Instructables user hamedtaha has written a tutorial and accompanying code to display a to-do list (from ToDoIst), calendar and weather display (from Weather Underground) on a 7.5″ e-paper display from Waveshare. Read more here and/or watch the video below.
Category: Tutorials
Use RetroPie on top of pi-topOS by configuring your Raspberry Pi correctly
Rene Richarz has written a great guide on installing RetroPie on top of pi-topOS on your pi-top or pi-topCEED. He goes through removing part of the pi-topOS and then installing RetroPie, giving all the necessary command line instructions to set-up…
Deep learning Raspberry Pi detects Santa’s presence on a video stream
Dr Adrian Rosebrock has written several tutorials on deep learning with Python image searches. Well, now he’s used a Raspberry Pi and deep-learning system Keras to develop a video stream detector that alerts you when Santa Claus enters the frame and…
Create a NodeRED-controlled, Raspberry Pi-powered Neopixel decoration for your Christmas Tree
The inimitable Mr Les Pounder has written up a brilliant project in which he utilises a string of Neopixel-like lights to give his Christmas Tree some blinky cheer. Soldered up on a ProtoZero board, the circuit requires a few bits…
Build an emotive SelfieBot camera with a Raspberry Pi and lots of maker skills
Sophy Wong and her husband have built themselves a selfie booth using a Raspberry Pi. The booth has a camera (obviously) and a screen which displays a facial expression. The selfies taken are printed out by a thermal printer and…
Making a radio with the Pimoroni Hyperpixel and a Raspberry Pi
Giles Booth likes to make radios out of tech. This time, he’s taken a Pimoroni Hyperpixel and a Pi and installed on the SD card MPC and MPD which allows him to play streams or MP3 files. He’s then programmed the…
Control a telescope and other sensors using a Raspberry Pi
Gary Preston has developed the Astro Cat which: is an auto GPIO configuring add-on board for the Raspberry PI 3 which provides additional hardware interfaces to communicate with and control a Meade Autostar, Moonlite focuser and temperature sensors. Or, to…
Build an Amazon Alexa device with your Raspberry Pi
Over on HowChoo, Jeremy has written a great tutorial which steps you through the process of linking your Raspberry Pi up to an Amazon Developer account and then installing the necessary software to create an Alexa device. These devices, which…
Four-legged insect robot powered by a Raspberry Pi with a camera
Computer engineering student Shoyu has created a four-legged insect robot which uses a Raspberry Pi 3 and an IO Expander Board to control the servos. He’s added a Camera Module and then created a control interface that can be used…
Learn object-orientated Python programming with Raspberry Pi
Raspberry Pi has announced that Laura Sach has developed a new online training course. The course is on object-orientated Python and is sure to appeal to both techies and educators (or both!) alike. Here’s some info about what the course…