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Access the Raspberry Pi's GPIO Pig Pen
The wiringPi library, which many Raspberry Pi fans have grown attached to over the years, is no longer under maintenance by its developer. An alternative, in the form of Pigpio, has arrived just in time
5 min |
MakerSpace #03
MakerSpace
Shell Programming in Python Snake Shell
Create lightweight Raspberry Pi scripts with Xonsh, a Python shell that lets you write scripts in Python with Bash commands mixed in
4 min |
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Playing old DOS games on the Raspberry Pi Retro Gamer
Play old DOS games on the Dosbian operating system, which turns the Raspberry Pi into an 80486 PC
6 min |
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Home Assistant makes the Raspberry Pi fit for the Z-Wave world Home Automaton
Z-Wave components, a RaZberry module, and the free Home Assistant software make the Raspberry Pi a powerful smart home control center
7 min |
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Water your plants with a Raspberry Pi Watering Pi
With a Pi Zero and a few components, you can build an inexpensive and reliable automatic watering system for your plants in next to no time
7 min |
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MakerSpace
Raspberry Pi automated fish feeder Fish Food
Whether at work or on vacation, every pet lover worries about how to take care of their little roommates in their absence. What aquarium owners need is an automatic feeder
7 min |
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Integrate hardware components with pluggable systems Plugged In
Ecosystems with pluggable Raspberry Pi modules, sensors, and displays are a great choice if you don’t want to – or can’t – solder but still want to extend your hardware
6 min |
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Change internal logic from relays to an Arduino Redo
An electronic project at a local science center was showing its age, calling for a refresh: in this case, rebuilding it almost from scratch with an Arduino instead of relays
9 min |
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MakerSpace
Get creative with the FLUX beamo laser and open source software Beam Me Up, Fluxy!
With the FLUX beamo laser and a Raspberry Pi Board B10001, you can execute your own laser cutting projects on a wide range of materials
10+ min |
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Power your Pi Pico with solar Self-Sufficient
Powering your Pi Pico with solar may not solve the current energy crisis, but it will save you from changing or recharging batteries
4 min |