List of Projects using Raspberry Pi with advance view: 1.
Program a Light-Up Felt Menorah Everyone has their own holiday traditions. Mine is trying to make an LED menorah for Hanukkah, the Jewish Festival of Lights. This year, Hanukkah starts on the night of Tuesday, December 12, and, as always, I didn’t leave myself a lot of time to play…... Listed under: LED Projects
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Livestream-Interactive Confetti Cannon Ok, I’ll admit, this one is a little silly – but ever since I’ve been doing live broadcasts on the regular, I’ve wanted to increase the number of ways that live stream audiences can interact with the broadcast. I was inspired by projec like Twitch Plays…... Listed under: Game - Entertainment Projects
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Build a Ballistic Parachute Recovery System for Your Drone Starting on December 21, 2015, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) began requiring hobbyists to register their Unmanned Aerial Systems – often referred to as drones. After two days of registration, the database contained 45,000 aircraft dedicated and designed for personal use. This mandate was set…... Listed under: Robotics Automation Projects
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Transform a 25-Watt Semi-Flexible Panel into a Practical Battery Charger Sunlight may be free, but transforming it into usable electricit is not. I learned this back in 1965 when I bought some surplus silicon solar cells from dealer Herbach and Rademan (now H&R Company Inc.). Those 0.75″×0.75″ cells cost around $2.49 each or $19.30 today…... Listed under: Solar energy projects
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Raspberry Pi Plex Server If you have a backup of your digital media, it’s nice to have a convenient way to play it back. Running a dedicat media server is the usual way to do this, but a computer that’s up all the time can be pretty expensive in…... Listed under: Game Entertainment Projects
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Light Up the Room With These LED Earrings Before attending a fancy event, my friend asked me to create her some earrings that woul light up. I needed to design something that would be lightweight, but I also wanted it to be wearable without the battery for everyday use. I started with a…... Listed under: LED Projects
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Gas Pump Skimmer Scanner Build a dashboard gadget that scans constantly for potential gas pump card skimmers What’s worse than gazing over your credit card statement and seeing payments you didn’t authorize? You frantically mark up your statement with a red pe before you make that call to your…... Listed under: Sensor - Transducer - Detector Projects
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Insta-Hue LED Party Heels I’m one of those people who is always late to a party because I can’t decide what to wear. I’m also someone who creates elaborate last-minute projects for those parties. This project — I call them my Insta-Hue Heels — was designed and create in…... Listed under: LED Projects
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DIY Braille Embosser This project started when I met Alvino. He is originally from the Bahamas and he was born unable to see. Today Alvino has migrated to Canada where access to braille embossers is subsidized by the government, but still they’re expensive, and repa are costly. I…... Listed under: How To - DIY - Projects
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Custom Canine Wheelchair A friend needed a wheelchair for their French Bulldog at short notice. They were unable to a ord the costly commercial wheelchairs available online. I rose to the occasion to design something for an adorable dog, and the results were fantastic Murray loved her chair! I’ve since…... Listed under: Medical - Health based Projects
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Edge-Lit LED Signs Noisebridge is committed to providing a 24/7 accessible space in San Francisco available to all hackers and makers. They are losing their lease as of August 2018 and are currently fundraising to nd a new location. Two things that most any hackerspac can bene t from are better…... Listed under: LED Projects
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Light Up Leather Arm Braces Wearable microcontrollers have found their way into cosplay, fashion, and daily wear but are usually texti based. In this Skill Builder we’ll explore techniques for including leather in your wearables by examining my forearm bracer project, wh uses a built-in Adafruit Gemma and RGB NeoPixels…... Listed under: LED Projects
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Craft A Minecraft Creeper Robot When I wrote my new book Make: Minecraft for Makers, you know I had to include a monster Creeper project. Here’s how you can build a motorized Creeper, with a metal skeleton and wooden skin. Aside from the fact that this thing most certainly doesn’t blow…... Listed under: Robotics - Automation Projects
14. Impact Reactive Snare Drum Lights [gallery columns="2" size="large" ids="15808,15809,15810,15811"] At a Less Than Jake concert I noticed that Vinnie Fiorello’s drums had LED lights inside. They would periodically change colors while the roadie set up the band’s gear, but stayed one solid color during the