Karl Herrick has taken a PIR sensor and hooked it up to his Pi. He’s then used a variety of different software including the Cylon.js framework and Node.js to do the detection and provide a web interface for the sensor. It’s an interesting…
Category: Home automation
Fridge with a Raspberry Pi automatically orders fruit for you
American Steve Hickson has done an excellent home automation proof-of-concept. He’s placed a Raspberry Pi and camera module inside his fridge (and made sure that the light stayed on). The Pi takes a picture, analyses it and identifies whether there…
Wi-fi enabled kettle using a Raspberry Pi
FatCookies decided that he wanted to be able to turn his kettle on from his phone. So, he took an old power supply enclosure, ripped out the insides and replaced it with a Raspberry Pi and a relay board, some wiring…
Beginnings of a greenhouse monitor project using a Raspberry Pi
Romilly Cocking and his wife own an allotment about half a kilometre from where they live. Romilly wanted to set up a wireless monitor between the greenhouse on the allotment and their home. To do this, he’s experimenting with a…
Land and water-based environment simulation with a Raspberry Pi controller
This is simply beautiful. Poopi and Piter have created a “paludarium” – an enclosed biodome in which environmental conditions are simulated – which contains both land-based and water-based lifeforms. The paludarium is controlled by a Raspberry Pi and 4 ATmega 168P chips…
Raspberry Pi television schedule helper for the visually impaired
Hackaday.io user Chewable Drapery (Dean Walker)’s grandfather-in-law is 92 and is gradually losing his sight. In particular, he has real problems reading the on-screen television guide. So, Chewable has constructed a box and a controller, called EVA, using a Raspberry Pi…
Upgraded garden drip system with OpenSprinkler and Raspberry Pi
Cyrus Farivar has replaced the dial controller on his garden ‘drip irrigation system’ with a Raspberry Pi and OpenSprinkler GPIO board. He’s written a full account of how to do the integration, and the results, on the ArsTechnica blog. Read it…
Valentines Day with a Raspberry Pi
Steve Hickson decided he wanted to surprise his girlfriend on Valentine’s day. He adapted his own robot bartender to pour wine on command, added in some WeMo light switches and a bedroom fan with rose petals on top. The result…
Automated mushroom cultivation with a Raspberry Pi
Kyle Gabriel grows mushrooms (the non-hallucinogenic kind!) and wanted to control the environment in which they grow to achieve a better yield. He’s now using a Pi to monitor temperature, humidity and carbon dioxide concentration. When the Pi detects an…
Remote control your Raspberry Pi using your phone
Robin Newman, who is normally to be found hacking with Sonic Pi, has turned his attention to an online service called Telegram. Using your mobile phone, you can send messages to Telegram which will send them to your Pi which…