Never thought I’d ever write that sentence! The Tennessee Aquarium in Chattanooga (which is just an awesome place – I visited a couple of years ago) have an electric eel called Miguel Wattson. Thanks to the Raspberry Pi, some Python programming and…
Category: Sensors
Machine learning with an engine and a Raspberry Pi
Unfortunately, I don’t have enough time at the moment to fully understand this one! I’ll let Liz Upton from the Raspberry Pi Foundation explain: Adam Vaughan is controlling an engine with an adaptive Extreme Learning Machine algorithm on his Pi,…
Raspberry Pi aeroponics system
Instructables user darkstar1 has documented his project which uses a fogger/mister machine and a PowerSwitch Tail II to create a Pi-controlled aeroponics system to grow plants from cuttings. You can read how he did it here.
Do-it-yourself Raspberry Pi weather station
Ted Hale has built his own weather station with some strip board and screw terminals so that he can attach whatever peripherals he needs. Read about his project here.
Botswana environmental expedition uses the Raspberry Pi and open source resources
A team of National Geographic Explorers recently embarked on an expedition to the Okavango Delta in Botswana to gather environmental data using open hardware and software and the Raspberry Pi. Called the Okavango Wilderness Project, the expedition will create a…
Raspberry Pi Hamster Fitness Tracker
Jamie Bailey from Initial State wanted to find out how far his 9-year-old daughter’s hamster ran. He came up with a great way of measuring it using a laser (and who doesn’t love lasers!). Find out how they did it here.
Interface a gyro and accelerometer with a Raspberry Pi
Mark Williams is currently running a Kickstarter for a great little sensor add-on board for the Raspberry Pi. It’s called the BerryIMU (which stands for Inertial Measurement Unit). He’s been writing a series of great articles to support the project.…
More CamJam EduKit 2 – Sensors coverage
Today at Pi Wars, we launched our second CamJam EduKit. This one comes with three sensors: temperature, movement and light; and all the bits and pieces you need to build circuits with them. Oh, that includes two mahoosive 10mm LEDs.…
New CamJam EduKit for the Raspberry Pi – Sensors!
Myself, Tim Richardson and Jamie Mann from The Pi Hut have teamed up again to bring a low-cost electronics kit to market. Following the international success of the first CamJam EduKit, we wanted to produce something more advanced, but still…
Create a digital compass with the Raspberry Pi
Mark Williams is currently running a Kickstarter campaign to fund the BerryIMU. One of the three sensors on the board is a magnetometer, with which you can create a digital compass. Here’s how to do it in C.