Generating waves with Arduino

Reading Time: < 1 minuteGenerating waves with Arduino Arduino Team — August 6th, 2018 Need a wave generator to test out your latest boat, barge, or submarine design, but can’t quite afford one? If so, then you might consider Subham Bhatt’s DIY tank that he was able to construct for around $1,200 USD.  Bhatt’s device features a pair of […]

Develophead takes (some) of the work out of film photography

Reading Time: 2 minutesDevelophead takes (some) of the work out of film photography Arduino Team — August 6th, 2018 Today, if you take a photograph, more than likely it’s digital. This presents many advantages over its film counterpart, but many serious photographers still use the format in order to produce just the right effect. Pablo Zárate is one […]

Notable Board Books are an Arduino-powered way to enjoy music

Reading Time: < 1 minuteNotable Board Books are an Arduino-powered way to enjoy music Arduino Team — August 6th, 2018 Annelle Rigsby found that her mother, who suffers from Alzheimer’s, is delighted to hear familiar songs. While Annelle can’t always be there to help her enjoy music, she and her husband Mike came up with what they call the […]

Raspberry Pi as car computer

Reading Time: 2 minutesCarputers! Fabrice Aneche is documenting his ongoing build, which equips an older (2011) car with some of the features a 2018 model might have: thus far, a reversing camera (bought off the shelf, with a modified GUI to show the date and the camera’s output built with Qt and Golang), GPS and offline route guidance. […]

Coolest Projects: it’s for the whole family!

Reading Time: 4 minutesWherever in the world I meet members of the Raspberry Pi community, I am always amazed by their enthusiasm for learning and making. And I often meet families that are enjoying computing together: kids who have introduced their parents to something that’s a whole new world for them, adults who are sharing a hobby they […]

A time-telling web powered by Arduino

Reading Time: < 1 minuteA time-telling web powered by Arduino Arduino Team — August 2nd, 2018 Flament bulbs, commonly known as Edison bulbs, contain a variety of interesting LED lights. So interesting, in fact, that maker Andy Pugh decided to take these individual components up and turn them into a 7-segment display clock. While making a clock isn’t an […]

Build your own NASA Curiosity rover

Reading Time: 3 minutesPut together your own remote-controlled Curiosity rover with the help of the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory and a Raspberry Pi. Why wouldn’t you want one of these?! NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory To educate the curious about the use of rovers in space, the Pasadena-based NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) built a mini-rover, ROV-E, to tour classrooms, museums, […]

Ingenious marble clock runs on Arduino

Reading Time: 2 minutesIngenious marble clock runs on Arduino Arduino Team — August 1st, 2018 Arduino boards and custom clock builds seem to be a great match, as illustrated by Görkem Bozkurt’s recent project.  His 3D-printed marble clock uses a stepper-driven gear mechanism to lift 11mm steel spheres to the device’s top chute. The spheres then roll down […]

Prepare yourself for winter with the help of squirrels

Reading Time: 3 minutesThis article from The MagPi issue 72 explores Carsten Dannat’s Squirrel Cafe project and his mission to predict winter weather conditions based on the eating habits of local squirrels. Get your copy of The MagPi in stores now, or download it as a free PDF here. The Squirrel Cafe on Twitter Squirrel chowed down on 5.0 nuts for 3.16 […]

Happy Birthday, Harry Potter: wizard-worthy Pi projects

Reading Time: 5 minutesToday marks Harry Potter’s 38th birthday. And as we’re so, so very British here at Raspberry Pi, we have no choice but to celebrate the birth of The Boy Who Lived with some wonderfully magical projects from members of the community. Build your own Daily Prophet After a trip to The Wizarding World of Harry […]

Light painting rig is a masterpiece of artistic hardware hacking

Reading Time: 2 minutesLight painting rig is a masterpiece of artistic hardware hacking Arduino Team — July 30th, 2018 Light painting is an art form where dark areas are selectively lit to form interesting effects. While normally a manual operation, Josh Sheldon has come up with a rig to automate and enhance the process. The results are nothing short […]

