Schlagwort: makers

Reading Time: 6 minutesKit you’ll need to build a 3D camera Prepare Raspberry Pi To create 3D photographs, we need to be able to take two photos simultaneously, about 5 cm apart. These images can then be processed into a variety of different formats such as parallel view, cross-view, or anaglyph (when you wear red/green glasses).…

Reading Time: 3 minutes“The aim of the project was to put together a system to monitor the health of a bee colony by monitoring the temperature and humidity inside and outside the hive over multiple years,” explains Glyn. “Bees need all the help and love they can get at the moment and without them pollinating…

Reading Time: 4 minutesDownload Barrier to Raspberry Pi Barrier is used to share a keyboard between Raspberry Pi and other computers: Windows PC, Mac, or Linux (even a second Raspberry Pi). We’re going to use Barrier to share a keyboard and mouse connected to our Raspberry Pi to a Windows PC on the same network.…

Reading Time: 3 minutesAlongside the fan, The Argon Fan HAT provides a power button, which can perform safe shutdown, forced shutdown, and reboot Raspberry Pi. Putting it together As with other cases (such as Flirc), the metal part of the case connects to the CPU and RAM (with included thermal paste). The metal case acts…

Reading Time: 3 minutesA beans to an end Having eventually figured out how to disassemble the original machine, Jeremy then turned his attentions to using its features in a new way. “There’s an air pump that, when activated, causes water (or presumably coffee) to go out the spout,” he says. “It seems that it pressurises…

Reading Time: 2 minutesMigration Museum A museum celebrating the diversity of London’s residents comes to life when visitors linger near its artefacts. The Room To Breathe interactive displays are the handiwork of Chris Owens and his colleagues from  Clay Interactive. Just one of the many incredible community projects that use Raspberry Pi to make the…

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Reading Time: 3 minutesDan Aldred has now taken the concept one stage further by recreating the classic Battleships game on a giant colour LED matrix, with the player issuing shot co‑ordinates using the rotary dial of an old telephone. “After creating my giant 10×10 LED board – which is great for light shows, lockdown discos,…

Reading Time: 3 minutes“Not many smart doorbells have a screen for the visitor and I thought creating one would be fun,” explains Aaron Tainter. Deciding that his project could also double as a video intercom system if he produced more than one device, he soon got down to work. He figured the system could connect…

Reading Time: 2 minutesWhat was your first Raspberry Pi project? I learned about the Raspberry Pi April 2014 during my first project with [it], installing Alexa Voice Service with my friend Steve Youngblood. We saw a tutorial on ‘How to Make an Alexa’ and decided to try it with no prior Raspberry Pi experience. It…

Reading Time: 3 minutesWhen the gauntlet was first laid down, Martin decided it would be a good time to use an Adafruit thermal sensor he’d already bought. “Our libraries already use commercial thermal visitor counters, so I thought I’d build my own,” he reasoned. Years of designing projects has taught him that it’s best not…

Reading Time: 2 minutesStrato Pi takes this stripped-down Raspberry Pi and uses the DDR2 SODIMM connector to hook it up to a custom board with 10/100 Ethernet, two USB Type-A ports (with individual power and fault detection), a real-time clock and CR1025 battery, and a hardware watchdog chip (used to switch between the two microSD…

Reading Time: 7 minutesIn this tutorial, we’ll show you how to attach a lens to the HQ Camera and adjust its focus and aperture settings. We’ll then use the supplied ribbon cable to connect it to Raspberry Pi, enable it in Raspbian, and enter some commands in a Terminal window to start capturing photos and…

Reading Time: 3 minutesJohn sadly passed away in April this year but his creation lives on, not only in memory but in different manifestations. One of the most intriguing – from our perspective at least – is a version run on a Raspberry Pi. It has been produced by software engineer Nick Kelly, and it…

Reading Time: 2 minutesOne slight downside is that – unlike the full‑size Unicorn HAT HD – it doesn’t come supplied with a translucent diffuser layer to fill out the gaps in the display between the small pixels. However, you could always make your own, even out of paper. Push-button controls Four programmable push-buttons – two on…

Reading Time: 3 minutesA Raspberry Pi 4 with double the RAM With twice the memory as any previous Raspberry Pi, and 40 times the power of the original board, the new 8GB model is a powerhouse! Gareth Halfacree muses on what you can do with the ultra-powerful 8GB Raspberry Pi 4 in this month’s edition…

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Reading Time: 2 minutesHow did the channel start? The idea of the channel started when Dane finished his first Raspberry Pi hobby project. He loved the project, but he also wanted to take it apart to be able build something else: his next project. We thought it would be a shame to just take it…

Reading Time: 3 minutesCloud computer engineer Alan regularly blogs about his Internet of Things inventions and has previously graced these pages with his Countdown-playing robot. “Building intrepid devices I can take along with me outdoors is the perfect way for me to combine my interests in one fell swoop,” he says. “I have been known…

Reading Time: 3 minutesNodeSchool Price: Free Link: NodeSchool NodeSchool is an astounding resource for learning not only JavaScript but many of the tools you need to get the most out of the experience. The tutorials available are installed as a series of command-line applications that allow you to create your code for real and then…

Reading Time: 3 minutesThe kit’s manual included an example circuit for controlling the brightness of an LED by turning a potentiometer knob. So Floyd took that basic concept and added a switch and a MIDI interface to the setup to enable it to control the pitch of musical notes played. DIY MIDI Door: Fast facts…

Reading Time: 3 minutes“We are now doing viniculture in Koshu city, Yamanashi Prefecture, and we aim to open a small winery in Katsunuma in the spring of this year,” says Kunio Kikushima, owner of Vineyard Kikushima. “We also aim for eco-friendly wine without any agricultural chemicals where possible. We are now doing viniculture and vinification.” Kunio is…