ntroduction I have been using microcontrollers for a long time now. I started in college as part of the program and have never stopped. Professionally, educationally, hobby, I’ve done projects of all types. Recently I decided to try something with a Raspberry Pi. It is the next step up, basically being a little computer. This […]
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Update #1: Garage Monitor Memory Leak: Part 1. Update #2: I should point out that the arm on the switch I ended up using bent so it stopped working after about a month of use. I really need to figure out a way to mount the magnetic switch instead. I added a rough parts list
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I have always been monitoring my utility meters in the old fashioned way. First I wrote them down in a little ledger (yep, I’m that old), later I wrote a spreadsheet for it and the last few years I’m using the ECAS smartphone app to do the trick. I always wanted a live monitor, but
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In this intractable i will show you how to use a kindle fire as a monitor for a raspberry pi. I had an old kindle fire that i got a few years back that i no longer use and i thought, why not use it as a monitor for my raspberry pi? Thus this instructable
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Step 1: Components list The Particle Core (a.k.a. Spark Core) module This comes in a nice little kit with a breadboard and USB lead. You can buy one direct from Particle at https://store.particle.io/, from Adafruit, or in the UK the cheapest I’ve found is from CPC. There are two versions of the Core – one
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In my house, you can often hear someone shouting “Is the Internet down?” Sometimes it is but most of the time it’s a “user problem”. I decided to build a gizmo that would make it easy to tell whether the internet connection was working or not. Hence the Raspberry Pi Internet Monitor. The Raspberry Pi
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Step 1: What You’ll Need A RaspberryPi BrickPi 9 V battery – for powering the BrickPi board and sensor Dexter Industries Thermometer Step 2: Signup for Thingspeak First signup for the new account in thingspeak at https://www.thingspeak.com Step 3: Login to Thingspeak Login to your account and click on the channels icon. Step 4: Create
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Step 1: The screen The screen I have found a nice screen on ebay for ~18€, a 3.2″ TFT LCD Touch Screen, cheap and small is ideal. – Installing raspbian-DVK512-12040725.img To use the touch screen, we run under a Raspbian distribution, you can download the image file here already configured to work with the XPT2046
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Diy a wireless monitor tank is not difficult based on the raspberry pi, shown in the following picture. Step 1: Materials for the rc tank raspberry pi based monitor 1. Raspberry pi board: http://www.smartarduino.com/original-rpi-raspberry-pi-pie-512m-2-generation_p93783.html 2. Full-functional raspberry pi shield http://www.smartarduino.com/raspberry-pi-pie-rpi-shield-enhanced-v2-release-fully_p94186.html description: All the features include: l The full size perfectly compatible with raspberry pie, l
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Description 0-10V Volt monitor project has been designed around LM3914 IC, It is an easy and less expensive project which instantly visualizes voltage level. The project is based on the popular LM3194 IC from Texas instruments. Handy 0-10V DC Voltmeter can be used as a voltage tester. The LM3914 senses the voltage level at the
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