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…
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…
Alex Ellis decided to grow some cress and he wanted a way of monitoring the growth. To do this, he used a Raspberry Pi Zero, a Pi camera and a cheap plastic box to grow the cress in. The Pi…
The folks over at Diligence Technologies have written an interesting Instructable that can be used for simple home security. A Pi is connected to a camera module and then a piece of software written in Python is used to detect…
I’ve not had much experience with Docker – haven’t really seen the point until now. However, with his new tutorial, Alex Ellis makes a convincing argument. Docker is a way of packaging up software into an image, much like Raspbian…
Matt, over at Raspberry Pi Spy, has written a great tutorial that shows you how to set-up your Raspberry Pi with the motionEyeOS operating system. It lets you create yourself a CCTV camera that works over IP on your network.…
The Foundation have recently published a new tutorial which helps you to create your very own touchscreen photo booth which will tweet the photos. Dubbed “The All-Seeing Pi”, the contraption requires you to use the Raspberry Pi camera module, a…
Matthew Wagner wanted to develop a wireless IP camera for both his work and to attach to his dog’s collar. So, he’s taken a Raspberry Pi Zero, a Pimoroni ZeroLipo and a RedBear IoT pHAT and soldered them altogether and…
