[OUTDATED] Having Amazon Alexa, via an Amazon Echo, control a Google Chromecast via a Raspberry Pi running a Python script. Story Doing the Impossible: Google Chromecast and Amazon Alexa Ever since the release of the Amazon Echo, people have been asking for One thing. — This is outdated, please view new instructions on Github — Is there …
Contents Background Hardware Pi Wiring Heating System Wiring Software Remote Access Gas Consumption Impact Background I want to implement a Raspberry Pi controlled heating and hot water system. On the hot water side, the objectives are Primary Always ensure there is sufficient hot water available for use when there is demand Minimise the amount of …
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At Kaazing, we have been experimenting with using a smartphone as a remote control for quite some time now. Those familiar with our demos may have seen our Zing-Pong demo (which is a “Pong”-style game using smartphones to control the paddles over WebSocket) or our Racer demo (which is a 3D Formula One car rendered …
Assembly The servo motors have three pins, two for power: red(+) and black (-), and one for control. Because the servo motor draws too much energy, we need to use the batteries to power the servo (the Raspberry Pi doesn’t have so much power. if you try to use the 5V power of the raspberry …
Step 1: Components needed An Arduino Yun (Wifi Enabled!) – You could use another Arduino with a Wifi Shield though. A Protoshield with (or without) a tiny breadboard a regular breadboard will work as well, but will be less compact. If you want to solder more, you can just use a small circuit board instead. …
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The Graphical User Interface (GUI) helps the user to communicate with the system effortlessly. The GUI is considered as the front end of an application. In a Linux operating system each hardware device is represented as a file. The device can be controlled by simply reading and writing into that file. The hardware of an …
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Project Description I need to be able to control turning on and off an RGB LED utilizing the Raspberry Pi. I also should be able to turn it on and off using an Android device. Design The design is made up to utilize three different components: Raspberry Pi / LED Hardware, Web Service, and Android …
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This is a short tutorial to exhibit the abilities of the Pi Buddy app Step 1: Setting up the Pi In order for the Pi to receive command from the device you must have the necessary files and dependancies installed. Pi Buddy runs off of web-pins found here. https://github.com/TheGreenToaster/web-pins The instructions are here to set …
The first step in playing with a Raspberry Pi’s GPIO interface is to turn an LED on and off on command, the Hello World of digital electronics. As fun as that is, it would be more fun to do from my mobile phone using my home wireless network, this article runs through the software that …
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Although the Internet of Things is relatively new, controlling devices remotely is as old as sin; devices have been using IR remotes for ages. There is a lot of untapped potential from the infrared devices sitting in your home. Besides the raspberry pi, you can get all of the materials for this project at your …
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