The idea of this project is to move the whole Raspberry terminal to the world of SMS communication. This is a very good application in case there is no 5G/4G/3G coverage – but only GSM coverage for phone calls and SMSs. Even better, it is not necessary to use a tariff plan with mobile data, …
Remote Control of Raspberry Pi Via SMS (RPi SMS Shell) Continue Reading
Raspberry Pi running Wheezy (Debian 7) There’s a few different way to figure out what distribution you have. You can do:$lsb_release -aor$cat /proc/version (didn’t work for me)or$cat /etc/*-releaseI’m sure there are other ways. Here are the results for all 3: (Note: I tried getting this project going using Jessie (Debian 8) and had mixed results. …
Nice looking weather forecast for Raspberry Pi Zero and Ili9341 based 2.8 inch TFT. I want to show you in this project how to build a nice looking weather station based on Raspberry Pi Zero W for wall mount with weather forecast and coloured 2.8 inch TFT screen. Electronic and Assembly This project based on …
Quickstart guide to start with #NodeMCU on the #ESP8266 Thing, hacking to become a ultra-low power, solar power only driven #SENSableTHING Inspired by the lander #Philae on comet 67P we started a while back working on low-power projects assuming that we do have only solar power to recharge batteries and might need to sleep during …
Tame the Beast: Ultra-Low Power #ESP8266 Thing Continue Reading
Raspberry Pi enthusiasts or Pi developers looking for an easy way to allow configuration although Raspberry Pi systems may be interested in a new open source application created by Peter Walsh and published to the Hackday.io website. AppDaemon has been created to allow easy configuration of Wi-Fi password, file sharing workgroups, fixed IP address entry, …
Easy Raspberry Pi configuration with AppDaemon Continue Reading
Using a Raspberry Pi and 7″ touchscreen with nymea:core and nymea:app to build a smart home system with touch control panel. The story For a while now I’m using nymea as my smart home solution with nymea:core on a Raspberry Pi and nymea:app on my phone. Initially I wanted to wall-mount a phone or tablet …
Open Source Smart Home with Touchscreen Control Panel Continue Reading
This is the start of a new series where we learn how to build a dashcam using the Raspberry Pi Zero. This is the start of a new series where we learn how to build a dashcam using the Raspberry Pi Zero. This project is actually a continuous video recorder and can be used for …
Making a DashCam Using the Raspberry Pi Zero (pt.1) Continue Reading
Learn how to install the Rhasspy offline voice assistant, through a simple Docker image! Required Hardware Before getting started, let’s review what you’ll need. Raspberry Pi 3 or 4. MATRIX Voice or MATRIX Creator – Raspberry Pi does not have a built-in microphone, the MATRIX Voice & MATRIX Creator each have an 8 mic array – Buy MATRIX Voice or Buy MATRIX Creator. Micro-USB power adapter for Raspberry Pi. Micro …
Rhasspy Voice Assistant on MATRIX Voice and MATRIX Creator Continue Reading
If you have a toddler and a mini-tramp you know the rallying cry of “Mama, Count!”. If you don’t don’t have either of these things, become the hero uncle or aunt by building one for your family members who have been social distancing with a three-year-old monster bundle of joy for the last five weeks. This trampoline bounce …
TRAMPOLINE BOUNCE COUNTER HAS RASPBERRY PI AUTOMATE AWAY YOUR PARENTAL DUTIES Continue Reading
Ever want to monitor your home but don’t want to buy a $100 1080p webcam? Well I did, and you can too! Ever want to monitor your home but don’t want to buy a $100 1080p webcam, or just wanted to build your own? Well, that is exactly what will happen in this tutorial! To …
