As the world has become more environmentally conscious, we’ve seen an uptick in projects that monitor or control home energy use. At a minimum one of these setups involves a microcontroller and some kind of clamp-on current sensor, but if you’re looking for resources to take things a bit farther, this Raspberry Pi energy monitoring system […]
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Build a dashboard gadget that scans constantly for potential gas pump card skimmers What’s worse than gazing over your credit card statement and seeing payments you didn’t authorize? You frantically mark up your statement with a red pen before you make that call to your bank, hoping that they’ll reinstate the funds after freezing your
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AlexaPi MQTT Smart Hub, cheap and easy to use smart hub for DIY home automation. Small footprint, affordable and low power consumption with Raspberry Pi at the core. Amazon Alexa Voice Service integration allows for voice commands for all of your things. MQTT communications means low data consumption, real time data and easy to
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Story My home automation system is a mishmash of devices: the Iris Smart Home platform by Lowe’s, Irrigation Caddy, Logitech Harmony, and others. I decided to write an app to consolidate the controls all in one place, rather than using the multiple existing apps to control each device separately.Smart Home Mobile was the result of
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When I got my Raspberry I’ve decided to develop an algorithm of real time lane and vehicle detection. I got it done. Now it’s time to put the Raspberry Pi on my car’s dashboard. However, I would not like to leave it fixed on the dashboard forever. I had a few lego bricks left over
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