How-To: Text Your Coffeemaker
Introducing the world’s first Raspberry Pi-powered, cloud texting-enabled espresso machine, called Textpresso.
Raspberry Pi
Raspberry Pi is an incredibly versatile microcomputer that is perfect for any kind of DIY projects. From programming robots to building home automation systems, there are so many possibilities when it comes to designing creative and innovative raspberry pi projects. With its powerful yet low-cost hardware, plus plenty of open source software available, raspberry pi has become one of the most popular tinkering tools out there. But what kinds of projects can you make with this small but mighty computer? Read on for ideas and tutorials that will shake up your next project idea or two!
RPi Geiger Counter
Chrono wrote in to share PiGI, a Geiger-Müller breakout board compatible with the RPi. The Raspberry Pi is a perfect platform to be a cheap but very versatile geiger counter. It can be connected to a TV/Monitor to display a nice graphical interface, it can play the nostalgic tak, tak, taktaktak sound via audio output […]
10 Hot New Boards to Watch
Over the last few months there have been a sudden rush of new micro-controller boards onto the market. A lot of that is down to Kickstarter and the appearance of a number slightly tweaked Arduino clones. A lot of them feature some sort of mesh networking, or other wireless capability. Here’s ten new boards that have just arrived, or are coming to market real soon, that you should maybe think about for your next project.
Controlling a Telescope with a RasPi
Cristos Vasilas added a Raspberry Pi with camera board to his telescope, and took great video! My rPi camera board arrived from Element14 this week. I was anxious to get it connected to my rover, but once I saw the quality of the image it produced, I decided to use it as a wireless image/video […]
33-RPi Beowulf Cluster
Josh Kiepert’s beowulf cluster of 33 overclocked Raspberry Pi boards is powered by a custom PCB that sends fused 5V to the boards while providing a little RGB LED action. And check out the crispy rack design! [via Embedded Projects]
Crowdsourced Colors with Control My (Graduation) Cap
New York-based maker and recent Cornell electrical engineering graduate Jeremy Blum built a glowing LED cap for his graduation. The colors are crowdsourced via a website and controlled from a Raspberry Pi that Jeremy wears on his wrist.
RasPi-Controlled Remote Presence Platform
MadSci’s remote presence platform aims to control up to 16 servos, 4 AC relays, and a web cam, all controlled remotely via web browser, all controlled with the help of Spacebrew interactive software. Looks fun!
