instead of the revenge based ones. I like the logic he put in to determine if a package was dropped off and to arm the system. https://www.tomshardware.com/news/raspberry-pi-package-security-system

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Pi Zero to arcade games

Posted on July 31, 2021 by robertwilkie

The author goes over an adaptor board, called PiTrex, that can act as an interface between the old arcade standup game systems and a PiZero. Interesting idea. https://www.hackster.io/news/open-source-pitrex-boards-put-a-raspberry-pi-zero-into-a-vintage-vectrex-games-console-dca10ae86c7d

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Another Kinetic Sand Art Table

Posted on June 30, 2021 by robertwilkie

Another nice build. I like how the parts are all 3D printed so you do not need to make any custom stuff. I like how he uses fake leather as a buffer between the magnet and the steel ball to … Continue reading →

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One fancy 3D printed camera motion control rig

Posted on May 26, 2021 by robertwilkie

Wow this is one complex build. Not so sure I would make this one, even if my printer could print the larger parts. Nice to watch the build thought.

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Making a smart buoy

Posted on May 6, 2021 by robertwilkie

Nice build, the author designed this to help with monitoring in the ocean. But I could see it being used in things like ponds and lakes too. It uses an RPi too.

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