Raspberry Pi Zero – Noise

Robotic waiter learning to serve drinks

Ashley Whittaker — Fri, 03 Sep 2021 08:59:25 +0000

The maker of this robotic waiter had almost all of the parts for this project just sat around collecting dust on a shelf. We’re delighted they decided to take the time to pick up the few extra bits they needed online, then take the extra hour (just an hour?!) to write a program in Python…

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Top project ideas for Raspberry Pi Zero

Ashley Whittaker — Wed, 25 Aug 2021 05:14:54 +0000

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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Humane mouse trap | The MagPi #108

Ashley Whittaker — Fri, 30 Jul 2021 08:08:57 +0000

Safely catching mice is a better way of fixing a problem, and using Raspberry Pi means it needs less supervision. In the new issue of The MagPi magazine, Rob Zwetsloot takes a look with the maker, Andrew Taylor. With some IoT projects, it’s the little things that help. For example, take Andrew Taylor, who did…

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Raspberry Pi makes your retro analogue camera digital

Ashley Whittaker — Wed, 28 Jul 2021 07:48:27 +0000

Befinitiv has built a custom film cartridge, using a Raspberry Pi Zero W, that turned their gorgeous old analogue camera into a digital one, and enabled it to take digital photos, videos, and even wirelessly live stream to the Internet. The analogue camera they used in the build was considered state-of-the-art around fifty years ago,…

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Translate dog barks with Raspberry Pi

Ashley Whittaker — Fri, 02 Jul 2021 06:13:43 +0000

I speak English. Super well. And I can read the rough, overall vibe of writing in French. I can also order beer and taxis in Spanish. Alas, my dog can do none of these things, and we are left in communication limbo. I try asking them (in English) why they’re so mean to that one…

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Raspberry Pi Zero makes a xylophone play itself

Ashley Whittaker — Wed, 23 Jun 2021 11:51:56 +0000

When maker Stéphane (aka HalStar) set about building this self-playing xylophone, their goal was to learn more about robotics, and to get hands-on with some mechanical parts they had never used before, in this case solenoids. They also wanted to experiment with Raspberry Pi to build something that reflected their love of music. This automated…

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Raspberry Pi smart IoT glove

Ashley Whittaker — Tue, 10 Nov 2020 09:44:32 +0000

Animator/engineer Ashok Fair has put witch-level finger pointing powers in your hands by sticking a SmartEdge Agile, wirelessly controlled by Raspberry Pi Zero, to a golf glove. You could have really freaked the bejeezus out of Halloween party guests with this (if we were allowed to have Halloween parties that is). The build uses a…

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