My good friend Tim Richardson has been experimenting with the Philips Hue range of connected lights. He’s got a set out in his shed Cabin and he wanted them to be controlled remotely from another Raspberry Pi (primarily so that people in the…
Jamie from The Pi Hut has been in touch about some new products he’s launched today and I thought I’d pass the info on. Colour-coded GPIO header First up, we have a colour-coded GPIO 40-pin header for the Raspberry Pi Zero.…
A maker called msana has posted his latest project in Hackster.IO. It is a robot, based on a 3D printer, with a Raspberry Pi & camera module attached. The camera takes a photo of a Sudoku puzzle placed on the print…
Belgian maker Frederick Vandenbosch wanted a wearable to take to this year’s Raspberry Pi Big Birthday Weekend (Pi Party). So, he put together a Raspberry Pi Zero, a Pi Supply PaPiRus e-paper HAT, a Pimoroni Zero LiPo and a 3D-printed back plate and created…
Here’s a nice project, but you’ll possibly need access to a laser cutter or CNC machine, or the know-how to get it done for you over the Internet. The Brothers McKenty have taken inspiration from old telegraph machines and built…
Christopher Aedo has written an article over on opensource.com in which he explains how he has set-up a Raspberry Pi to monitor his home-brewing equipment. It’s a pretty sophisticated set-up that uses CraftBeerPi to provide an interface to several sensor readings. You can…
Alex Eames has reviewed the Pimoroni Pirate Radio kit which features a Raspberry Pi Zero W. The kit, which requires assembly, costs £40 and includes the Zero W and most of the parts you need inside a nice project box.…
Wayne Keenan wanted to build a hyper-slim camcorder. So, he took a Raspberry Pi Zero W, a HyperPixel screen, a small camera from Pimoroni, a LiPo battery and some other components, soldered and stuck them together and, voila, a tiny camera!…
Michael Lynch decided he wanted a house plant. Being a software engineer, however, and not a gardener, gave him a distinct problem: when should the plant be watered? How much moisture is too much? So, he collaborated with Jeet Shetty on…
Chris Riebschlager and the Dimensional Innovations team came up with an over-sized build for the two-day Boulevardia music festival in Kansas City. They built an electric guitar for the event which weighs in at 500 pounds and is 12 feet in…
