Dexter Industries (who previously developed BrickPi, a LEGO-Mindstorms interface board) are bringing out GrovePi. GrovePi is an add-on board that plugs into the GPIO pins and allows you to use Grove Sensors from SeeedStudio. These are little modules with a…
Category: Home automation
Use Flask on the #RaspberryPi to make an internet-controlled lamp
Jack Minardi has hacked into a lamp remote control with his Pi and used the Flask Python framework to expose the control to the internet. Read more here
Water your plants with a #RaspberryPi and an #Arduino
Chris Hannam has blogged about a project he’s developed to monitor the environment around his plants. He’s used a RaspberryPi and an Arduino to do it and if you’re interested you can read about it on his blog.
Control someone else’s Christmas lights with the XmasPi! #raspberrypi
And we’re back… After the Cambridge Raspberry Jam I’m just quickly posting this. Look out for a full CamJam post later on this week. Sam has hooked his Pi and an Arduino up to his Christmas lights and train set…
Residential night cooling automation with a #RaspberryPi
Here’s a cool project (cough cough). Ignacio Abel has created a prototype night-time house cooling automation project with a Raspberry Pi and some bits and pieces of tech from Ciseco. He goes into a lot of detail about how to…
#RaspberryPi doorlock uses USB keys
In Huntsville, Alabama, Markers Local 256 hackspace has implemented a Raspberry Pi-powered lock for their door. Three hackers got together and created the system which activates a Powerbolt deadbolt. Read more about it at EE Times
Two ways to use your #RaspberryPi as a printer server
The main reason I got into Raspberry Pi in the first place was to solve the problem of access to the printer in my office (not pictured above!) from computers throughout the house. I totally failed in that aim, due…
Missing cat found using a #RaspberryPi
A nice practical Pi project, this one. This Pi enthusiast was worried that one of his 5 cats had disappeared. (Aside: Why would anyone want 5 cats? 5??? Anyway…) So, with the theory that the cat returned at night…
Wireless Serial Communication with the #RaspberryPi – Part 1
A blog post on A Slice of Raspberry Pi details how to set-up the Pi end of a wireless serial link. It uses the Slice of Pi GPIO board to do this. The second part, which shows how to set-up…
Wireless freezer monitor with a #RaspberryPi
Malakai at Raspbians has written a great tutorial that tells you how to create a wireless freezer monitor system using a Raspberry Pi and some bits and pieces for about £35 (not including the Pi itself). Read the tutorial here