Excellent beginner projects if you are looking to do something simple with your Raspberry Pi.
In this project, we go through the steps on how to control a DSLR with the Raspberry Pi. A project like this might appeal to you if you want to be able to control your camera programmatically. For example, taking a photo every hour so you can make a time-lapse. Read More...
In this project, we will be showing you how to install Steam Link onto your Raspberry Pi. Steam Link is a nifty technology that allows you to stream games from one device, such as your computer or laptop, to another device, such as a Raspberry Pi. Using Steam Link allows you to easily play all […] Read More...
In this tutorial, we take you through the steps of setting up Webmin on the Raspberry Pi. Webmin provides an easy to use web-based interface for system administration. You can perform admin tasks without needing to use the terminal. Read More...
In this tutorial, you will learn how to set up your Raspberry Pi as a Chromium powered kiosk. Chromium is one of the best tools for converting a Pi to a kiosk thanks to its wide website support. Read More...
In this Raspberry Pi Flightradar24 tutorial, I go through the steps to set up a flight tracker that feeds to the FlightRadar24 service. I had covered an ADS-B tracker before but utilized the FlightAware software. Depending on personal preference you may prefer to use Flightradar24 instead. Both have their pros and cons. One of the […] Read More...
In this Raspberry Pi internet speed monitor tutorial, we will be showing you how you can set up your Raspberry Pi to monitor your internet connection and save the data to view in Grafana or Google Drive. It's a great tutorial if you love collecting statistics. Read More...
In this Raspberry Pi Chromecast tutorial, we will be showing you how you can set up your Raspberry Pi to act as a Chromecast device. While we can’t implement the same protocol that Chromecast relies on we can replicate this on the Raspberry Pi. We replicate its behavior by using two key pieces of software […] Read More...
In this Raspberry Pi Gitea tutorial, we will be showing you all the steps to getting Gitea up and running on the Raspberry Pi. Gitea, if you have never heard of it, is a self-hosted Git service, offering an interface much like Github for those who want to self-host there Git repositories but still want […] Read More...
In this tutorial, we will be walking you through all the steps that you need to follow to be able to set up OctoPrint on your Raspberry Pi and connect it to Cura. To simplify things, we will be using the OctoPi distribution. This distribution is a pre-setup version of Raspberry Pi OS with everything […] Read More...
In this Raspberry Pi tutorial, we will be showing you how to set up a network-wide ad blocker using the Pi-hole software. This software works by acting as the DNS server for your whole network; it then filters all domain names against any installed blocklists. Read More...
In this Raspberry Pi screen sharing tutorial, we are going to show you how to setup VNC so that you can share screens. Sharing screens is incredibly helpful if you require viewing what is being displayed on the main screen. Usually, VNC will create a new session on the Raspberry Pi meaning you won’t be […] Read More...
In this guide, we will show you how to set up a Terraria server on a Raspberry Pi. This project is made possible thanks to two open-source pieces of software, tShock and Mono. It is a great way to have a energy efficient private server. Read More...
This Raspberry Pi Google assistant project will walk you through on how to build and set up your very own Pi-powered Google Assistant. This assistant will actively listen to your voice and respond to your queries, all you need to say is “Ok Google” or “Hey Google” followed by your query. To set up your […] Read More...
In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing Volumio, a headless music player, on your Raspberry Pi. Volumio is an open-source music player that can play a wide range of audio file formats, including MP3, FLAC, WAV, AAC, ALAC, and DSD. Read More...
In this tutorial, we will show you how to view RTMP streams on your Raspberry Pi using three simple pieces of software. RTMP is still widely used for live streaming because of its efficiency and minimal latency. Read More...
This project will explore how to set up a Lighttpd Web Server on your Raspberry Pi. Lighttpd, like NGINX, is a fast and memory-efficient alternative to Apache. It is designed to have a relatively low memory footprint and a small CPU load. Read More...
This project will show you how to set up a Raspberry Pi eBook server using the COPS (Calibre OPDS (and HTML) PHP Server) software. This software acts as a web interface on your Raspberry Pi, where you can access all your eBooks. Read More...
In this Raspberry Pi RFID RC522 tutorial, I will walk you through the steps to set up and wire the RFID RC522 chip with your Raspberry Pi. This tutorial is a great base for a range of projects that utilize an RFID chip. For example, an attendance system. Read More...
In this tutorial, we will be showing you the basics of how to set up a Raspberry Pi Pirate Radio utilizing the FM Transmitter software and a piece of wire. This piece of software allows you to broadcast an FM signal through your GPIO 4 pin. This broadcast means you can set up your own […] Read More...
In this project, we will be showing you how to set up a Raspberry Pi IRC Server. An IRC server is perfect for the Raspberry Pi as compared to most other servers, as it is not hugely performance draining on the Raspberry Pi’s limited resources. IRC for those who don’t know stands for Internet Relay […] Read More...