Excellent beginner projects if you are looking to do something simple with your Raspberry Pi.
Learn how to set up network attached storage using the NFS protocol. It's an excellent alternative to Samba and commonly used by network administrators. You will be able to connect to your drive using almost any device that has a network connection. Read More...
Learn the entire process of setting up Retropie on your Raspberry Pi. We go through all the basics and go through the many methods on how to get your ROMs on to the Pi. It's a fun project and a great way to play some of those forgotten classics from the past. Read More...
Recalbox is an emulator package that is very similar to RetroPie. It has different configurations and a slightly different user interface. Recalbox has a few more features and comes loaded with emulators for popular game systems such as SNES, N64 and more. Read More...
Turn your Raspberry Pi into a Plex server in just a few easy steps. It's the perfect project if you want to have your own low-cost media server. It can handle a couple of clients so ideal if you need to share media throughout your household. It's worth trying out. Read More...
Learn all the steps to set up the Eddystone beacon software on your Raspberry Pi. It's an excellent way to broadcast data using a Bluetooth adapter. It was originally part of Google's physical project but has since been dropped. However, it's still a cool project. Read More...
In this tutorial, we take you through the steps of connecting a humidity sensor to the Raspberry Pi. We also do some basic Python coding so that we can communicate with the sensor. It's an excellent tutorial if you wish to collect humidity and temperature. Read More...
In this tutorial, we go through the steps on how to turn your Raspberry Pi into an iBeacon. It's a protocol that was developed by Apple and is able to be used in a variety of different scenarios. It's a super easy tutorial and worth checking out. Read More...
In this tutorial, we take you through how to set up Teamviewer Host on the Raspberry Pi. This is a great way to connect to the Pi using the Teamviewer service. You will need a Raspberry Pi 2 or newer to be able to complete this super easy tutorial. Read More...
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 Raspberry Pi OctoPrint 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 to it from Cura. To simplify things, we will be using the OctoPi distribution. This distribution is a pre-setup version of Raspbian […] 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 Raspberry Pi Parsec tutorial we take a look at a software package called Parsec, it is a game streaming software designed to offer a simple setup and low latency connection. Parsec allows you to be able to connect to your gaming pc or a cloud gaming pc from anywhere in the world. This […] Read More...