Ceiling-mounted cable robot with Arduino Mega

Reading Time: 2 minutesCeiling-mounted cable robot with Arduino Mega Arduino Team — July 30th, 2018 Cable-based robots are a common sight at sporting events as remote camera operators, but what about one for your living room? As spotted on Reddit, Nathaniel Nifong decided there was no reason not to have one of these devices, and made his own […]

Stop motion short filmed with the help of Arduino

Reading Time: < 1 minuteStop motion short filmed with the help of Arduino Arduino Team — July 30th, 2018 One can imagine that making a stop motion animation film is a lot of work, but if you’ve ever wondered what one involves, James Wilkinson decided to document the process of making Billy Whiskers: The Mystery of the Misplaced Trowel.  […]

Automatic mazes with Raspberry Pi and recursive backtracking

Reading Time: 3 minutesEngineerish is back with another Raspberry Pi–based project that you didn’t know you needed until now. PRINT MAZES WITH RASPBERRY PI Don’t already have a device around your home that, at the press of a button, prints something cool? Build one! Mine prints randomly generated mazes but why stop there? Thermal printer: https://www.adafruit.com/product/597 Source code: […]

Synesthiser, an accessible electronic music instrument

Reading Time: 3 minutesA Raspberry Pi is the beating heart of this accessible musical instrument, built by South Korean maker Jaewon “J. One” Choi to enable more people with hearing impairments to create music: synesthiser. experimental musical instrument, 2018 Raspberry Pi, Arduino, Pure Data, Python Making music more accessible J. One’s latest project, synesthiser, produces vibration alongside sound, […]

Single-handed smartwatch text entry with WrisText

Reading Time: 2 minutesSingle-handed smartwatch text entry with WrisText Arduino Team — July 26th, 2018 Smartwatches can keep us informed of incoming information at a glance, but responding still takes the use of another hand, potentially occupied by other tasks. Researchers at Dartmouth College are trying to change that with their new WrisText system. The device divides the […]

DolphinView headset lets you see the world like Flipper!

Reading Time: 2 minutesDolphinView headset lets you see the world like Flipper! Arduino Team — July 26th, 2018 Dolphins are not only amazing swimmers and extremely intelligent, but can also navigate their surroundings using echolocation. While extremely useful in murky water, Andrew Thaler decided to make a device that would enable him to observe his (normally dry) environment with […]

Two CD-ROM drives combined into fledging drawbot

Reading Time: < 1 minuteTwo CD-ROM drives combined into fledging drawbot Arduino Team — July 26th, 2018 Even if you don’t have access to fancy tools like a 3D printer or CNC router, that doesn’t mean you can’t make something interesting. James, using only a “hot glue gun, some scissors, and a screwdriver,” was able to construct a rudimentary […]

MagPi 72: AI made easy for your Raspberry Pi

Reading Time: 3 minutesHi folks, Rob from The MagPi here! With AI currently a hot topic in hobby tech, we thought we’d demystify it for you and your Raspberry Pi in The MagPi 72, out now! AI made easy, in issue 72 of The MagPi! The MagPi 72 AI made easy covers several types of current AI and […]

Ping pong ball bounces forever under Arduino control

Reading Time: < 1 minutePing pong ball bounces forever under Arduino control Arduino Team — July 25th, 2018 As spotted on Reddit, maker “tkuhn” of Electron Dust decided to create a machine “with the sole goal of keeping a ping pong ball bouncing for as long as possible.”  To accomplish this, he turned to audio feedback using the time difference […]

Add fading light effects to the buttons on your arcade controller

Reading Time: < 1 minuteAdd fading light effects to the buttons on your arcade controller Arduino Team — July 25th, 2018 Making a custom arcade cabinet has become something of a rite of passage for aspiring hackers. As seen here, maker Rodrigo decided to add an extra bit of “flair” to his build (Portuguese), with buttons that light up […]

Block ads at home using Pi-hole and a Raspberry Pi

Reading Time: 3 minutesToday’s blog post comes from Jacob Salmela, creator of Pi-hole, a network-wide ad blocker used by Raspberry Pi enthusiasts to block advertisements on all devices connected to their home network. What is Pi hole? An explainer video about the network-wide ad blocker and how to install it. What is Pi-hole? Pi-hole is a network-wide ad […]