Raspberry Pi Zero W – Noise https://noise.getoto.net The collective thoughts of the interwebz Wed, 08 Sep 2021 06:28:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 Zippy the Raspberry Pi Zero-powered mini Mars Rover https://noise.getoto.net/2021/09/08/zippy-the-raspberry-pi-zero-powered-mini-mars-rover/ Wed, 08 Sep 2021 06:28:27 +0000 https://www.raspberrypi.org/?p=74274 Maker Mellow was inspired by watching the progress of NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover and wanted in on the interplanetary robot scene. Their first idea was to build a scale version of Perseverance, but when their partner stepped in to suggest that starting smaller might be a little easier, Zippy was born. Hardware Raspberry Pi Zero…

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]]> Teasmade comes back to life with Raspberry Pi https://noise.getoto.net/2021/09/01/teasmade-comes-back-to-life-with-raspberry-pi/ Wed, 01 Sep 2021 10:33:40 +0000 https://www.raspberrypi.org/?p=74095 It hurts our aged soul to think how many of you won’t know what a teasmade is. So here is a quick overview of this classic 20th-century technology. Now we will tell you how VEEB brought such a contraption back to life with Raspberry Pi. Yeah, we love the project video as much as you…

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]]> Top project ideas for Raspberry Pi Zero https://noise.getoto.net/2021/08/25/top-project-ideas-for-raspberry-pi-zero/ Wed, 25 Aug 2021 05:14:54 +0000 https://www.raspberrypi.org/?p=74010 We came across this ‘Top 15 Raspberry Pi Zero Projects’ video and realised that it’s been a while since we showed our tiniest computer some love on this blog. The compilation features full build videos for 15 Raspberry Pi Zero projects. Too many to go into detail about here, so we’ve picked out a few…

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]]> Raspberry Pi ‘WeatherClock’ shows you the hour’s forecast https://noise.getoto.net/2021/08/02/raspberry-pi-weatherclock-shows-you-the-hours-forecast/ Mon, 02 Aug 2021 07:48:34 +0000 https://www.raspberrypi.org/?p=72979 Meet Eli’s WeatherClock, a digital–analogue timepiece that displays the weather at each hour of the day as well as the time. Here’s an example: every day at 3pm, instead of the hour hand just pointing to a number three on the clock’s face, it also points to a visual representation of what the weather is…

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]]> Bluebot Shoal Fish Robot https://noise.getoto.net/2021/07/06/bluebot-shoal-fish-robot/ Tue, 06 Jul 2021 09:46:57 +0000 https://www.raspberrypi.org/?p=71968 If you loved the film Finding Dory, you might just enjoy the original story of these underwater robots, fresh out of the latest issue of The MagPi Magazine. It’s no coincidence that the shoal of robot fish in this Raspberry Pi Zero W project look more than a little like Dory from Pixar’s movie. As with…

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]]> What the blink is my IP address? https://noise.getoto.net/2020/09/11/what-the-blink-is-my-ip-address/ Fri, 11 Sep 2020 12:47:12 +0000 https://www.raspberrypi.org/?p=63121 Picture the scene: you have a Raspberry Pi configured to run on your network, you power it up headless (without a monitor), and now you need to know which IP address it was assigned. Matthias came up with this solution, which makes your Raspberry Pi blink its IP address, because he used a Raspberry Pi…

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]]> Raspberry Pi + Furby = ‘Furlexa’ voice assistant https://noise.getoto.net/2020/09/01/raspberry-pi-furby-furlexa-voice-assistant/ Tue, 01 Sep 2020 12:28:28 +0000 https://www.raspberrypi.org/?p=62691 How can you turn a redundant, furry, slightly annoying tech pet into a useful home assistant? Zach took to howchoo to show you how to combine a Raspberry Pi Zero W with Amazon’s Alexa Voice Service software and a Furby to create Furlexa. Furby was pretty impressive technology, considering that it’s over 20 years old. […]

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]]> Boston Dynamics’ Handle robot recreated with Raspberry Pi https://noise.getoto.net/2020/08/25/boston-dynamics-handle-robot-recreated-with-raspberry-pi/ Tue, 25 Aug 2020 12:20:19 +0000 https://www.raspberrypi.org/?p=62605 You in the community seemed so impressed with this recent Boston Dynamics–inspired build that we decided to feature another. This time, maker Harry was inspired by Boston Dynamics’ research robot Handle, which stands 6.5 ft tall, travels at 9 mph and jumps 4​ ​feet vertically. Here’s how Harry made his miniature version, MABEL (Multi Axis […]

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