51+ Raspberry Pi Projects for Beginners

Controlling your Raspberry Pi with Telegram CLI

In this project, we will be building upon our Telegram tutorial by showing you how to utilize Telegram to control your Raspberry Pi. We will be doing this by utilizing the LUA interpreter that is built into the Telegram CLI which opens it up to quite a wide variety of functionality. The LUA interpreter allows […]

Setting up your own Raspberry Pi eBook Server

Beginner, Media, Servers

In this project, we will be showing you how to set up your very own Raspberry Pi eBook server by utilizing the COPS (Calibre OPDS (and HTML) PHP Server) PHP software. This software acts as a web interface on your Raspberry Pi where you can access all your eBooks either through its web interface or […]

How to setup a Raspberry Pi RFID RC522 Chip

Beginner, Electronics, Sensors

In this Raspberry Pi RFID RC522 tutorial, I will be walking you through the steps on how to set up and wire the RFID RC522 chip with your Raspberry Pi. This project is a cool circuit to play around with and opens you up to quite a wide variety of different projects from using it […]

Build your own Raspberry Pi Pirate Radio

Beginner, Media

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 […]

Using Telegram CLI on the Raspberry Pi

Beginner

In this Raspberry Pi Telegram CLI tutorial, we will be showing you how to set up the popular messaging service Telegram on your Raspberry Pi. We will be setting up Telegram by making use of the Telegram CLI (Command Line Interface) written by a user on GitHub. This project will allow you to send and […]

Raspberry Pi IRC Server: Setup your own Chat Network

Beginner, Servers

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 […]

How to Setup a Raspberry Pi Caddy Web Server

Beginner, Servers

In this project, we will be showing you how to set up a Raspberry Pi Caddy web server. While Caddy is not nearly as performance friendly as NGINX on the Raspberry Pi, it is packed with user-friendly features and is designed to utilize modern web technologies right out of the box. Caddy utilizes modern web […]

Build your own Raspberry Pi NGINX Web Server

Beginner, Servers

In this tutorial, we will be showing you how to set up the NGINX Web Server on your Raspberry Pi. It is a better alternative to Apache for the Raspberry Pi due to a few different reasons. Some of the reasons NGINX is better on the Raspberry Pi is that it has a much lower […]

Simple Raspberry Pi WiFi Extender

Beginner, Network

A Raspberry Pi WiFi Extender is a cheap and power efficient way of increasing the total range of your WiFi Network. A WiFi extender differs a fair bit from a WiFi access point. The main difference being that instead of getting its network connection from Ethernet, it instead gets its network connection from a WiFi […]

Setting up a Raspberry Pi Captive Portal

Beginner, Network

In this tutorial, we will be showing your how-to setup a Raspberry Pi Captive Portal by utilizing the popular nodogsplash software. A Captive Portal is a screen that will be shown initially to anyone who connects to your Wi-Fi Access Point. Before they can begin utilizing the Wifi connection, they will need to complete an […]

Setup your own Raspberry Pi AirPlay Receiver

Beginner, Media

In this tutorial, we will be exploring how to set up a Raspberry Pi AirPlay Receiver. This tutorial primarily involves you connecting your Raspberry Pi to your speakers then installing software so that it becomes recognized as an AirPlay receiver on your internet network. To set up your AirPlay Receiver, we will be making use of […]

Raspberry Pi Alexa: Build your own Amazon Echo

Beginner, IoT, Media

Learn how to build your own Raspberry Pi Alexa by making use of the Amazon voice service. It’s the perfect way to create your own personal assistant using the Raspberry Pi. You do miss out on some services such as accessing Spotify or Pandora.

Raspberry Pi Minecraft PE Server (Pocket Edition)

Beginner, Servers

In this tutorial, we will be showing you how to set up your very own Raspberry Pi Minecraft PE server. This project is a cheap way of providing you with an always-on, Pocket Edition capable server. This setup stops you from having to leave your phone or computer online if you want others to be […]

How to Setup a Raspberry Pi Nextcloud Server

Beginner, Servers

For this project, we will be showing you how to setup and configure a Raspberry Pi NextCloud Server, this can act as your own personal “cloud” storage system. As time goes on the protection of your own privacy with 3rd party companies becomes harder and harder. This is where software like Nextcloud comes in hand, […]